MicroAlign
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- Feb 1, 2004
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I've been looking for a good tactical/general purpose fixed blade around the 7" range, but it's been hard to find what I want. Generally, I want a premium steel with some "mild" stain resistance, good toughness, and strong edge retention. I would prefer to have a polished blade finish, but that's pretty tough to find now days. It needs a good guard to keep the hand from shifting forward in a thrust, and a decently flared pommel to keep the hand from slipping off the grip when chopping. I prefer flat grinds, with a decently acute point, but some decent curvature to the blade as well.
So, I really like the design of the Spartan Harsey II. It pretty much fits all of my design criteria. However, I've been hesitant to try out S35VN again. I had one in a Bark River knife and the edge rolled very quickly when scraping pine for firesteel shavings. I'd rather not dish out $400 on a S35VN blade that may suffer from the same problems as my previous knife. So my question is for you guys that have this knife, have you put it through a decent amount of testing? What do you think of the design and the steel? Thanks.
So, I really like the design of the Spartan Harsey II. It pretty much fits all of my design criteria. However, I've been hesitant to try out S35VN again. I had one in a Bark River knife and the edge rolled very quickly when scraping pine for firesteel shavings. I'd rather not dish out $400 on a S35VN blade that may suffer from the same problems as my previous knife. So my question is for you guys that have this knife, have you put it through a decent amount of testing? What do you think of the design and the steel? Thanks.