F1 vs Peace Maker

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Echodawg

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I'm trying to decide on which knife for my every day woods carry and need some help. I am already a proud owner of the Fehrman Peace Maker and it has served me well. However, I have always had my eye on the Fallkniven F1. Which would you prefer to carry into the woods?
 
They don't seem so far apart that I'd care that much. The environment you'll be in would dictate which steel is the best fit. All other things being equal, I like the simplicity of the Fallkniven and would probably go that route.
 
Send me the Fehrman and get yourself an F1 then if ya ever decide ya want it back I can send it you...there ya go, best of both worlds !;):thumbup:
 
Echodawg said:
I'm trying to decide on which knife for my every day woods carry and need some help. I am already a proud owner of the Fehrman Peace Maker and it has served me well. However, I have always had my eye on the Fallkniven F1. Which would you prefer to carry into the woods?
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I can't think of anything that would top the Peacemaker as I also have one. But, for less than $100 for the F1... why not just have both?

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I've never owned a Peacemaker.

Looking at a picture online I'd say I like that it's a bit more pointed than the F1.

I can't tell if the handle is contoured.

I like the VG10 steel of Fallkniven over the 3v stuff. Like 3V but I think the VG10 is as strong and easier to sharpen.

Love the Convex Fallkniven grind is the Peacemaker convex?

Also like that the Fallkniven has no dumb choil notch thingie. Can you get the peacemaker without that?
 
They're both nice knives. I choose the F1.
My F1 is a favorite so this was an easy question.

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Had a peacemaker...sold it to fund another purchase. Wish I had not! It has a generous guard that inspires confidence when you are using for other than slicing duties (puncturing tough hide, drilling, baton). Holds a good edge and I had not probs sharpening on a strop w/ 400-600 sandpaper. Rolled edge (we are talking tiny) on rock when I was digging/cutting roots in yard but that was beyond tough use. VERY tough steel-batonned logs w/ minimal tip exposed and no damage. Left blood (very corossive) on blade edge after skinning moose for about 4-5 hrs developed minimal surface rust-not bad for non stainless. Plus very good warrenty from fehrman. Never had F1 but have heard good things.
Good luck
 
hollowdweller said:
Also like that the Fallkniven has no dumb choil notch thingie. Can you get the peacemaker without that?
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I happen to be a big fan of the dumb choil notch thingie...if the blade is long enough to call for it. I don't think I'd have much use for it on a blade that size.
 
I have both

Get the one that fits your hand best

Or get both--and sell the one you like least
 
I just sold my F1. It is a boring knife and made me feel stupid for spending so much money looking for the "perfect knife." It's boring because it would do anything I wanted as a "Bushcraft" or general outdoors knife - boring like the .270 Winchester or 30-06. The "textured, black rubber" handle made a liar of me because it was comfortable even though it was,..... well, textured, black and "rubber." On top of that, the handle was thin, which shouldn't work and the spine was thick, which I criticize in other knives. Stupid Fallkniven! I'm glad it's gone! Now, I can go back to using all my old excuses for buying "another knife" and resume my rationale for why I have to have another knife. Good riddance to that stupid, boring F1! That stupid Fallkniven was ruining my fun and taking away all the good excuses I used to buy more knives. It won't mock me when I open the drawer to pick which imperfect knife I will use for whatever task anymore. I pawned it off on some other poor sucker who can be taunted by it. :mad:

But then, I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone who needs one of the best knives ever made either. Just one thing it lacks - the character of a custom and the cohesion you develop with the maker, if that sort of stuff means anything to you.:thumbup:
 
I have both and would recommend the PM from Fehrman. The steel is top notch, the ergonomics are fantastic, and the "dumb choil" lets me choke up on fine cutting without elbow pain (old injury). I like them both, but the PM is hands down better, IMO. The CPM 3v steel is very tough, strong, and easy to sharpen.
 
Thanks for the input guys, think I'll stick with the PM and save a few bucks. Atleast until another knife grabs my interest. It's a disease I tell you!
 
Jeff H said:
I just sold my F1. But then, I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone who needs one of the best knives ever made either. Just one thing it lacks - the character of a custom and the cohesion you develop with the maker, if that sort of stuff means anything to you.:thumbup:
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I got my self an F1 last year and the only reason I didn't by one sooner Is becouse I live in Sweden and everyone here seems to have one, at least in the armed forces. Iv'e spent a lot of years and a lot of money trying to find something different and better, and today I feel stupid for not going with the F1 right away.

In my mind and according to my preferences, the only knife that could outperform it would be a custom. And for me that would be a similar looking custom.

If a was a serious hunter a would go for the H1, though.

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Jeff H said:
I just sold my F1. It is a boring knife and made me feel stupid for spending so much money looking for the "perfect knife." It's boring because it would do anything I wanted as a "Bushcraft" or general outdoors knife - boring like the .270 Winchester or 30-06. :
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I like this approach. I have also found that some of my very best knives are boring and hard to describe or review. They just work without a fuss and there is often little to comment on.


I would go with the F1 myself, maybe a micarta version if the rubber bothers you?
 
the Fehrman Peace Maker seems to be almost three times the cost of the F-1, and I am not sure it is three times the knife.
 
I have an F1. Was completely prepared to find fault with it when I recieved ir in a trade.

Couldn't find anything bad to say about it. Expected the handle to be too small. It wasn't.

Expected the thermorun handle to be tacky like kraton...It wasn't

Expected the ergonomics to be only fair at best....they were excellent.

Expected the stainless blade to take a lousy edge....It not only took a fine quality edge, it even held it well in use AND sharpened back up very easily.

It works VERY well at every task I,ve put it too.

My reccomendation is if you do get one get the leather sheath. I don't care much for the zytel one.

F1 is a great little knife.

I'm still trying to decide which Fehrman I want to get myself.
 
wildmike said:
I have an F1. Was completely prepared to find fault with it when I recieved ir in a trade.

Couldn't find anything bad to say about it. Expected the handle to be too small. It wasn't.

Expected the thermorun handle to be tacky like kraton...It wasn't

Expected the ergonomics to be only fair at best....they were excellent.

Expected the stainless blade to take a lousy edge....It not only took a fine quality edge, it even held it well in use AND sharpened back up very easily.

It works VERY well at every task I,ve put it too.

My reccomendation is if you do get one get the leather sheath. I don't care much for the zytel one.

F1 is a great little knife.

I'm still trying to decide which Fehrman I want to get myself.
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The F1 was the very first 'quality' knife I bought and I still go back to it as a yardstick for purchases made more recently. Easiest to sharpen blade in my possession, even after hard use.

The only thing I'd say against it is that I'd like the handles to be just a tiny bit thicker but this is really just splitting hairs - which by the way you'll be able to do with an F1!
 
Jeff H. really hit it on the head... boring like a 30-06.

The F1 quietly and unassumingly does everything very well. I have a lot of knives and it would be in the running for "If you had to pick just one...."

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
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