Fallkniven F1...

Masteroffajitas

Masteroffajitas

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It's a really nice looking knife, but how does vg-10 hold up for stuff like botoning, chopping and hard use?
 
It's been holding up just fine for me. VG 10 is my favorite stainless. I've never had a problem with it.
 
It does excellent. I'm about to buy an A2 & I'm pretty stoked. Good luck with your knife.
 
It has a good thick edge to baton on, so your baton shouldn't get too chewed up. After splitting up two logs for firewood and whittling a spoon (very badly...) the F1 was shaving but not easily and not the entire length of the blade - bounced back well with a few swipes on the ceramic and a few strops on loaded leather, with a barely visible chip off the tip (<1/4 mm).

Get out there and enjoy it :thumbup:
 
Tato said:
It does excellent. I'm about to buy an A2 & I'm pretty stoked. Good luck with your knife.
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Damn, I want an A2 so bad. One of these days. Congrats!!!

F-1 are tough beyond tough. It is a small knife, if I could go back in time I would have gotten the S-1 which has a 5" blade. The 3.8" blade is great but it is a bit small for my woods needs.


Fallkniven is in a class by themselves. Really no comparison.
 
The VG-10 is a very practical steel as I've experienced with my S-1. This summer there will be a limited production of the F-1 with Fallkniven's 3G steel .This is a real super steel .It has been available in their H-1 for a while.
 
Masteroffajitas said:
It's a really nice looking knife, but how does vg-10 hold up for stuff like botoning, chopping and hard use?
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Oh,yes it will hold up for all what you are asking for. Originally the F1 is developed for airforce pilots as a survivalknife, so it´s actually a bit overbuilt in my eyes. And together with A2, then you have a great combo.
Better combo than A1 and F1, IMHO.
 
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It would be pretty damn hard to bust this knife.
 
VG-10 used for Fällknivens are extremely solid, yet fairly easy to sharpen. They've been my favourite knives during my survival trips and F1 in particular is one I can always depend upon.

Be informed that Fällkniven recently increased their prices by 35% (no, it is no typo and there's nothing wrong with your eyes: 35%!!) due to the low rate of Swedish Krones and the high rate of Japanese Yen. As you might know, V-10 steel is being produced in Japan.
 
I almost hate to bring this up because of the strong opinions it generates, but www.knifetests.com hammered a Fallkniven to destruction. It really took an extreme beating before it fell apart. The laminated steel seems to be able to withstand some serious abuse.

Now there are a lot of folks who say that these tests aren't useful, but regardless of how you feel about them, it's pretty darned entertaining to me to watch him beat knives with a hammer.
 
I got an A2 and a TOR that I love to beat up and they never let me down. Also it's amazing how they stay sharp even after a chopping session!!!
 
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