nozh2002
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This is Russian D2 steel X12MF, which I was looking for for a while. But knife itself is quite interesting. This is custom maker from one of Russian knife center Pavlovo from Nizhni Novgorod Region. It is Russian variation on Uzbek knife.
Blade is mirror polish - I can see clear my reflection in it.
Length - 6 3/4"
Width - 1 1/2"
Thickness - 1/8"
Weight - 6.41 oz
Flat grind from spine - which make it excellent slicer. Add to it very thin edge - I know only Microtech provides this edge to their knives. This is wax mode of the edge. ange is about 43 degree. But see how thin it is!
This is to compare Spyderco Military BG42 - and you may see scale - 1/32" to understan difference with this well known slicer:
With such thickness 43 degree angle on the edge I guess perfectly justified - hard to call it ax made in a form of knife.
Sharpness out of the box 3 oz - very good! It almost whittle hair, it does if I hold hair tight on both sides. For semiproduction knife it is very good result - not too many, just few companies can show such NIB sharpness.
Handle is relatively thin and good for manipulations, but have solid guard and hook at the end. It is hidden tang mound - usual for Russian knives.
Even it is made under influence of Uzbeck traditional Pichak knife it is any way Russian made knife and you may see clear what we can call Russin style if compere it with real Traditional Pichak from Chust:
It is light colors - honey and birch. It has soft lines, it is bigger and more powerful but look more pieceful. More wood used on the knife, not too many decoration - peasant tool which make awakes my Slavic gens and feel more comfortable with it then with other knives.
Knive looks smaller than it actually is. To see real size I make picture with other well known knives Buck 110 and KaBar:
Knife has pretty good sheath with thick leather:
I am looking forward to test it's edge retention. Probably in a few weeks from now...
Thanks, Vassili.
Blade is mirror polish - I can see clear my reflection in it.
Length - 6 3/4"
Width - 1 1/2"
Thickness - 1/8"
Weight - 6.41 oz
Flat grind from spine - which make it excellent slicer. Add to it very thin edge - I know only Microtech provides this edge to their knives. This is wax mode of the edge. ange is about 43 degree. But see how thin it is!
This is to compare Spyderco Military BG42 - and you may see scale - 1/32" to understan difference with this well known slicer:
With such thickness 43 degree angle on the edge I guess perfectly justified - hard to call it ax made in a form of knife.
Sharpness out of the box 3 oz - very good! It almost whittle hair, it does if I hold hair tight on both sides. For semiproduction knife it is very good result - not too many, just few companies can show such NIB sharpness.
Handle is relatively thin and good for manipulations, but have solid guard and hook at the end. It is hidden tang mound - usual for Russian knives.
Even it is made under influence of Uzbeck traditional Pichak knife it is any way Russian made knife and you may see clear what we can call Russin style if compere it with real Traditional Pichak from Chust:
It is light colors - honey and birch. It has soft lines, it is bigger and more powerful but look more pieceful. More wood used on the knife, not too many decoration - peasant tool which make awakes my Slavic gens and feel more comfortable with it then with other knives.
Knive looks smaller than it actually is. To see real size I make picture with other well known knives Buck 110 and KaBar:
Knife has pretty good sheath with thick leather:
I am looking forward to test it's edge retention. Probably in a few weeks from now...
Thanks, Vassili.
