First Carothers knife on the way!

Mr. Tettnanger said:
I have been curious about various Carothers knives over the years. I've passed on a few that were offered in trade and sort of regret not trying some!

Well, last night I decided to pounce on a Field Knife 2 hard/thin.

Can you folks enlighten me as to what I can expect, specs, opinions, and pictures of these to hold me over?

Thanks all!
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expect to like the way it feels to hold
 
Expect to be ruined for every other fixed blade out there, to become a CPK-aholic, to feel the need to constantly beg Nathan to make a folder so that he can ruin all other folders for you too, and for your retirement fund to be constantly shrinking instead of growing.

On the plus side, you'll have a knife that you can trust to hold an edge far longer than you are accustomed to and won't have a hot spot when you actually use it.
Bonus, it comes with the best kydex sheath around.
 
Box_Opener said:
Hey Tet, I recognize you from the other forum. Best advice I can give is to use it. Also, since that’s a hard and thin model don’t go crazy batoning it.
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I am now concerned about the batoning.

I know that 3V is tough stuff and should be able to take a beating. The blade is thick enough that I think it "should" be fine for batoning. I am concerned about the thin edge being able to take some thumping on.

I certainly don't plan on beating this thing to death, but some firewood prep including batoning, will take place. I am concerned that I bought the wrong model.
 
Mr. Tettnanger said:
I am now concerned about the batoning.

I know that 3V is tough stuff and should be able to take a beating. The blade is thick enough that I think it "should" be fine for batoning. I am concerned about the thin edge being able to take some thumping on.

I certainly don't plan on beating this thing to death, but some firewood prep including batoning, will take place. I am concerned that I bought the wrong model.
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It'll be ok. Go ahead and use it for what you bought it for and if you have any problems I will repair it replace it or refund. The HT is not as robust as the standard field knife but it's more durable than a lot of knives that have seen a lot of batoning. It will fine.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
It'll be ok. Go ahead and use it for what you bought it for and if you have any problems I will repair it replace it or refund. The HT is not as robust as the standard field knife but it's more durable than a lot of knives that have seen a lot of batoning. It will fine.
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Awesome! I really appreciate that!
Blues said:
It doesn't get any better than that.
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Pretty cool.
 
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