Badger Attack E-Handle Specs:
* 1/4" INFI Steel * 5" Blade * 10" OAL * 12.5 oz * 58-60 RC *
* Micarta Handle * Combat Grade *
* Badger Attack E Model Retired In February 2002 *
(from badmojo.tv)
Badger Attack Trivia:
The rear talon hole was left off for three reasons:
1.) It allows for more concealable or easy day-to-day carry due to its shorter length.
2.) The Badger Attack has been one of our most popular knives to be employed as a big game hunter. (Elk, Caribou, Bear, etc. . .) In order to facilitate this application where the knife will be used in an upside down fashion for a good period of time, it became obvious that the rear talon was going to be in the way, thus the removal.
3.) It is very difficult to chop with a short blade. The removal of the rear talon allows for comfortable "choking back" on the handle so that you can employ a 3-finger grip (no pinky) and you can achieve very impressive chopping results with this blade. This "choking back" simply lengthens the knife and offers a better "chopping balance" point.
As for losing the advantage of the rear talon hole for lanyard purposes, I think that you'll be more than pleasantly surprised as to how comfortable the knife still feels with the lanyard run through the rear tube flange. We have even attached a cord-braided D-guard to the BAE using the front talon hole and rear flange.
Hope this helps,
Jerry Busse
(again, from badmojo.tv)
i can personally say that i like the e handles better then the straight handles (from the ba-3), and im sure id like the new tacticle/fushion/special forces handles even better for the upper palm swell, though i probably wont be able to afford any of them.
i hope i wasnt to out of line by qouting badmojo....
it uses a chemical that only s30v uses (to get its incremental benefits over bg-42), and has a low carbon content.
