Hi all:
I just received the Zog Nit, a small knife from Koyote. I wanted to share a few thoughts. There are pictures on the Koyote website.
This knife, which resembles nothing so much as a small Sgian Dubh is, quite simply, fantastic. I believe that I will carry this one a lot. Christof stated on his website that he was trying to hit a balance for a knife to be small and discrete while still maintaining solid ergonomics--especially in scaling down the handle. He succeeded on all counts. I wear XL gloves, but this knife really works in my hand--despite being small. This is especially important with a knife with a sharpened back edge, of course, because you need to be really careful where your thumb goes.
I think that what I find most striking about this knife is the grinds. They are outstanding. I have high expectations in a custom knife when it comes to a really well ground blade and this knife is nothing short of beautiful.
The sheath is also very nicely made--but I know that people expect this with Koyote. Still, worth mentioning.
I have a handful of custom fixed blade knives, but this one is something different--though I can't quite put my finger on what.
I am guessing that I must have one of the very first of these, or this group would have been talking about this knife.
I just received the Zog Nit, a small knife from Koyote. I wanted to share a few thoughts. There are pictures on the Koyote website.
This knife, which resembles nothing so much as a small Sgian Dubh is, quite simply, fantastic. I believe that I will carry this one a lot. Christof stated on his website that he was trying to hit a balance for a knife to be small and discrete while still maintaining solid ergonomics--especially in scaling down the handle. He succeeded on all counts. I wear XL gloves, but this knife really works in my hand--despite being small. This is especially important with a knife with a sharpened back edge, of course, because you need to be really careful where your thumb goes.
I think that what I find most striking about this knife is the grinds. They are outstanding. I have high expectations in a custom knife when it comes to a really well ground blade and this knife is nothing short of beautiful.
The sheath is also very nicely made--but I know that people expect this with Koyote. Still, worth mentioning.
I have a handful of custom fixed blade knives, but this one is something different--though I can't quite put my finger on what.
I am guessing that I must have one of the very first of these, or this group would have been talking about this knife.
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