I think it's very good that people tell it how it is about their knives, good and bad, this is really the utility of any credible Forum.
I've always been against groupthink, people who demand only positives even in the face of contrary evidence. Furthermore, I've seen where this can lead on other forums: clique like atmosphere akin to a sect, where there's a couple of Big Guns who get fawned over by 'satellites' anybody having the temerity to have different attitudes or experiences get's met with a sneering hostile response. Ultimately, situations become one issue, inward looking they wither and die due to narrowness. A servile, 'grateful' kind of mentality that says we are lucky to have what we've got so stop making any critical noises or we won't have any knives at all in the future! Yeah, exactly
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a very fair review and from an extremely long-standing member-which adds to the gravitas of it
The Elk slabs look very good, not the better of mine I dare to say
, but I appreciate your impartial analysis. My Forum Knife 2018 pleased me in just about every way I could think except that it took an age to get here to Europe
That's how things can be, especially around Christmas. There are some slight gaps in the back springs, rarer in GEC or Case knives, but I get the luxury of stainless liners and springs, no corrosive brass or steel
After a wash and brush up the knife displayed excellent W&T. Moderate pull, yet not weak, in keeping with an opposite end cam tang knife, but definite audible snap when allowed back to shut
No play of any kind. I can't comment on the thickness, I have no micrometers, but it fulfils my cutting expectations: it will cut through a big Orange or Apple with ease, slice hard cheese very well, slice Chorizo/ salami very thin, shave arm hair, make fire sticks, cut paper cleanly after a session on diamond stone plus strop. It retains an edge far better than any GEC or CASE knife, so that too more than satisfies me.
I keep it on a wine rack near the hall, it looks very good as an ornament but I frequently pick up this knife as I'm heading out of the door and use it. Whose experiences of this knife are more valid, mine or those who got unsatisfactory examples? They're equal and that's why we need to hear all sorts of opinions and all manner of reviews which reflect our own experiences
It's exactly how it should be.
This year's Forum Knife will be sabre ground, the least favourite grind I can think of
But if it's good and works well, I'll be the first to admit I'm wrong and be happy about it. But if it's not up to snuff...you'll hear
Thanks, Will
