hookahhabib
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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with my SARGE. School, life, and weather have kept me a little too busy to do any proper camping lately, so I've been enjoying some backyard bushwackin' to hold me over and get a chance to use my knives. I was dying to give the SARGE some use as it was still new back then and happened to snap a few pics one afternoon. Since I haven't seen any in-use pics of the SARGE-7, I figured I'd share what I have...
Habib's standard pic disclaimer: These were shot with my cell phone on a partially cloudy day, so please bear with the mediocre picture quality. And having said that...
What's that hiding in the tree?
Well, hello there SARGE! Sneaky, sneaky...
Apparently the SARGE enjoys lounging in the afternoon sun before working out. So light it just floats, suspended in the pine needles:
SARGE batoning with some company:
For those of you curious about the background knives, they are as follows: Spyderco Mule (Elmax), ScrapYard 7-11, Jeremy Horton Toxic EDC
Working through a little knot:
"like buttah'":
Deeper into the knot...that's right, SARGE doesn't fear it. SARGE does what SARGE wants
Sexy SARGE:
SARGE doesn't care about silly little knots. SARGE eats silly little knots like this for breakfast!
I was just playing around and wanted to see what else the SARGE does. I initially tried to balance this little piece of wood and then swing down to see how smoothly SARGE glides through wood. The log I picked wouldn't balance, so it ended up being a game of speed to hit the log before it fell. For obvious reasons I wasn't swinging very hard at all, so as to prevent limb loss incase I missed the falling log, but even so, the light weight SARGE went almost all the way through:
This was actually pretty fun, so I repeated it a few more times, intentionally picking logs that wouldn't stand and it just ended up going straight through every other time (such success doesn't make for very exciting pictures though ;-) )
Just a light swing into some dried douglas fir (and yes, it will bite deeper if you put some force behind it):
Besides batoning, chopping, and floating in trees, SARGE also enjoys the finer things in life. Maybe not the best pieces of wood to make feather stick with, but despite that, fine curly-q's are still done with ease:
I think the flat grind, along with that sweet convex edge makes finer work like feather stick, notching, and simple carving pretty safe and easy. The SARGE-7 can effectively and relatively easily start a fire and would be the PERFECT fire starter if it still had the jimping (not a deal breaker for me...). The awesome balance and light weight minimize fatigue and the need for excess effort when doing smaller tasks and I think this only ads to the already excellent versatility of the design.
When it comes to chopping and batoning, I think the SARGE-7 performs quite well considering its light weight and overall balance. The handle design is super comfortable and allows for multiple, secure grip options. When trying to baton through some simply stupid-sized hard wood pieces, I did notice some vibration but that was the whole knife not just the handle and based on my limited experience just about any knife would have vibrated at least a little...whatever the case it wasn't much of a negative issue, just noticeable.
Overall, I love this knife and find myself grinning every time I have the pleasure of using it.
As of now it is my primary mid-sized all around knife and quickly becoming one of my favorites. I'm still thinking about sending back to Garth for some thumb jimping, but aside from that I'd say this knife is nothing short of awesomeness!
Thanks again Garth and Jerry and Busse-crew for more sweet INFI :thumbup: :thumbup:
I'm looking forward to lots more time using the SARGE-7, both for back yard fun and real use out in the woods. Maybe next time I'll post pics of making a fire from start to finish, or carving out tent pegs, or... Actually if anyone is curious about how the SARGE-7 performs specific tasks or just wants to see specific pics, I'd be happy to give just about anything a try...just let me know!
Anyway, that's all I have for now...
BTW- I'd love to see any other shots of the SARGE-7 you may have too, so post 'em up
Thanks for reading!
:cheers:
Habib
Habib's standard pic disclaimer: These were shot with my cell phone on a partially cloudy day, so please bear with the mediocre picture quality. And having said that...
What's that hiding in the tree?
Well, hello there SARGE! Sneaky, sneaky...
Apparently the SARGE enjoys lounging in the afternoon sun before working out. So light it just floats, suspended in the pine needles:
SARGE batoning with some company:
For those of you curious about the background knives, they are as follows: Spyderco Mule (Elmax), ScrapYard 7-11, Jeremy Horton Toxic EDC
Working through a little knot:
"like buttah'":
Deeper into the knot...that's right, SARGE doesn't fear it. SARGE does what SARGE wants
Sexy SARGE:
SARGE doesn't care about silly little knots. SARGE eats silly little knots like this for breakfast!
I was just playing around and wanted to see what else the SARGE does. I initially tried to balance this little piece of wood and then swing down to see how smoothly SARGE glides through wood. The log I picked wouldn't balance, so it ended up being a game of speed to hit the log before it fell. For obvious reasons I wasn't swinging very hard at all, so as to prevent limb loss incase I missed the falling log, but even so, the light weight SARGE went almost all the way through:
This was actually pretty fun, so I repeated it a few more times, intentionally picking logs that wouldn't stand and it just ended up going straight through every other time (such success doesn't make for very exciting pictures though ;-) )
Just a light swing into some dried douglas fir (and yes, it will bite deeper if you put some force behind it):
Besides batoning, chopping, and floating in trees, SARGE also enjoys the finer things in life. Maybe not the best pieces of wood to make feather stick with, but despite that, fine curly-q's are still done with ease:
I think the flat grind, along with that sweet convex edge makes finer work like feather stick, notching, and simple carving pretty safe and easy. The SARGE-7 can effectively and relatively easily start a fire and would be the PERFECT fire starter if it still had the jimping (not a deal breaker for me...). The awesome balance and light weight minimize fatigue and the need for excess effort when doing smaller tasks and I think this only ads to the already excellent versatility of the design.
When it comes to chopping and batoning, I think the SARGE-7 performs quite well considering its light weight and overall balance. The handle design is super comfortable and allows for multiple, secure grip options. When trying to baton through some simply stupid-sized hard wood pieces, I did notice some vibration but that was the whole knife not just the handle and based on my limited experience just about any knife would have vibrated at least a little...whatever the case it wasn't much of a negative issue, just noticeable.
Overall, I love this knife and find myself grinning every time I have the pleasure of using it.
As of now it is my primary mid-sized all around knife and quickly becoming one of my favorites. I'm still thinking about sending back to Garth for some thumb jimping, but aside from that I'd say this knife is nothing short of awesomeness!
Thanks again Garth and Jerry and Busse-crew for more sweet INFI :thumbup: :thumbup:
I'm looking forward to lots more time using the SARGE-7, both for back yard fun and real use out in the woods. Maybe next time I'll post pics of making a fire from start to finish, or carving out tent pegs, or... Actually if anyone is curious about how the SARGE-7 performs specific tasks or just wants to see specific pics, I'd be happy to give just about anything a try...just let me know!
Anyway, that's all I have for now...
BTW- I'd love to see any other shots of the SARGE-7 you may have too, so post 'em up
Thanks for reading!
:cheers:
Habib
:cheers:
