Got my Koster Survivor today!

[Andrew Colglazier]

Amazing knife! Tale of the tape.... This info from Dan's forum.

Specs:
Overall length = 16 inches

Blade
* 9 inches (sharpened), 10 inches to the front of the handle
* A2 steel, hardened to 59 HRc
* 1/4" thick
* 2.25" tall at the belly
* Flats will be "as-forged" finish
* "K" logo will be etched

Handle
* 6 inches (from front of the handle to the pommel)
* 5.5 inches of actual handle material
* 1/4" thick material (0.75" total)
* Options would be Natural, Green or Black canvas micarta
* 2 lanyards/tie downs (front safety lanyard = 1/4", rear handle lanyard = 3/8")
* 2 Corby pins (mechanical fasteners)
* Handle is large enough to fit an extra large hand "just right". The rest of us "non-apes" will have some wiggle room - helpful in chopping.

POB (Point of Balance) is "in the ring"

Ring is 1 inch diameter and will be chamfered inside/out.

Now some pics -

Andy

 

[Andrew Colglazier]

More.....

Sheaths are available for these brutes. One option that I would suggest to Dan for this model in the future is a tapered tang, to shift the weight more towards the blade for chopping. As it is, the weight is balanced perfectly on the ring, the knife feels very quick and light in the hand.

.... what I've been doing since this dude turned up.....

Andy

 

[KuRUpTD]

what a BEAST

 

[iBlade]

What a beast - does the ring hurt your finger in any way?

 

[Maqua]

VERY cool!!!:thumbup:

 

[jca21]

lol, that thing is freakin ridiculously HUGE.

congrats man, lets see some pics of it biting into a tree or two

 

[sharpguytoo]

wow, what a beauty! Lucky Andy. Wipe off that silly grin and go chop something.

 

[Andrew Colglazier]

What a beast - does the ring hurt your finger in any way?

I haven't done any chopping with it yet, but from handling, it is very well done. I'll keep an eye out for hot spots when I start bustin'stuff up with this dude.

Andy

 

[gravydan]

wow.. see a knife like that makes you want to DESTROY stuff... I mean, how can you escape it?

 

[PB Wilson]

Man is that thing cool!

Now go out and split some railroad ties! Heck, see if you can chop through some track while you're at it.

 

[HikingMano]

Holy cow!, I never really got a sense of the size of that blade until I saw your in hand pics. It's a beauty Andy :thumbup:

I'm interested to see how you like the ring too. It looks like you can really back off on the handle to shift the balance in chopping, does it work well that way?

 

[texastonydobbs]

Awesome ... Thanks for posting !! I am #56 on the list...Wow It looks great ,Thanks for the in-hand pictures !

 

[Bigfattyt]

Nice. I wish I had the money when the list was being made. I really love this design. I am also a huge fan of his monster Nessmucks

 

[Jenner 515]

Wow that thing is like my ex-gf, Big and Sexy. Nice knife.

 

[tonym]

Whoa that thing is a brute!!

Awesome!!!!!!!!!

 

[valcas1]

Andy,

Congrats. I know what you mean when you say you just keep smiling. I have had mine for some time now and I love it.

Go chop something with it!!!

Paul

 

[WILLIAM.M]

very sweet



Let us know what it chops like

 

[RoyalM]

That looks a beast, damn I wish I had got in on that sign up.

 

[VoxHog]

Mine arrived today too!

It is HUGE. I completely underestimated just how big this knife is. It's in the same size category as a Busse FBM. The workmanship is fantastic and it is a beauty!

 

[mtnfolk mike]

man.. that thing is a beast... looking forward to some more pics of it in action...:thumbup: