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That Fiddleback knife that gets no respect. I get home from work last night to my wife holding a package out to me, rattling something around and asking "What's this? It sounds like a knife." Uh oh.
I open Andy's signature wrapping to a thing of beauty in a sweet JRE neck sheath. I pull it out of the VERY snug sheath wrong and start juggling it, almost slicing myself open a la Ghostwolf. Once I get puchase of the thing, it's a very stout little knife. Wonderful grip that takes three fingers well with my pinky backing up the rear. I was wondering about the thick (5/32") blade, but this thing is SHARP. I wouldn't want to unless I had to, but this thing could probably split some wood no problem. Beautiful bocote over EIRW handles. I have one of Andy's nessmuks from about a year-and-a-half ago, and it's a wonderful knife, but this thing...wow...Andy's definitely learned a lot of new tricks. Like the convex saber grind with micro bevel. Who the heck else would take the time to grind a knife like that.
Anyway, this is just a quick excite ramble...gotta do Halloween stuff, then maybe a more coherent and useful inital review later.
I open Andy's signature wrapping to a thing of beauty in a sweet JRE neck sheath. I pull it out of the VERY snug sheath wrong and start juggling it, almost slicing myself open a la Ghostwolf. Once I get puchase of the thing, it's a very stout little knife. Wonderful grip that takes three fingers well with my pinky backing up the rear. I was wondering about the thick (5/32") blade, but this thing is SHARP. I wouldn't want to unless I had to, but this thing could probably split some wood no problem. Beautiful bocote over EIRW handles. I have one of Andy's nessmuks from about a year-and-a-half ago, and it's a wonderful knife, but this thing...wow...Andy's definitely learned a lot of new tricks. Like the convex saber grind with micro bevel. Who the heck else would take the time to grind a knife like that.
Anyway, this is just a quick excite ramble...gotta do Halloween stuff, then maybe a more coherent and useful inital review later.