I mailed the Grohmann Survival today.
Let me start my evaluation by saying that the package arrived very damp and looked like it had been opened and retaped. The knife was not in the sheath and both were rattling around in the box with some peanuts and other packing material. Nothing looked wet inside but the knife had several small spots on the blade. They didn't readily come off so I didn't mess with them.
That said, I agree that the sheath is very poorly designed, especially since you'd think that the people making the knives would have withdrawn the knives, from the sheath, dozens if not hundreds of times. Strange.
The first thing I did was take off the lanyard since I don't like them flopping around on my knives (yes, I put it back before mailing). I was surprised by the heft of the knife. A really solid hand full of knife. Tho' I'm not crazy about the knife, aesthetically, it really fits my hand, ergonomically.
It was fairly sharp and twenty strokes on the old Sharpmaker really fixed it up well. Since I was having guests for dinner I took immediately to the kitchen and chopped and diced and sliced vegies for a stir fry and fruit for a salad. I expected the handle to be slippery, but the shape kept in the hand very well. It is very well balanced, to my taste. I used it for dinner as a steak knife. I even cut the bread with it.
Next day, I cut up cardboard to put out for recycling, used it on some old manila rope that I've meant to throw away. It held the edge very well, I thought, and recovered quickly with a few seconds on the Sharpmaker.
I'm not sure this would be the first knife I'd spend 75 to 100 bucks on, but I think anyone who does will be very well served. Thanks, Dave.
Let me start my evaluation by saying that the package arrived very damp and looked like it had been opened and retaped. The knife was not in the sheath and both were rattling around in the box with some peanuts and other packing material. Nothing looked wet inside but the knife had several small spots on the blade. They didn't readily come off so I didn't mess with them.
That said, I agree that the sheath is very poorly designed, especially since you'd think that the people making the knives would have withdrawn the knives, from the sheath, dozens if not hundreds of times. Strange.
The first thing I did was take off the lanyard since I don't like them flopping around on my knives (yes, I put it back before mailing). I was surprised by the heft of the knife. A really solid hand full of knife. Tho' I'm not crazy about the knife, aesthetically, it really fits my hand, ergonomically.
It was fairly sharp and twenty strokes on the old Sharpmaker really fixed it up well. Since I was having guests for dinner I took immediately to the kitchen and chopped and diced and sliced vegies for a stir fry and fruit for a salad. I expected the handle to be slippery, but the shape kept in the hand very well. It is very well balanced, to my taste. I used it for dinner as a steak knife. I even cut the bread with it.
Next day, I cut up cardboard to put out for recycling, used it on some old manila rope that I've meant to throw away. It held the edge very well, I thought, and recovered quickly with a few seconds on the Sharpmaker.
I'm not sure this would be the first knife I'd spend 75 to 100 bucks on, but I think anyone who does will be very well served. Thanks, Dave.
