harsey ranger opinions

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eisenhower

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i check out the forum often but cant remember seeing anything on this knife i am very interested in this knife
 
eisenhower said:
i check out the forum often but cant remember seeing anything on this knife i am very interested in this knife
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I have the Lone Wolf Harsey T2 Ranger. It is an incredible knife. Even though it is a liner lock, the fit is perfect and the lliners are very thick. This knife is built like a tank. The only other liner lock that I think is built as well is the Al Mar SERE 2000 (which I have also). I feel completely safe using this knife under any condition, from daily chores to all-out self defense.

The grip is just about the more comfortable you will ever hold in a knife, especially condidering it has a pocket clip. The "grip ridges" (or whatever they are called) on the blade and handle are not sharp but somewhat large and smooth. Still quite useful but more comfortable then most knives.

The S30V with the blade design (I have plain blade) come together to make and edge that never seems to get dull. It's a "slicing machine". I cut up about 6 boxes into 6 inch strips (across the cardboard "grain") and it was still shaving sharp. I did the same with an Ontario Rat-1 folder in AUS-8A and it was getting dull after only 2 boxes.

In short, you will fall in love with this knive. It nothing short of wonderful to use, look at, and carry. There must be some reason they make a lot of these knives for the military.

Warning: don't get the double action auto. I had 2 of them and finally traded for the manual opening. The design is dangerous, IMHO. It would open sometimes and not others. Then sometimes it would open when I was just holding it. Once it cut me when it did that. It's a new knife design I suspect they will work the bugs out eventually.

Hope this helps.

Regards
 
T2 - excellent knife, one of my very favorite knives and I have a lot of folders. The blade shape and grind is near perfect, in my opinion, and the handle has excellent ergos.

The T1, the large one - too large, too wide, bulky and awkward, and this from a guy who loves large folders. If you are 6'5" and are happy to carry your folder in a belt pouch, you might like it. The blade is good, the handle isn't. Just a matter of "size matters" in a negative way, I guess.
 
I don't understand these knives. This is the only knife I've ever heard of where FRN is MORE expensive than the carbon fiber version. That must be some pretty fancy FRN! There's no way I'd ever pay $300 for any FRN knife.
The knives look so bland and generic- they look just like a standard folder model from any number of other makers, but with a unreasonably high price tag attached. There's not a single design feature there that I'm interested in.

The Harsey knives simply aren't my cup of tea. I know there are people that like them, but they're definitely not for me.
 
DRider said:
T2 - excellent knife, one of my very favorite knives and I have a lot of folders. The blade shape and grind is near perfect, in my opinion, and the handle has excellent ergos.

The T1, the large one - too large, too wide, bulky and awkward, and this from a guy who loves large folders. If you are 6'5" and are happy to carry your folder in a belt pouch, you might like it. The blade is good, the handle isn't. Just a matter of "size matters" in a negative way, I guess.
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Agree with you on the T2 (see my previous post). Hope you don't mind the correction, however. The T3 is the large one. T1 is the small one.

Regards
 
Great knife, though the handle material on the standard model looks a bit cheap.
I like the wooden handle much better.
 
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