Hudson bay knife

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Charlie_K

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So long story short, I wanna get one of these knives to add to my collection. But first I'd like to get some information. How is it for processing wood? How does its durability compare to something like the BK9? Am I expecting too much for a $40 knife?

Edit: I meant to explain that the knife in question is made by the Condor company.
 
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What Hudson Bay knife? Made by who? More than one maker makes them in that style.

Historically they were a "camp" knife that would be called upon to chop in addition to other things.
 
marcinek said:
What Hudson Bay knife? Made by who? More than one maker makes them in that style.

Historically they were a "camp" knife that would be called upon to chop in addition to other things.
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Right. Should've specified that I'm looking at the Condor model.
 
It's not going to break on you, that's for sure. It's about .25" thick but there isn't much of a secondary grind to the blade. Basically they do a large convex edge that's very thick. It chops ok but the geometry of the blade leaves much to be desired.

If you're looking for a good, inexpensive knife, the Condor Kumunga is likely going to chop better as it's only 3/16th thick. Or for $50 the Ka-Bar Large Heavy Bowie is pretty good and so is the Ontario SP10. Though neither look anything like the HBK which is part of the reason I was attracted to it in the first place.
 
bigghoss said:
It's not going to break on you, that's for sure. It's about .25" thick but there isn't much of a secondary grind to the blade. Basically they do a large convex edge that's very thick. It chops ok but the geometry of the blade leaves much to be desired.

If you're looking for a good, inexpensive knife, the Condor Kumunga is likely going to chop better as it's only 3/16th thick. Or for $50 the Ka-Bar Large Heavy Bowie is pretty good and so is the Ontario SP10. Though neither look anything like the HBK which is part of the reason I was attracted to it in the first place.
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The more recent production has vastly improved grinds over the older ones. They have proper full flat grinds now.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
The more recent production has vastly improved grinds over the older ones. They have proper full flat grinds now.
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Really! That makes it a much more interesting knife. I was about to note that I found a "scandi" type grind on a knife called on to chop less than ideal.

If the Condor Hudson Bay is now full flat? It should be a great knife for "all-around" outdoors/camp use.
 
It's been about a year now, but old stock is still out there, as one might imagine. It's not the world's thinnest FFG, mind you, but the edge region is reduced to at least half the spine thickness before the edge itself is applied.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
It's been about a year now, but old stock is still out there, as one might imagine. It's not the world's thinnest FFG, mind you, but the edge region is reduced to at least half the spine thickness before the edge itself is applied.
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Dang, I got mine from the river store. Sounds like the new grind is a big improvement.
 
Charlie_K said:
So long story short, I wanna get one of these knives to add to my collection. But first I'd like to get some information. How is it for processing wood? How does its durability compare to something like the BK9? Am I expecting too much for a $40 knife?

Edit: I meant to explain that the knife in question is made by the Condor company.
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Actually I believe that you will get more than your moneys worth of fun\use out of this one. I thinned the edge out on mine, which is a few years old, and had it slicing paper.

The shock of seeing a Condor H.B. killed this rabbit out right ! Such is its power.
 
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