Knife collecting is sometimes hard to understand. If you allready have knives that you dont have time to or opportunity to use, why get more? Are we searching for a perfect knife that just does not exist?
My collecting peaked this week. I am not going to take the Chris Reeve - Rockstead - route, those are way out what I am willing to pay. I have been looking at the Fällkniven knives many times and liked them. I especially liked the Gentlemans pocket knife, but the price (somewhere around 280 euros) was too much. Then I found that a sports shop near me was offering them at a more reasonable price so I took the plunge.
I have hesitated buying knives at this price levell if I cant handle them first. I was happy I did. In the shop the first GP I had in my hands was otherwise fine, but the blade was way off center when closed. I was surprised that a high end knife could have this flaw. I asked for another one and this one was fine, so I bought it.
I must say that this is something that peaks my expectations of quality in many ways, but still this has one little flaw. The action is smoothest I have felt in any knife. Talk about ball bearings on glass - smooth. The detent is light, it is possible to shake the blade out. Still I feel safe carrying the knife, but one of my self-made pocket sheats has a good fit for this knife and I intended to use a sheath anyway. It is actually possible to open this knife one-handed if you want to, just pinch the blade out and push with your thumb.
Lock is perfect, just shy of 50 % and feels very sturdy. Actually it is sturdier than necessary in this kind of knife. There is a nice relief in the liner to use the lock. Now this is the flaw I found: the lock is not quite lined with the tang, there is a small protrusion over the tang. I will take some pictures and point it out. This does not affect function in any way.
Visually the knife looks like a modernized Barlow (some of you might have different opinion about that). I like the blade shape a lot, allthough the tip could be more pointy. I have to use it and just find out how usefull it is. Blade is shaving sharp out of box and finish is flawless. The lamCos steel should be 60 hrc or so the factory says. Time will tell how this holds an edge.
I will take some pictures containing also some more of my knives for reference. To start with here is a picture taken out of net.
My collecting peaked this week. I am not going to take the Chris Reeve - Rockstead - route, those are way out what I am willing to pay. I have been looking at the Fällkniven knives many times and liked them. I especially liked the Gentlemans pocket knife, but the price (somewhere around 280 euros) was too much. Then I found that a sports shop near me was offering them at a more reasonable price so I took the plunge.
I have hesitated buying knives at this price levell if I cant handle them first. I was happy I did. In the shop the first GP I had in my hands was otherwise fine, but the blade was way off center when closed. I was surprised that a high end knife could have this flaw. I asked for another one and this one was fine, so I bought it.
I must say that this is something that peaks my expectations of quality in many ways, but still this has one little flaw. The action is smoothest I have felt in any knife. Talk about ball bearings on glass - smooth. The detent is light, it is possible to shake the blade out. Still I feel safe carrying the knife, but one of my self-made pocket sheats has a good fit for this knife and I intended to use a sheath anyway. It is actually possible to open this knife one-handed if you want to, just pinch the blade out and push with your thumb.
Lock is perfect, just shy of 50 % and feels very sturdy. Actually it is sturdier than necessary in this kind of knife. There is a nice relief in the liner to use the lock. Now this is the flaw I found: the lock is not quite lined with the tang, there is a small protrusion over the tang. I will take some pictures and point it out. This does not affect function in any way.
Visually the knife looks like a modernized Barlow (some of you might have different opinion about that). I like the blade shape a lot, allthough the tip could be more pointy. I have to use it and just find out how usefull it is. Blade is shaving sharp out of box and finish is flawless. The lamCos steel should be 60 hrc or so the factory says. Time will tell how this holds an edge.
I will take some pictures containing also some more of my knives for reference. To start with here is a picture taken out of net.
