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I have all the usual suspects....the Beckers, the ESEEs, the Tops, the Ontarios, the RATs, the Fallknivens...you name it, I probably have (or had) it. And even though I like all of them, none of them were ever exactly perfect for me. Some were very, very close to "perfect" (looking at you BK9), but all of them have a flaw, no matter how small. Hot spots, uncomfortable or poorly fitting handles for my hand size (long fingers and not very wide hands), poor balance, poor ergonomics, etc.
I have always liked Mineral Mountains knives, and over the last couple of years I picked up a few more including their Stickit II. I'm not really sure why I bought it, as first glance would not make you think "survival/camp" knife. As such, this one sat in a drawer for a long time with limited use. Recently, it has been my go-to woods knife, and I am sad I waited so long to put it to use.
It is perfectly balanced, has the most comfortable handle of any knife I own (fits my hand like a glove) and excels in just about anything I threw at it, including chopping, light batoning *gasp*, skinning, even filleting.
It's offset handle angle is almost Khukuri-like, and allows great mechanical advantage when chopping, and makes both push and pull cuts so much easier. Because of the angle, it makes food prep a breeze and there's no way your knuckles are going to drag on the cutting board or log stump as you are slicing and dicing.
The handle ergonomics are completely comfortable in any grip - icepick, reverse icepick, hammer, reverse hammer, etc.
This knife is hollow ground and slices like a much, much thinner knife, even though the 5160 blade stock is 1/4" thick. The massive amount of belly skins game easily.
RC is 58 with great toughness (I've hit several bones as well as knots in wood, some rather hard) and not even a hint of edge rolling. I also would not believe this is 5160 steel based on the incredibly long-lasting edge retention, as well. When this knife finally does get dull, it sharpens easily, quickly and effortlessly.
It has a very sharp 90 degree spine section before the unsharpened swedge, perfect for scraping tinder/bark or striking a ferro rod.
The coating is parkerizing, and doesn't impede fine slicing or create any noticeable additional drag and it's a nice alternative to some of the epoxy "bed liner" coatings that appear far too often on "survival" knives.
It has been rode hard and put away wet more times than I am normally comfortable with a higher carbon blade, but there was no sign of rust after several damp days and minimal wipe-downs.
I have no action shots as much of my recent use was in weather that was not conducive to taking photos , but this thing is truly amazing:
I have always liked Mineral Mountains knives, and over the last couple of years I picked up a few more including their Stickit II. I'm not really sure why I bought it, as first glance would not make you think "survival/camp" knife. As such, this one sat in a drawer for a long time with limited use. Recently, it has been my go-to woods knife, and I am sad I waited so long to put it to use.
It is perfectly balanced, has the most comfortable handle of any knife I own (fits my hand like a glove) and excels in just about anything I threw at it, including chopping, light batoning *gasp*, skinning, even filleting.
It's offset handle angle is almost Khukuri-like, and allows great mechanical advantage when chopping, and makes both push and pull cuts so much easier. Because of the angle, it makes food prep a breeze and there's no way your knuckles are going to drag on the cutting board or log stump as you are slicing and dicing.
The handle ergonomics are completely comfortable in any grip - icepick, reverse icepick, hammer, reverse hammer, etc.
This knife is hollow ground and slices like a much, much thinner knife, even though the 5160 blade stock is 1/4" thick. The massive amount of belly skins game easily.
RC is 58 with great toughness (I've hit several bones as well as knots in wood, some rather hard) and not even a hint of edge rolling. I also would not believe this is 5160 steel based on the incredibly long-lasting edge retention, as well. When this knife finally does get dull, it sharpens easily, quickly and effortlessly.
It has a very sharp 90 degree spine section before the unsharpened swedge, perfect for scraping tinder/bark or striking a ferro rod.
The coating is parkerizing, and doesn't impede fine slicing or create any noticeable additional drag and it's a nice alternative to some of the epoxy "bed liner" coatings that appear far too often on "survival" knives.
It has been rode hard and put away wet more times than I am normally comfortable with a higher carbon blade, but there was no sign of rust after several damp days and minimal wipe-downs.
I have no action shots as much of my recent use was in weather that was not conducive to taking photos , but this thing is truly amazing:
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