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Great knife. Might add spacers, the grip is on the thin side!!
Pics later
Great knife. Might add spacers, the grip is on the thin side!!
Pics later
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Hmmmm.... Finally got to pick mine up, after a couple of weeks of it waiting at the hotel where I was staying on det, once I went back on det. My G10 is pretty thin. Feels thinner than the canvas on my RMD's and IMD's, and the g10 on my SMD. Love the blade shape (was thinking I wouldn't, based on photos alone). But.... I have to say I'm really disappointed in the workmanship on this one. I guess I've come to be spoiled on how perfect all my Swamp Rat knives have been --7 in all, from the Rodent 6 down to the regular RMD, all fairly recent manufacture. I think the oldest I have is probably the INFImandus. This one, not so much. It took about half a second of looking at it to see that the tang is above the scales. In the hand, it is immediately apparent that the metal of the tang extends above the scales. It really bothered me, though, that it seemed to be worse on one side. I figured the scale on that side was machined a little undersize. BUT, as I was sighting down the edge to see the thickness behind the edge bevel, I noticed that it looked like the blade blank was cut on a slant.WTH? That is really weird! Now admittedly, I had just gotten off a flight from the east to the west coast, with several delays as well. So I had been awake about 18 hours at that point. I haven't had a chance to really examine it again today, so I could have just been completely out of it. But it definitely seems that the tang extends above the scale on one side worse than the other. I suppose it could have been something that happened during the coating stage (sage). Dunno. It isn't quite bad enough that I feel compelled to complain to SWKW about it, and I'm not trying to dis them on here. But I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this? Is the tang supposed to extend above the scales on this design?
I'll try to get a couple of photos and post on here later today/this evening. But due to the way the tang is on this one, and the fact the edge is the best one I've ever gotten out of Swamp Rat (or maybe even Busse!), it is going to become a real user. Probably beat it like a rented mule. It definitely feels like it can take some heavy usage. And like I said, I love the shape. Kinda wish I had gotten two. So, in summary, love the knife... it just was a bit of a surprise after the perfection I've seen out of Busse-kin in the past. Recent past. Which is as far back as I go.
I saw this before...and forgot about it.
It's raining today; so my plans are changed - guess I'll pull out the JMDs, and give them a closer inspection.
Just got an email back.
Swamprat asked for me to send the knife to them with a note explaining what's what's wrong and that I wait until mid-June so they can concentrate on Blade show. That all sounds ok - the only concerning thing is that in my original email I explained the problem, offered to send pictures, and explained that since it's a small imperfection they might not consider it a flaw. I just hope I don't have to send the knife there for them to take one look at it and say "it's fine". But I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and just keep my fingers crossed. Will advise - probably late June.