Well I recieved my Talon courtesy of the Forums store and couldn't be happier. For 44 bucks including the shipping people are missing out on a great BUY!. Anyways the first thing that struck me about the knife is the robustness of the thing. Pictures do not do it justice. I am a fan of larger type pocket clip knives and med. to stout hunting knives. Well this definetly fills the bill on the large pocket clip knife. Heavy, big,
and very well made with a nice 4" blade with a nice deep belly on the bottom and a shallower belly towards the point. Matter of fact this knife pierces like there is no tomorrow. It also seems to want to travel downwards on the withdrawal as I assume it is meant to do with the type of belly on it. The liner lock(not a big fan really of most liner locks), is very well made and I couldn't defeat it doing the spine what test even out towards the tip of the knife. I have found that even on very well made liner locks whacking the spine out towards the front of the knife will make the blade vibrate a little more and if it is going to fail it will fail with this test. Repeated whacks wouldn't budge it. I mean hard whacks too! Next did the requiste cutting tests, some hemp rope, rolled newspapers, and what I consider kind of tough one, free standing paper bags. Slashing and thrusting at those.
Recieved better than average cuts etc. The belly seemed to really help here. Gripping the knife really tightly on some(most) of the drills didn't budge the liner lock either. Knife felt super secure in the hand. Next I helped my wife cut and quarter a chicken we were going to roast but decided to barbeque.
Knife even greasy was secure in the hand and stayed exptremely sharp through out the process. My wife actually liked it although she was a little nervous at the sharpness of the blade. All in all a very well made knife that I am proud to own and along with my C16 will become my main pocket knives. Criticisms are few, most notable is that the knife sticks pretty far out of the pocket with the way the clip is oriented, and the blade pivot seems slightly gritty. I will lubricate in do course, just will break it in a little more is all. As for sharpness, well I didn't really beat the blade up this p.m. as it is to danged hot to really get into it. The blade was as good as the best of the Spyderco's for sharpness. I mean absolutely hair poppin and flinging. Still is. I wish they would have carried the belly out further but as it is it is very livable.
Hey you guys/gals are missing a hell of a deal on this. Oh yea one more thing, the handle itself would make a great defensive pain compliance tool in its own right. Solid, heavy, and sticks out both the front and back just enough for leverage on pressure points.
That's the way it is this July 1st, 1999. Congrats also to the U.S. Womens World Cup Team!
and very well made with a nice 4" blade with a nice deep belly on the bottom and a shallower belly towards the point. Matter of fact this knife pierces like there is no tomorrow. It also seems to want to travel downwards on the withdrawal as I assume it is meant to do with the type of belly on it. The liner lock(not a big fan really of most liner locks), is very well made and I couldn't defeat it doing the spine what test even out towards the tip of the knife. I have found that even on very well made liner locks whacking the spine out towards the front of the knife will make the blade vibrate a little more and if it is going to fail it will fail with this test. Repeated whacks wouldn't budge it. I mean hard whacks too! Next did the requiste cutting tests, some hemp rope, rolled newspapers, and what I consider kind of tough one, free standing paper bags. Slashing and thrusting at those.
Recieved better than average cuts etc. The belly seemed to really help here. Gripping the knife really tightly on some(most) of the drills didn't budge the liner lock either. Knife felt super secure in the hand. Next I helped my wife cut and quarter a chicken we were going to roast but decided to barbeque.
Knife even greasy was secure in the hand and stayed exptremely sharp through out the process. My wife actually liked it although she was a little nervous at the sharpness of the blade. All in all a very well made knife that I am proud to own and along with my C16 will become my main pocket knives. Criticisms are few, most notable is that the knife sticks pretty far out of the pocket with the way the clip is oriented, and the blade pivot seems slightly gritty. I will lubricate in do course, just will break it in a little more is all. As for sharpness, well I didn't really beat the blade up this p.m. as it is to danged hot to really get into it. The blade was as good as the best of the Spyderco's for sharpness. I mean absolutely hair poppin and flinging. Still is. I wish they would have carried the belly out further but as it is it is very livable.
Hey you guys/gals are missing a hell of a deal on this. Oh yea one more thing, the handle itself would make a great defensive pain compliance tool in its own right. Solid, heavy, and sticks out both the front and back just enough for leverage on pressure points.
That's the way it is this July 1st, 1999. Congrats also to the U.S. Womens World Cup Team!
