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Knives Are For Cutting Stuff...Do You Have Pictures To Prove It?
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A couple of weeks ago, the UPS brought me a second Bark River Rogue Bowieknife.
It's from the new batch made this year.
The earlier shown Rogue in this thread, is from 2007.
I was curious to try out the new one, to see if there are any significant improvements.
At a glance the answer would be it's the same, but a closer inspection reveals a number of small developments.
First, it feels heavier and the scales show an increase of weight with 0.75 oz.
The total weight today is 12 oz, instead of 11.25 oz.
A look at the edge, clearly shows a thicker convex bevel.
The swedge is also smaller, so the blade has evidently more metal in it, than before.
The pins in the handle are replaced with small corby bolts, wich gives a better mechanical bond to the tang than just pins.
The sheath is made of thicker leather than the old sheath and the fit&finish are on a higher level.
A chopping test on pine resulted in throwing large wood chips and the knife worked the wood, not my force.
This is a very good sign for a true cross-over knife, that can do both small and big knife tasks.
I would say that this far into my use of the new Rogue, this knife is a lot more than the old one!
The edge stays completely intact, even though it still has the factory edge in place.
Yes, this is what I hoped the new one's would be like and so far I'm impressed!
Regards
Mikael
It's from the new batch made this year.
The earlier shown Rogue in this thread, is from 2007.
I was curious to try out the new one, to see if there are any significant improvements.
At a glance the answer would be it's the same, but a closer inspection reveals a number of small developments.
First, it feels heavier and the scales show an increase of weight with 0.75 oz.
The total weight today is 12 oz, instead of 11.25 oz.
A look at the edge, clearly shows a thicker convex bevel.
The swedge is also smaller, so the blade has evidently more metal in it, than before.
The pins in the handle are replaced with small corby bolts, wich gives a better mechanical bond to the tang than just pins.
The sheath is made of thicker leather than the old sheath and the fit&finish are on a higher level.
A chopping test on pine resulted in throwing large wood chips and the knife worked the wood, not my force.
This is a very good sign for a true cross-over knife, that can do both small and big knife tasks.
I would say that this far into my use of the new Rogue, this knife is a lot more than the old one!
The edge stays completely intact, even though it still has the factory edge in place.
Yes, this is what I hoped the new one's would be like and so far I'm impressed!
Regards
Mikael
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Not feeling too good after eating all of that in one go...
Oh that looks pretty bad, id definitely want that cooked..
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Looking for a new place to test Sharpness I thought, why not around my wrist. I mean it pulls my hair any way!
Didn't even know I cut myself. I love having a sharp knife! Only knife nuts like us are proud of cutting ourselves!
Didn't even know I cut myself. I love having a sharp knife! Only knife nuts like us are proud of cutting ourselves!
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heres a couple.......................FES
