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PiterM

PiterM

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Don't you think that a thinner edge would cut MUCH better than 30 deg. that Ernie put on La Griffe?
I've just bought La Griffe. It's a perfect size and shape neck knife for me and I like it a lot. But IMO it's quit hard to cut through 0,5" manila rope with just one cut. This is a rescue knife, so it should be SHARP and should cut with ease. I think I'll try to regrind the cutting edge to 20 deg. or even 17 to make it really shaving sharp.

Is it worth doing? I hope so...

PiterM
 
I would imagine that any rope or cord you would have to take a slash at in order to save someone's life would probably be under tension and that changes everything instantly. If the rope has a load on it and it is taut, that's entirely different from cutting free-hanging hemp rope.

If you're cutting free hanging rope that does not have a load on it, sharpness, speed, edge orientation [skill] rule the day.

I have tested the LaGriffe on various mediums, including meat in denim [no jokes] and it has performed well. I carry one around the neck as the "ultimate rescue knife," to cut someone off of me.

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"You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol than you are a musician because you own a guitar." ~Jeff Cooper
And the same goes for a knife...
And, I'm a Usual Suspect.

Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline. It's the end of the world as we know it...and I feel fine. ~Stipe
 
They make a "White Water Rescue" that has a fully serrated edge, it may be more to your liking.

Like Don, I invision my La Griffe for as a fighting (rescue) tool tool. I can't really see myself cutting rope or peeling car doors with it. I have other tools for that.

Basically, it's a claw I wasn't born with.

John
 
Ohhh, while it doesn't do well at the "rope" test, your going to find it's jam up at the "Spine whack" test.
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Hi again,

I'm more Emerson Knives fan than you can imagine. I did change the edge angle at my La Griffe and now it cuts! It's a rescue and selfdefense tool like no other. I'm taking it with me on a 5 day fishing trip next week, so I'll tell you how performs this small handy claw.
BTW, yesterday a friend of mine said that LaG is "just an expencive piece of steel". I said "yeah, but worth every penny".

Piter
 
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