Looks quite cool !

Looks like a good hard use knife. I could do without the saw teeth on the spine. With a good grind it might be a good blade for use here in the sand box.
 
i was thinking the same thing, why the saw?

and if a knife has any kind of saw i'd rather have one to cut rope instead of wood.
 
Looks a little bit like a knife you already have! The sawback looks pretty effective, and overall, it looks like a great design for rough use.
 
The saw back on this one appears to actually be useful. I've herd that a lot of the saw teeth on survival knives were designed to cut through the thin aluminum skin on aircraft in order to help pilots and crew escape a crash. The description on this knife says "I cut the saw teeth like a chain saw chain 3 3/8" of them each with a set (each tooth is kanted out clearing the flats of the blade) so the blade will have less binding." Sounds promising. Too pricey for me though.
 
Dan makes good knives. I'm not a fan of the sawback, but everyone's needs are different. Thanks for the heads up.
Rick
 
I don't buy knives based on their "cool factor." But I will give it this much, although I don't generally have any use for saw-back knives, this one is not nearly as ridiculous looking as I expected it to be. Maybe it's an OK knife.
 
Definitely has cool factor. Looks hell for stout. Probably have to reprofile the edge to a steeper angle.

The trouble with all these sawbacks on sporting knives is the width of the kerf. Even the best tooth design cannot overcome the problem because the wide kerf necessitates removing more material than necessary for a given cut. This translates to a considerable increase in effort and time over a good saw of the same length.

Efficient hand saws are narrow and wide. They use thin stock and partially compensate for excessive flex by widening the blade. The kerf of the teeth need only be as wide as the blade to let the blade through the cut. The narrower the kerf, the less material removed from the cut and the less time and effort required.

Sawbacks for wood on a sporting knife must have a wide kerf to to let the blade through the cut. So they are relatively inefficient.

If you look at the wood saw blade of a SAK or multitool, you will see it is thinner stock than the knife blade. This is to reduce the kerf and make it a more efficient cutter. On a relatively thick sporting or wilderness knife, a sawback for wood must have wide teeth (a thick kerf) which makes sawing wasteful of time and energy.
 
Maybe it would look better if I was using it and it worked well. Otherwise, I'm just not a fan of the industrial look -- in knives or hawks. Just me.
 
Not sure if I would like the skin scraper for the pommel- but I would have to test the knife in my hand to see.
 
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