This is the review I said I would do in the other thread about these knives. First thing I want to say is that I am really, really taken with this design and the execution of this knife, otherwise I wouldn't have three with a fourth coming in June.
As I said in the other post, this is what is called a Generation III knife. The only difference that it has over the Generation II is that it has a thicker blade, .157" vs. .130". While that does not seem like much, it does make a difference when you see it, as the Gen III looks a much better in my eye's, of course I like thicker blades on my folders anyway.
It came with checkered rosewood grips. While the checkered grips look nice and give you a real grip on the knife, I wanted to have a set of smooth grips. I took these and over the course of two days turned them into smooth grips, polished them, then waxed them, and they turned out to look fantastic!
The blade came razor sharp with excellent grinds on both sides that met up at the tip as they should. This is one of the 440C blades that UE offers, and my next one is going to be the S35VN blade steel. But I have nothing against 440C as when done correctly it will last for what I need to do. :thumbup:The edge would shave, but I was looking for some hair popping shaving so I took it to the white stones of my Sharpmaker. In a minutes time I had what I was looking for, as just placing the edge on my skin and making the smallest of forward movements will cause hairs to jump up.
Due to work I haven't had time to do any cutting tests, but I have plenty of cardboard and some rope on hand to try the blade on. When I do I'll report back the results. I'm not a tester like several others here as I get my blades sharp and use them until they need sharpening again, so I'm looking forward to doing this.:thumbup:
As I said in the other post, this is what is called a Generation III knife. The only difference that it has over the Generation II is that it has a thicker blade, .157" vs. .130". While that does not seem like much, it does make a difference when you see it, as the Gen III looks a much better in my eye's, of course I like thicker blades on my folders anyway.
It came with checkered rosewood grips. While the checkered grips look nice and give you a real grip on the knife, I wanted to have a set of smooth grips. I took these and over the course of two days turned them into smooth grips, polished them, then waxed them, and they turned out to look fantastic!
The blade came razor sharp with excellent grinds on both sides that met up at the tip as they should. This is one of the 440C blades that UE offers, and my next one is going to be the S35VN blade steel. But I have nothing against 440C as when done correctly it will last for what I need to do. :thumbup:The edge would shave, but I was looking for some hair popping shaving so I took it to the white stones of my Sharpmaker. In a minutes time I had what I was looking for, as just placing the edge on my skin and making the smallest of forward movements will cause hairs to jump up.
Due to work I haven't had time to do any cutting tests, but I have plenty of cardboard and some rope on hand to try the blade on. When I do I'll report back the results. I'm not a tester like several others here as I get my blades sharp and use them until they need sharpening again, so I'm looking forward to doing this.:thumbup:
