Mean Street Questions

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Some questions for the Mean Street owners out there.

How do you like the cutting/slicing ability of the knife? Being that it is quite thick for a small blade.

Also what is the measurement of the blade from the edge to the spine at it's widest point (blade/handle juncture) ?

How do you like the Mean Street overall?

Thanks for your help.

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Well, I just received my Mean Street on Wednesday, so I can't really comment on its cutting ability(I haven't cut anything yet). But I will try to help on the other questions. The blade from edge to spine at widest point is right at an 1". It is a very well balanced knife, handle fits nicely in my hands and quilted Micarta also provides a nice grip. My overall opinion so far is that it is a great knife and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one. I'm sure Andy can answer any questions you may have you might want to give him a call.
Eric
 
The Mean Street will definitely slice when kept sharp. I can take a piece of 3/8" rope (3-strand sisal or hemp), make a coil in my left hand and slice upward with my right. The hemp will slice cleanly in 1" of blade movement. Not bad for a sharpened spike.

Put enough upward pressure and it will slice with 1/2" of movement or less. Will it slice like my #12 Opinel or my sebenza? Nope. But I wouldn't use my Opinel to open a can of tuna and I wouldn't beat on it with a mallet. The mean street will take that kind of abuse and more. There are always tradeoffs.

I've been lugging my mean street around every day for the past month or two. I like it cause I can abuse it. It won't slice like my Marble Woodcraft (few knives will!) but it will slice cardboard, plastic lawn edging, and I used it to cut some plant runners in the flower bed, cut some stakes for markers in the garden, and I cut a bunch of plastic ties, etc. It's just a nuclear tough utility knife that sharpens right up on my sharpmaker and cuts what I need to cut. It's light enough I don't know it's on my hip and comfortable in the hand no matter which way you hold it. It easily takes out the cherry tree suckers that keep coming out in my back yard and with a mallet, I made short work of a couple wrist-sized limbs.

For delicate work, I keep the small sebenza in the pocket, for the tough stuff, I haul out the mean street. It may not be the best slicer in the world but it sure is a workhorse for such a small blade.

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The low, hoarse purr of the whirling stone—the light-press’d blade,
Diffusing, dropping, sideways-darting, in tiny showers of gold,
Sparkles from the wheel.

Walt Whitman
 
I'll have to agree, my Mean Street is not the best slicer either, but it does hold an edge very well and does not mind abuse. It performs a variety of tasks well without the limitations of over-specialty. Get one.
 
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