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I recently bought a Mercworxs Shiva, and since there are few Mercworxs reviews, I thought I'd add one. I haven't had a chance to use it that much so this is more along the basic info.
The knife arrived 9 days after I ordered it, although I didn't get the standard "your knife is in the mail" email that most companies send. No major worries, but got me curious until it arrived. The specs:
Mercworx Shiva
Blade: 6.5 in, S30V (154CM is standard, the S30V cost an extra $50)
Thickness: 1/4 in
Total: 11 in
Handle: Micarta
Cost: $375, $425 with the S30V, but you can find it cheaper at dealers
Initial Impressions: I like daggers, which is why I bought this knife in the first place. This is a solid, heavy dagger. Not sure the weight, but it's more then my Fairbain, which isn't a light knife. In addition to being very aesthetic, it feels good in the hand, and it's going to slip or twist when you use it.
Tests: Since I'm not going to be splitting much wood with a double edged dagger, I was slightly confused how to test it.
Any further ideas would be welcome, but first I tried the standard rope tests. It cut through rope and cardboard without any problems.
I then took a piece of cardboard and cut it into eight sections, taping the sections together to get a block about 2" thick. I pulled out several of my other daggers, to compare the penetration power of the knives. Being a dagger, I figure that's what it's supposed to do, but by all means if you have a different idea I could try let me know.
Knives from top to bottom are:
Gerber Mark I
Mercworx Shiva
Boker Applegate
SOG Desert Dagger
I held each knife in an overhand grip and stabbed the cardboard on the floor. With each knife I did two test, the first one with hardly any force lettign the weight of the knife pull it down, the second with a harder stab. I then measured how far each knife penetrated. The results of my unscientific study are:
_______________Light_________Hard
Mark I:__________1"__________1 5/8"
Applegate:_______1"__________1 1/2"
SOG:___________1 1/2"_______1 7/8"
Mercworx:_______1"____________2"
Basically, they all preformed pretty well, the real suprise to me was how well the SOG Desert Dagger did. I really don't like the knife, it's way to light and just feels flimsy compared to the heavier Applegate and Shiva daggers. But I guess the slimmer profile really helped it penetrate the cardboard. Still, I do like the solid feel of the heavier knives.
Overall, I really like the Mercworx Shiva. It isn't cheap, but it'd definitly well built, solid, and will hold up if you need it. Any questions, thoughts, or suggestions, please let me know.
Dave
The knife arrived 9 days after I ordered it, although I didn't get the standard "your knife is in the mail" email that most companies send. No major worries, but got me curious until it arrived. The specs:
Mercworx Shiva
Blade: 6.5 in, S30V (154CM is standard, the S30V cost an extra $50)
Thickness: 1/4 in
Total: 11 in
Handle: Micarta
Cost: $375, $425 with the S30V, but you can find it cheaper at dealers
Initial Impressions: I like daggers, which is why I bought this knife in the first place. This is a solid, heavy dagger. Not sure the weight, but it's more then my Fairbain, which isn't a light knife. In addition to being very aesthetic, it feels good in the hand, and it's going to slip or twist when you use it.
Tests: Since I'm not going to be splitting much wood with a double edged dagger, I was slightly confused how to test it.
Any further ideas would be welcome, but first I tried the standard rope tests. It cut through rope and cardboard without any problems.I then took a piece of cardboard and cut it into eight sections, taping the sections together to get a block about 2" thick. I pulled out several of my other daggers, to compare the penetration power of the knives.
Being a dagger, I figure that's what it's supposed to do, but by all means if you have a different idea I could try let me know.
Knives from top to bottom are:
Gerber Mark I
Mercworx Shiva
Boker Applegate
SOG Desert Dagger
I held each knife in an overhand grip and stabbed the cardboard on the floor. With each knife I did two test, the first one with hardly any force lettign the weight of the knife pull it down, the second with a harder stab. I then measured how far each knife penetrated. The results of my unscientific study are:
_______________Light_________Hard
Mark I:__________1"__________1 5/8"
Applegate:_______1"__________1 1/2"
SOG:___________1 1/2"_______1 7/8"
Mercworx:_______1"____________2"
Basically, they all preformed pretty well, the real suprise to me was how well the SOG Desert Dagger did. I really don't like the knife, it's way to light and just feels flimsy compared to the heavier Applegate and Shiva daggers. But I guess the slimmer profile really helped it penetrate the cardboard. Still, I do like the solid feel of the heavier knives.
Overall, I really like the Mercworx Shiva. It isn't cheap, but it'd definitly well built, solid, and will hold up if you need it. Any questions, thoughts, or suggestions, please let me know.
Dave
