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Just got back from camping and finally got a chance to put the knives to the test. I'm a complete n00b when it comes to bushcraft so I wanted to put in practice the theory that I had been reading about. Before I start I should mention that cotton balls with vaseline work great as tinder.
Fallkniven F1
What an excellent knife, fast becoming my favourite. Still super sharp after all that abuse of batoning, stripping and shaving wood. I suck at making feather sticks but gave it ago and the F1 was just effortless. My second attempt (not pictured) was much better...
Apologies for the picture quality I forgot my slr so had to you the iphone.
The F1 stayed strapped to the belt the entire time I was there and I found it was always up the challenge. I won't go into the bush again without it!
Cold Steel Recon Scout
I really noticed the weight when I strapped it on but it wasn't something that was uncomfortable. I only used it for chopping smallish limbs about three inches wide and batoning the red gum wood that I brought with me into smaller pieces.
That red gum is TOUGH. I found I had to ditch the baton I made and use a heavy chunk of wood from the bag of red gum. I used WD40 which made some improvement but I suspect the knife also could have been sharper. I haven't done anything to the blade since it came out of the box and it was nowhere near as sharp as the F1.
You can see the beating that block of wood took, the blade seems fine:
The recon scout split the wood much better than the F1. Even when splitting smaller sections the F1 sometimes got jammed up while the recon scout would just power through. Sharpened pry bar it may be but it certainly works on wood!
Shortly after I was kicking back on my hammock and enjoying a can of bourbon and coke listening to the sounds of the fire:
Fallkniven F1
What an excellent knife, fast becoming my favourite. Still super sharp after all that abuse of batoning, stripping and shaving wood. I suck at making feather sticks but gave it ago and the F1 was just effortless. My second attempt (not pictured) was much better...
Apologies for the picture quality I forgot my slr so had to you the iphone.
The F1 stayed strapped to the belt the entire time I was there and I found it was always up the challenge. I won't go into the bush again without it!
Cold Steel Recon Scout
I really noticed the weight when I strapped it on but it wasn't something that was uncomfortable. I only used it for chopping smallish limbs about three inches wide and batoning the red gum wood that I brought with me into smaller pieces.
That red gum is TOUGH. I found I had to ditch the baton I made and use a heavy chunk of wood from the bag of red gum. I used WD40 which made some improvement but I suspect the knife also could have been sharper. I haven't done anything to the blade since it came out of the box and it was nowhere near as sharp as the F1.
You can see the beating that block of wood took, the blade seems fine:
The recon scout split the wood much better than the F1. Even when splitting smaller sections the F1 sometimes got jammed up while the recon scout would just power through. Sharpened pry bar it may be but it certainly works on wood!
Shortly after I was kicking back on my hammock and enjoying a can of bourbon and coke listening to the sounds of the fire:
