My camp knife

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A T Barr

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The blade is S30V, 7 5/16" in length and 1/4" thick. The blade is flat ground, and has a hand rubbed satin finish. The overall length is approximately 12 5/8". The handles are black G10 and is shaped with an palm swell. The stainless pins are 440C.

The sheath design was requested by the customer.

Thanks for looking,

A.T.
 
Very nice, Mr. Barr. I have a fixed blade of yours, and it's handle is as comfortable as any I've held.
 
A.T., have you got many of these knives being used in the field. The reason I ask is that there are a lot of stories going around that S30V is not standing up to hard use very well. A lot of edge chipping. This is just the kind of knife that should be used to do tasks that would show whether it is the steel or the heat treat that is the problem.

By the way, nice looking knife.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
A.T., have you got many of these knives being used in the field. The reason I ask is that there are a lot of stories going around that S30V is not standing up to hard use very well.
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This is the second one made with S30V. The majority of time the customer orders A-2 or D-2. Occasionally I will get an order for one with O-1.

A.T.
 
Wow, that's amazing. Are those saw type serrations or more of a thumb ramp?

Lagarto
 
lagarto said:
Wow, that's amazing. Are those saw type serrations or more of a thumb ramp?

Lagarto
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I basically drilled some holes before heat treating and after putting on the handle, I ground about one half of the holes off.

A.T.
 
I like it very much. Good blade-handle lineup. The handle looks great in black G10.

If it were mine I would eliminate the serrations on the spine. They are too tough on my fingers when I'm doing a lot of cleaning/gutting/skinning.

I would also put a blade guard on it to keep fingers from accidentally coming into contact with the blade. This is easy to do when separating the lungs and esophagus where you are working blind doing game cleaning.

Lastly, I'd swap the snap sheath for a pouch model. I actually find it more secure and easier to access. It won't accidentally unsnap in heavy brush and allow the knife to fall out. These are just my personal biases on what I like in my hunting/camp knife. I'll shutup now.
 
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