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Some of you may remember my thread from a few weeks ago: So I want a 6 to 7 inch camp knife/chopper...
My requisites were a 6-7" blade and a sub $200 price tag.
I decided on having Stomper at JK Handmade Knives make me a knife of my own design.
This is what I sent him:
A few weeks later this is what I got back:
11 1/4" oal, 6 1/4" blade, 3/16" thick 01 steel, almost 2" tall, black micarta handle. John asked me to name it and I decided on "Lobo," which is Spanish for totally awesome knife.
The most important part for me was the handle. I find most knife handles to be too small for me. The Lobo's handle is big, almost an inch wide, perfect for my long hands. It's also contoured very nicely. These shots show what I mean:
John makes sheaths for the knives that he sells. This is the one that came with the Lobo:
After taking the glamour shots, the next step was the put the knife through its paces. I took it for a hike on Sunday afternoon with the intention of running a few chopping tests. Unfortunately, too many dang people were hiking in that area and I wanted a bit of solitude for chopping, batoning and picture taking.
This is the area I went to; The jungles of Southern California:
I was able to do some cutting. I cut off a maple branch for a hiking stick. The Lobo cut 1/2 way through it in one hit.
Here's me and the stick and the knife near the end of the hike. Did I mention it was freaking hot?
My requisites were a 6-7" blade and a sub $200 price tag.
I decided on having Stomper at JK Handmade Knives make me a knife of my own design.
This is what I sent him:

A few weeks later this is what I got back:

11 1/4" oal, 6 1/4" blade, 3/16" thick 01 steel, almost 2" tall, black micarta handle. John asked me to name it and I decided on "Lobo," which is Spanish for totally awesome knife.
The most important part for me was the handle. I find most knife handles to be too small for me. The Lobo's handle is big, almost an inch wide, perfect for my long hands. It's also contoured very nicely. These shots show what I mean:



John makes sheaths for the knives that he sells. This is the one that came with the Lobo:

After taking the glamour shots, the next step was the put the knife through its paces. I took it for a hike on Sunday afternoon with the intention of running a few chopping tests. Unfortunately, too many dang people were hiking in that area and I wanted a bit of solitude for chopping, batoning and picture taking.
This is the area I went to; The jungles of Southern California:

I was able to do some cutting. I cut off a maple branch for a hiking stick. The Lobo cut 1/2 way through it in one hit.

Here's me and the stick and the knife near the end of the hike. Did I mention it was freaking hot?
