My knives in Haiti

[Perfessr]

I recently spent a week in Haiti and took along 4 knives, SAK tinker, Opinel 6, Svord Peasant, Old Timer barehead trapper liner lock.
The SAK stayed in my backpack and was not used

The Svord is a great knife, big and strong. It was used for heavy work, cutting pieces of tire, inner tube, trimming PVC, cutting soft steel wire, trimming a door and frame, and it would have been the goto for SD(but not needed). Still sharp, needs touching up, even after running it into a block wall while batoning thru a wooden door frame.

The Opinel is a great small knife, did everything from cutting copper wire, fingernails, spreading peanut butter, trimming inner tube patches, trimming the wooden door, cutting all sorts of cardboard, string and paper. I had to touch it up with a ceramic stick a couple of times while I was there and stropped it on a piece of cardboard. Still sharp and will be touched up anyway.

The Old Timer, Just works. It is always a great knife, did not do much but stayed sharp and useful.

 

[Amos Iron Wolf]

Great report on some good, basic knives doing real work. Thanks for taking the time to share it.:thumbup:

 

[mnblade]

Did the locals show an interest in your knives? What, if anything, did they carry.

My dad does some aid work in rural Guatemala from time to time. He's stayed with a family up in the mountains there and left the father of the family a Leatherman.

 

[Perfessr]

No they had nothing and showed little interest in what I had.

 

[kidwholaughs]

That is really cool Perfesser. I am really glad to see people going out of their way to help others that are less fortunate than themselves. I have a Svord Peasant knife as well. I have been really impressed with the quality of steel. It is definitely one the best edge holding knives that I have. By the way, how did the knife handle in the moisture. How did the knife hold up during heavy work. I am a bite concerned with the thread on the pivot pin stripping, if i accidentally pried something. In addition, how do you carry your peasant to keep it from getting in the way. Your input is greatly appreciated.

God Bless

 

[Perfessr]

The Svord is really strong and it handles twisting very well. I carried it in my back pocket next to my wallet. I had no problem with moisture from the air, but my sweat did nothng to the Svord, but the Opinel has some really weird colors from it and the OT had a nice patina to start with.