My New Enzo Trapper

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nick.bodnar

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Hey guys I got my first Enzo Trapper a few weeks ago and decided to post a few pics, check them out.

Also, I posted some of the handle which appears to be seperating a tiny tiny bit. Should I be worried about this, is it normal? I used the knife to gut a fish and it took a dunk in some water.

By the way the blade is O1 steel.

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Nice looking knife! That looks like some kind of burl, or maybe a stained (dyed) curly birch.

The thing about the EnZos is that they're not putting a thong (lanyard) tube in the rear of the handle - at least, not any that I'm aware of. So, the scales rely on the two corby bolts and epoxy to keep the fiber liner stuck to the blade. Well, it's possible that the expansion fo the wood scales has pulled loose from the epoxy at the read of your blade.

O1 steel is pretty good in my book, but it must be protected and kept clean as it will rust and pit like any other high carbon steel. You might keep some oil down in that crack to protect the blade until the day comes when you want to rescale it. At that time, you'll have the oppurtunity to add a lanyard tube, which will help hold all that together from wood expansion.

Aside from that, beautiful knife. Cool aren;t they? ((( :D )))
 
What he said. You could also get the loc tite the thinner type and put some in there to fill the gap or even epoxy, but you would have to be careful. The gap would bug me though. I have wanted one in 01 for sometime and may have to get one. keepem sharp
 
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