New Cooper Cutlery knives?

I decided to give CC a shot, got the ebony jack mammoth shield tonight, it had the best aesthetic to my eyes.
Generally I'm not fond of D2 steel but curious to see how CC does it.
My first single spear blade on a traditional and the ebony looks nice.
 
MarbReds said:
According to Cooper's social media the new Schatt & Morgan barlows will be done in 1095 steel! Great news!
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Seems funny... They are producing knives under other old brands that traditionally used basic carbon steel, and Copper is outfitting them with more modern D2 steel.
Meanwhile... Now they are producing a Schatt in basic carbon steel, and Schatt has been known to use more modern D2 steel a lot... seems kinda backwards to me.
 
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Bjohn044 said:
Anyone get a Cooper tonight?
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Picked up one of the bone with blue shields. Would have preferred the abalone, but I wanted the dollar knife branding.

the bone models remained in stock probably a good 15-20 minutes. Everything else was gone in 4-5 minutes.
 
GPO MAN said:
Yes, was fortunate enough to get the ebony with abalone shield.
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Those went fast, and for some reason it made me deleted and re-enter my expiration date even thought I re-entered with the exact same numbers. Otherwise I may have gotten one. Settled for mammoth shield and surprised they stuck around as long as they did. 140 seems like a great value for these knives.
 
Got lucky and was able to snag one in ebony with mammoth shield. Still haven’t received shipment notification though! Looking forward to getting it in hand.
 
Fire Beard said:
Got lucky and was able to snag one in ebony with mammoth shield. Still haven’t received shipment notification though! Looking forward to getting it in hand.
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No shipping notification for me, and my ebony/abalone was delivered today! Hopefully yours isn’t far behind
 
Arrived today. Really impressed! This is night and day difference compared to the Weed and Co. trapper I got some time back. Quality feels great. Nice and slim, smooth pull, tight half stop. I will really be looking forward to their new releases.
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Benjamin Carl said:
No shipping notification for me, and my ebony/abalone was delivered today! Hopefully yours isn’t far behind
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My shipping notification came the night after my knife was delivered.

Overall a nice knife, in some ways better than GEC. The action feels smoother with more positive tactile feedback than I have seen on average from GEC lately. Feel like the rough edges could be smoothed out or finished a little better, but that may be a style choice.
 
Ah I was hoping to have the Beaver Falls Ebony Jack delivered today but no such luck, hopefully I'll get an update soon.

It's looks like this was a good run of knives, the folks at CC seem to be getting better. Can't wait to get mine in hand.
 
jeffsenpai said:
Arrived today. Really impressed! This is night and day difference compared to the Weed and Co. trapper I got some time back. Quality feels great. Nice and slim, smooth pull, tight half stop. I will really be looking forward to their new releases.
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Put very simply, that is one really nice knife. Love the covers.
 
The Beaver Falls Ebony Jack was delivered.
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It sure looks good, the light stripe of ebony is pleasing to my eye.
Fit is solid.. No blade play or rap, no gaps at the bolster, pins are flush, the spring is flush at halfstop, centered blade.

I'm not keen on how to gauge the number system on pulls and walks/talks yet. So I'll say it's right where I like it. I'm glad it has a deep long pull, satisfying to open to the halfstop. A good snap from half to open, and from half to close its really snappy, like be extra careful when closing snap.

Only two issues that I found so far but one of them isn't really a big deal.

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^ One of the pins has been attacked! lol

The other thing is on the cutting edge, one side is grinded higher than the other, particularly at the spear tip.
Looking at the tip I can't help but think of how it resembles my first attempts at freehand sharpening with a lopsided edge!

Overall I am quite pleased with my Beaver Falls Jack. I won't hesitate to get another Cooper offering and looking forward to exploring the brand.

I will say that I hope to have an even grind on the next purchase.
 
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XXL said:
Overall I am quite pleased with my Beaver Falls Jack. I won't hesitate to get another Cooper offering and looking forward to exploring the brand.

I will say that I hope to have an even grind on the next purchase.
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I love the light streak in yours! I will definitely be buying more as well.
 
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