Nice Test of a CQC-7b....

[Ken Cook]

I'm bushed.
A friend of mine and I spent 5 hours today skinning, gutting and butchering a goat and a sheep for a huge party this weekend. They're going to barbeque BEAUTIFULLY.

So what's the CQC7 got to do with it?
That's what we skinned and gutted both animals with.

We busted the joints with a tomahawk and a Ka-Bar, but all the skinning and gutting was done with the CQC7.

As many of us have noted before, the chisel edge on EKI knives doesn't feel nearly as sharp as it really is.

My buddy, on examining the blade, expressed doubts that it was sharp enough to do the job, but when he saw how well it parted the skin on the goat, he didn't say another word.

We did the goat first, and halfway through the sheep, the 7's blade needed a little touch up.
Less than 30 seconds on a pocket stone put an edge on it that was good enough to almost finish the sheep. It required one more quick touch-up and then the job was done.

There was one nick in the goat hide, where Bill, (my bud) accidentally touched the serrations to the inner hide, but other than that and a very near miss "thin spot" in the sheep hide, the job went without a hitch.

For a knife that's not supposed to be a "skinner" the 7 performed incredibly well.

I'm impressed!

 

[RAYE]

KC: My 'opening' thumb has enough nicks and scars to prove to me the sharpness of the chisel grind (thank goodness for the wave). Was the 7 you used a zero grind or a production model?

Preparing for another "Usual Suspect" initiation rite of passage, are we?

 

[Ken Cook]

Plain ol' production model.

Feels dull as hell when you run your thumb across it, but it just kept cutting and cutting and cutting.

As to the "Rite of Passage" we saved the lungs, heart, liver and stomach.
Add barley and oats and you've got instant HAGGIS!
OCH AYE! A Grrreat grrrand Haggis she'll be too Laddie!

Now where did I leave my caber?

 

[AncientSUL]

Ken,

That is one of the best stories I heard to date of the 7's edge. You would never think that it could do it but man I am glad to hear the results. Thanks for sharing.

Liong

 

[Ken Cook]

Just for the "wrap up"...

The goat was EXCELLENT!

I doubt that the CQC-7 contributed to the flavor in any way, but 60 pounds of slow cooked goat disappeared from over the camp fire in amazingly short order.

The Haggis was great as well, and went almost as quickly. It took a little longer to "disappear" but I think that's because we were more than happy to tell people exactly what was in it!

The CQC-7 cleaned up easily enough, a quick wash down from the garden hose, a few licks on a stone followed by a quick stropping and it went right back into the pocket.

Thanks again Ernie for a GREAT little knife!

 

[RAYE]

KC: I never doubted the abilities of the 7. It was my very first Emerson. But I'm concerned about the quantity of your red meat consumption...60 lbs. that's just too much!