North Arm Trillium/Mallard knife

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fields_mj

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Earlier this year I splurged and bought a couple of knives from North Arm. One is a 6" fillet knife, the other is a 3.6" pairing/bird knife, both in Magnacut. I didn't get a chance to do any fishing this summer so haven't tried the fillet blade yet, but I'll be using it to process deer in the coming weeks. The trillium/mallard is actually sold as 2 different knives, but the only difference is that the mallard version comes with a kydex sheath. I've not used it a lot, but one word sums it up. WOW. I put a polished edge on it and it has held up nicely. I've only used it to chop up a few potatoes, and slice a few onions and tomatoes, but the edge has remained razor sharp. The thin sharp blade slices through veggies almost effortlessly. This is the only knife I have where I think it might actually be too sharp. When I'm cutting the core out of the top of a tomato, it takes a lot more effort to turn the blade around the core than it does to slice the tomato, making it easy for the blade to slip and cut somewhere I didn't plan on. I'm looking forward to using it next month to clean pheasant. If the fillet knife does as well as the pairing knife, I'll be wanting to add one or two more of their blades to my line up of working blades.
 
Honestly, their website has pics that are just as good (better) than anything I would take. After deer/bird season, I'll be back to give an update after I've used them more. I'll try to remember to get some "action" shots of them... ;)
 
jfk1110 said:
Most here Won't touch outside links.....😉.......Just an FYI..
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Fair point. I don't normally post links for that very reason. When I originally looked at them, a search on here found a few that had been sold in the past, but no reviews. Youtube had quite a few "reviews", but most of those are by people who buy a knife, and review it within the first day or two of owning it. I guess I didn't recognize that North Arm didn't really have a presence on the forum. I will say that when I emailed them asking about their heat treat process, they were pretty responsive and gave me enough details to reassure me that they were aligning to what Mr Thomas would likely recommend for their knives. They even shared changes that they were considering for a couple of their blades to change the final hardness to be a better fit for those specific blade's intended applications.

The only (mild) frustration was that the blades appeared to sit in customs for about a week after shipping. That's the nature of buying something from across the border though, and I know that it works both ways. The company shipped the blades the 2nd business day after I placed the order, so as far as I'm concerned they get good marks all the way around.
 
Customs is raking in the cash with all the new tariffs🙄.......Slows everything down 1000% from the.previous under $800 free n clear bit...😥........All good things😬
 
jfk1110 said:
Customs is raking in the cash with all the new tariffs🙄.......Slows everything down 1000% from the.previous under $800 free n clear bit...😥........All good things😬
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I picked mine up in early summer. I don't recall the tariffs adding anything the cost, only the delay in Customs. I've shipped equipment across the pond a few times, so I understand the potential delays. I did use the fillet knife to bone out a doe this weekend, and it did well. I did have to touch the blade up about half way through, but I think it was because I didn't get the burr completely removed. There were a few times where part of the blade chattered across a bone, and the edge was no worse for wear.
 
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