NWA knife passaround

I got the knife yesterday.

I won't have time to do a proper review with pics till Sat. Hope that's OK?????

First impressions:

Very well made, not only RE: the Grind but the fit to the scales and everything.

I am comparing it to other blades of a similar size which is the Busse Active Duty I just got, and the Shing Baby Bushcraft.

I wish I could throw in my Charlie May Swamp Oak, my favorite knife of this size, but I sent it back to Charlie May with the other knife I just got from him as an example for how thick I want the scales on the knife I sent back;)

From my brief fooling with it last night:

Doesn't cut as deep as the scandi baby bushy.
Cuts way deeper than the Busse Active Duty.
I don't like knives with the secondary V grind like this but the V is about twice the depth of the Active Duty one, so even though the NWA is about twice as thick it cuts about twice as deep as the thinner bladed Busse.

Choil- wastes space that could be filled up with edge.

Thumb Firestriker Grooves- Some of the longest and most well done I've seen.

Right now I haven't handled it enough to get a good feel for it but I'm having a love hate relationship with the handle.

I love the roundness and thickness of it, but the way it is shaped when I wrap my fingers around the part near the blade I can't get a good grip on the rest of it.

I think it is because the handle is so short and then it has that little knob on there at the pommel, so when I tighten my grip I'm pushing right down on that knob which forces the front part of the knife back off my palm.

The best most comfortable cutting position with this knife for me was holding the butt end of the knife tightly and then not gripping the part near the blade, just circling my fingers round it.

Holding the knife this way I could get power cuts going no problem.

So initial comparisons:

Yields to the Shing and Busse on handle comfort.
Beats the Busse on edge geomety but yields to the Shing there.
Yields to the Shing on choil notch but equal with the Busse there.

Pics this weekend!
 
right on HD...:thumbup: i'm glad it made it there okay....:o

looking forward to seeing some of your pics...
 
The BigDoG approves of this testing
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The handle is a little small for my hand. When I cut with it I the knob at the end would hurt my hand a little but there was no digging into the back of my hand because the handle is very broad across the spine :tu:

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If the handle was 1/2" longer or slightly rounded and larger like this it would make it more comfortable.
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Of all these I tried the NWA fit my hand the least
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On to cutting.

It cut WAY better than this Busse BAD with the stock edge. In fact the BAD was so steep I gave up before I even whittled the thing thru. Don't know if you can see but you can see how fine the curls are. That's because the edge is so steep it can't penetrate enough to do fat curls
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It also cut about 20% better than the game warden. I don't know if you can tell but while the game warden cut better than the stock edge BAD the blade is thick so the convex edge is still thick so I couldn't take as much wood with a single cut(notice how many cuts/curls) Still I could easily cut thru it with the Game Warden.
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This knive has an excellent edge for a V bevel knife. Can you see the curls are thicker than on the previous 2?
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The best knife of all though maybe not the sharpest looking was the Shing. I wish I would have had my Charlie May Swamp Oak to use too but it's on the way back to me. The shing has the most comfortable handle which is to be expected since I made the handle to fit my hand and the 1/8" scandi grind blade you could cut the deepest. even cut right thru the little knot
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In conclusion. For me handle needs to be longer or wider at the pommel and do away with the point. Excellent fit and finish and astoundingly great edge for a v grind. As others have said do away with the choil.
 
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Thanks for the reply and review


Nick
 
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Can somebody PM him? I can't find a post by him in this thread and I haven't seen his name at the bottom of the page to where I could send him a message.
 
got the Notice in my mailbox that the knife is here

Will pick it up Monday-and test it this week

Thanks again

Dr.Bill
 
GOT THE KNIFE!!!

Sweet.....

Took 3 Photos and then washed it and touched it up on the Sharpmaker...

Will test it and post photos

How long do we keep it for??(week)??

Thanks
 
A week was the orig. plan. But, if you keep it a bit longer, it is no big deal.

Don't be afraid to get it dirty.

Have a good one
Nick:)
 
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A week was the orig. plan. But, if you keep it a bit longer, it is no big deal.

Don't be afraid to get it dirty.

Have a good one
Nick:)
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-I will treat it with respect

Thanks again for allowing me to test it

Dr.Bill
 
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