Well the Pen Knife finally arrived in Catoosa!!!!
I'm very impressed and now almost pretty much wish, oh hell I confess, I wish I had bought one when the knife funds were there.
My first impression was, "This is one helluva box!!!!" Still looking good Dan and all in one piece, well actually two pieces.
I will use fresh wrapping paper on it when it leaves here as I don't think the paper it came wrapped in this time will do another trip, even with carefully cutting the tape, but it mite, but we all know a mite is a bug on a chicken's butt, or perhaps a Quackipuss'es butt.
Oh yeah, the knife!!!! hehehehe.
My first impression of the knife is, "Great job of design Dan!!!!"
I would personally liked to have seen some curve to the handle, actually quite a lot of curve, but even if the model's handle had been curved the finished product probably wouldn't have been, lazy dayumed kamis!
Had the "Little" handle been curved it would've really locked your hand in place!!!!
And is one of the reasons I love the old khuks so very much!!!!
The handle has developed a couple of cracks that I may try to repair while it's here, but we'll see.
My buffer could really slick up the finish on the handle. Speaking of the handle size....... When I grip it up solid the bottom edge of my hand protrudes slightly beyond the buttcap and my thumb and index finger are about half way over the flat part of the bolster.
It feels good when I lay my thumb along the angled part of the bolster.
The size is okay for a knife of this size, my fingers touch the base of my palm with just a snug grip, but I prefer a little larger handle for a chopper.
If things go alright I will make an addition along the spine. After getting to see it and hold it in my hands I believe it will look good with my addition although I feared it wouldn't until now.
I will also try to take my split belt, 1 inch wide instead of 2 inches, and see what I can do with the edge.
The edge has a couple of very small nicks I would like to see come out and I believe I can convex the edge without too much of a problem.
I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I like the front point of the cho sharp, as it should be. IMO.
That sharp little edge and point can be quite useful for many things after you get used to having it there.
I think some folks round them off for safety purposes, but if the khuk is used properly it doesn't present a problem.
All in all I'm looking forward to its time with me and appreciate Dan for letting me keep it a little longer than we were s'possed to so I can do my mods to the little knife.
Wish I could go camping with it as it seems a perfect little camp knife!!!!