Awaiting the delivery of my most recent purchase- a long-awaited 0-1 steel CS Natchez! The Natch will be joyfully welcomed by older siblings TrailMaster(s), Laredo, ATC, khukri(s).. and an assortment of other CS friends and relations! Delivery is set for the afternoon of Dec 19th..
We shall soon see what all the hoopla is about, Ive wanted one for a long time but waited until the right deal presented, and the micarta grip... Been using/collecting CS products for years and still own my first TM, which shaved a large swath of my arm-hair at first try "Hey, is this thing sharp... yipe!?!".
They say that the Natch is only good for fighting, we shall see, as I intend to try it out on some pine boughs... don't see using it (or any knife) for fighting, I have a selection of firearms for that. My concern is that cable, altho I doubt that CS is trying to put one over on their customers. Indeed the partial-cable tang would have been down the road had there been issues with it. The real deal for me is comparing the 0-1 to the Carbon Fives in my collection.. C5 was, for all it's simplicity, a "wonder steel" for me- probably because of the tempering job.
CS has improved on the stainless steel knives too.. the first stainless Ive purchased in 35 years is a kobun AUS-8 I picked up to use as a pocket knife.. so far so good and it beats the various Buck folders all to heck in my experience. The "Daddy-deer" was my go-to knife for a lotta years, but no more, they were replaced with the various CS blades I now use.I'd like to hear the experiences of others with the Natch (or Laredo, or TM) but especially the Natch as an outdoor knife. TY, Dun
We shall soon see what all the hoopla is about, Ive wanted one for a long time but waited until the right deal presented, and the micarta grip... Been using/collecting CS products for years and still own my first TM, which shaved a large swath of my arm-hair at first try "Hey, is this thing sharp... yipe!?!".
They say that the Natch is only good for fighting, we shall see, as I intend to try it out on some pine boughs... don't see using it (or any knife) for fighting, I have a selection of firearms for that. My concern is that cable, altho I doubt that CS is trying to put one over on their customers. Indeed the partial-cable tang would have been down the road had there been issues with it. The real deal for me is comparing the 0-1 to the Carbon Fives in my collection.. C5 was, for all it's simplicity, a "wonder steel" for me- probably because of the tempering job.
CS has improved on the stainless steel knives too.. the first stainless Ive purchased in 35 years is a kobun AUS-8 I picked up to use as a pocket knife.. so far so good and it beats the various Buck folders all to heck in my experience. The "Daddy-deer" was my go-to knife for a lotta years, but no more, they were replaced with the various CS blades I now use.I'd like to hear the experiences of others with the Natch (or Laredo, or TM) but especially the Natch as an outdoor knife. TY, Dun
