Original Subcom pleasantly surprised ( Chad "Daywalker")

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spydutch

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Many, many moons ago I got one of the first pre aus8 Subcoms from the Chad man himself.
Don't know anymore what steel it is ( Magnum Taiwan stainless)
Left it lying around in my display until a few days back.
To my surprise I was able to get a shaving sharp edge on it yesterday evening with the Sharpmaker.
Today I was curiuous how long that edge woud hold and cut up some heavy cardboard through which the knife kept on slicing seemingly forever.
After that some whittling on some dry branches.
Sure enough it wasn't as SHAVING sharp anymore but I was still able to cut through newspaper without much tearing.
A few minutes on my little hand strop and it was shaving sharp again.

Very much surprised indeed.

If I wasn't on such a tight budget I would like to have all versions of them ( they cost around 50 euro's all in over here and they only sell the droppoint:grumpy: )

All in all a great little knife which has just kicked my Case Peanut out of my pocket ;)
 
The first run was 420J2. I read multiple reports here--including from Chad--about how they held an edge and easily resharpened, the only 420J2 blades I've ever heard that about.
 
Wow! This is a blast from the past. :cool: Yes, gimp is correct. The early ones were 420J2. In all honesty, for such a small knife with a thin, wide blade and really high flat grind, the J2 was probably just fine. The "Biscuit" is still a great little knife after all these years. :thumbup:
 
If you get a chance, pick up the Subcom in VG10. I have had a chance to use and lose Subcoms in 3 different steels, and VG10 really performs at this size....Fortunately, I don't have to choose between the wharncliffe (favorite shape) in AUS8 and VG10 in the drop point, since I long ago lost my last Wharncom. That's not a hint that Boker should re-release the Wharcom. Nope. Heck, even a sprint run would be appreciated.
 
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