Pair of Lightweight Hunters from Big Chris

Will York

Will York

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20180802_095022.jpg Just got these in from Chris Berry aka Big Chris of “Knife or Death” TV fame. Specs for both are .065” thick CPM10V, flat ground, heat treated by Peters to 64 HRC, with carbon fiber scales. The larger is his Magnum Hunter pattern with a modified/lengthened, swedged clip and the smaller is his Hunter EDC. Dimensions on the Magnum: 5.5” blade, 10.25” OAL and on the Hunter/EDC: 4” blade, 8.5” OAL. The big one weighs a shade over 4 oz and the small one only about 3.5.

Delightfully contoured “coke bottle” style grips, just a pleasure in hand. He finished out the carbon fiber at 120 grit rather than going to a higher polish, and the texture is very secure.
Just perfect!

Thanks Chris!
 
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They look nice Will, especially like the Magnum Hunter. Even as a Southern whitetail hunter that would certainly meet my needs very well. Thin stock rocks.
 
The balance on that one is amazingly spot-on for such an unusual combination of design and material components--almost perfectly neutral--and the contours make it a pure pleasure in hand.

Between the balance, the ergonomics, the super light weight at just over 4 oz, and the incredible cutting performance of 10V at this blade thickness and HT, it's really an amazing piece of ultralight bladeware engineering.
BerryMag balance.jpg

Thanks to all who have posted here!:thumbsup:
 
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Will, if you get that chance to use them this season let me know how that thin 10V works. I would love to know how some of that modern cpm works and 10V is very intriguing.
 
Chris does an amazing job with blade geometry on his knives, that his knives are a pleasure to use. There's no doubt Will York Will York that if you're impressed with the build, you'll be blown away by the performance of the knives. I've found that whatever steel Big Chris uses, a knife from him will perform perfectly for the task at hand. I've got several Big Chris knives in different steels. My favorite two are in 10V and 4V. Both are drop point hunters. The 10V doesn't stain as easily as 4V.
Gorgeous knives, enjoy them, they're built to last.
 
His blades are very well-designed to task and always well-engineered, I agree. I have a couple others of his, just nothing this ultra-light.:cool:

I’ve been using 10V from Chris, Phil Wilson and Rick Dunkerley for many years—very aggressive and super long edge holding. Amazing steel—really look forward to trying these.:thumbsup:
 
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