Phil Wilson Custom Coyote Meadow in CPM 10V

Ankerson

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This is a requested review by the very lucky owner of this awesome knife. I put the knife through it's paces over the past few days cutting rope, cardboard and wood.

Lets start with the Specs:

Coyote Meadow - Light to medium duty Hunter with Trailing point

Steel is CPM 10V at 64.5 Rc

4 7/8" blade, .130" thick with a distal taper

Handle is Desert Ironwood.

Weight is 4.3 ounces


As you can see in these next Photos this is a high performance design that has been developed over years of real field use and testing.

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First off was the Rope Cutting, as you can see here I filled this box up with rope, this is a lot of rope and the knife still cut paper easy after. Grip is very solid, the knife doesn't twist in the hand and it's very comfortable. Cutting was done by making slicing cuts through the 5/8" Manila rope testing every 20 cuts for downforce and stopping at 20 LBS. CPM 10V holds an edge for a very long time.

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Next up was the Cardboard cutting, I cut a lot of cardboard as shown here in the photos. The knife cut great, just like a razor knife and it still sliced newspaper after.

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Last was the Wood whittling part of the testing. I whittled wood for about 15 mins taking thin and some thick cuts out of it. The edge held up great and would still slice newspaper after.

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Conclusion:

Excellent hunting knife that will handle any hunting tasks that would be asked of it and with CPM 10V steel one won't have to worry about sharpening it when in the field. The knife handled all of what I put it through with no problem, but it's a slicer and a cutter and an excellent one at that.
 
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Great review on another great Phil Wilson knife. Ankerson, your reviews are extremely insightful with tons of useful info about all aspects of cutting performance and great pictures as well. Thanks to Sodak for letting us all see your review of this knife, and especially for letting me try it out when you're done with it! I really like the design on the Coyote Meadow, unfortunately it is too long for me to legally carry in my state as it's over 4", so I will have to get one of Phil's other designs. The good thing about all of Phil Wilson's designs are the excellent ergos along with great blade geometry, so even with my large hands I'm sure one of his designs in the 3.75"-4" blade length range will fit me like a glove and cut much better than any production knife no matter what steel I choose. I'm very strongly leaning towards M390 at 62 RC for the knife I buy from Phil, but I bet CPM 10V at 64.5 RC will give me some food for thought.

Mike
 
Wow! Thanks for all the hard work you've been doing with all of your reviews! That's no small effort!
 
gunmike1 said:
Great review on another great Phil Wilson knife. Ankerson, your reviews are extremely insightful with tons of useful info about all aspects of cutting performance and great pictures as well. Thanks to Sodak for letting us all see your review of this knife, and especially for letting me try it out when you're done with it! I really like the design on the Coyote Meadow, unfortunately it is too long for me to legally carry in my state as it's over 4", so I will have to get one of Phil's other designs. The good thing about all of Phil Wilson's designs are the excellent ergos along with great blade geometry, so even with my large hands I'm sure one of his designs in the 3.75"-4" blade length range will fit me like a glove and cut much better than any production knife no matter what steel I choose. I'm very strongly leaning towards M390 at 62 RC for the knife I buy from Phil, but I bet CPM 10V at 64.5 RC will give me some food for thought.

Mike
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Don't worry you will get soon once I can force myself to let it go, not an easy task I can tell you. :D

sodak said:
Wow! Thanks for all the hard work you've been doing with all of your reviews! That's no small effort!
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Thanks for the chance to do a review on it, I really love this knife. :thumbup:
 
well jim looks like we are going to put you on a hi-protein diet so you can get up in the mornings. all this work & no play is going to make you musclebound.
dennis
 
Every knife I see of Phil's just blows me away. Super high performance with elegance. Sometimes what's not there is more important than what is. In this case everything works together. The very best materials and craftsmanship for extreme performance without an uneeded ounce or inch.

And it's 10V at 64.5. Nothing else needs to be said.

Jim and Sodak, thanks for conspiring to bring this one out in the open and letting it do what it's designed for.

Phil, if you start taking orders again please let us know. Last I checked you were back logged.
 
Ankerson,

This is yet another run at knife testing. Your effort and dedication is enormous, I thank you personally for all your hard work!
 
Hi Jim, thanks for the review!

I am just curious as to your thoughts on what makes these knives such great cutters?

Obviously the steel type and heat treatment are major factors here but does Phil consciously set out to create super slicers with all his knives?

They look to have quite thin stock and are obviously all flat ground. Does this play as big a role as the steel/heat treat in their slicing abilities do you think?

And then also, what about stress testing? If one were to subject these knives to more vigorous abuse do you think they would hold up?

Reason I ask is that I am curious as to how much strength (toughness) one has to sacrifice in order to obtain pure cutting ability... or does using a super steel allow a maker to deliver both in one knife?
 
Buffalohump said:
Hi Jim, thanks for the review!

I am just curious as to your thoughts on what makes these knives such great cutters?

Obviously the steel type and heat treatment are major factors here but does Phil consciously set out to create super slicers with all his knives?

They look to have quite thin stock and are obviously all flat ground. Does this play as big a role as the steel/heat treat in their slicing abilities do you think?

And then also, what about stress testing? If one were to subject these knives to more vigorous abuse do you think they would hold up?

Reason I ask is that I am curious as to how much strength (toughness) one has to sacrifice in order to obtain pure cutting ability... or does using a super steel allow a maker to deliver both in one knife?
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Phil makes cutters, while they are strong I wouldn't go battoning them through logs.

There are always trade offs to everything when I comes to knives.
 
Thin stock, full flat grind, proper heat treat; all of those add up to great slicers/cutters in my book. :)
 
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