Once a Marine, always a Marine - had to be a Bravo 1.
An initial impression as I just got it today.
Handle - biggest impression of the whole knife. I've been buying a crapload of knives lately and this knife by far has the most comfortable handle. I really liked the scrapyard micarta knives I've purchased, but they seem a bit more focused on one type of hand hold. This one is comfy in all positions. I'd like it to fade a bit more into the blade at the thumb and forefinger though.
Blade - thick at the top and paper thin at the edge. Scary sharp. I thought my Fallkniven A1 was sharp until this baby arrived. I noticed the crazy sharp went away pretty quick when I carved some green date tree wood. Still sharp though. I've never had an A2 blade before - the steel patina'd up real quick to some fruit cutting.
Thumb ramp - I'm aware of the hate/love here. I'd have to say I'm not liking it it too much right now. My biggest complaint is the sharpness of the tip. In fact, the whole spine of the blade is pretty darn sharp. Sparks showered off the spine of the blade so I'm not sure why you'd want the ramp to do that. Seems like you can get just as much pressure for notching and such w/out the ramp. I'm probably gonna take the tip off a smidgeon w/the dremel and go from there.
Because of the massive thickness difference between the edge and the spine this thing wasnt too impressive in the apple cutting. Peeled well, but basically cut the apple like it was batoning through a piece of oak.
Sheath (kydex one) - simple, straightforward, but I dont like the small opening and how tight the edge is.
Overall - seems like a good, solid knife so far. Handle...wow...mucho impressed by that.
An initial impression as I just got it today.
Handle - biggest impression of the whole knife. I've been buying a crapload of knives lately and this knife by far has the most comfortable handle. I really liked the scrapyard micarta knives I've purchased, but they seem a bit more focused on one type of hand hold. This one is comfy in all positions. I'd like it to fade a bit more into the blade at the thumb and forefinger though.
Blade - thick at the top and paper thin at the edge. Scary sharp. I thought my Fallkniven A1 was sharp until this baby arrived. I noticed the crazy sharp went away pretty quick when I carved some green date tree wood. Still sharp though. I've never had an A2 blade before - the steel patina'd up real quick to some fruit cutting.
Thumb ramp - I'm aware of the hate/love here. I'd have to say I'm not liking it it too much right now. My biggest complaint is the sharpness of the tip. In fact, the whole spine of the blade is pretty darn sharp. Sparks showered off the spine of the blade so I'm not sure why you'd want the ramp to do that. Seems like you can get just as much pressure for notching and such w/out the ramp. I'm probably gonna take the tip off a smidgeon w/the dremel and go from there.
Because of the massive thickness difference between the edge and the spine this thing wasnt too impressive in the apple cutting. Peeled well, but basically cut the apple like it was batoning through a piece of oak.
Sheath (kydex one) - simple, straightforward, but I dont like the small opening and how tight the edge is.
Overall - seems like a good, solid knife so far. Handle...wow...mucho impressed by that.
