Puffin Magnum for Woods?

[Quirt]

Anyone own or had experience with the McCann Industries Puffin Magnum fixed blade for wild/woods work?
http://www.mccannindustries.com/knives/puffin/puffin.html

I've seen photos but nothing up close or first hand handling therefore, just at at first glance it shows some promise as an all around woods knife...good belly for skinning, some mass for batoning, adequate choil for close work, and full tang for strength...the only thing that might need some additional work is one might need to thin the primary edge toward the back of the blade so one can do some carving work - but that is purely speculative...the edge/grind appears to be rather thick for any carving.

It appears to have a sharpened false edge for self defense/back cutting although it doesn't have a Bowie clip point and have the lightening speed of a Bowie so it would work but not as effective as a true Bowie. But again it would be a woods/GP knife first and a secondary defense tool.

Price is rather steep but not unreasonable...what say ye?

 

[mtnfolk mike]

i have been seeing those puffin magnum's for years.. i have never actually had a chance to check one out, nor have i ever heard anyone here mention them.. maybe once or twice.... i think you need to get one and let us know how it is....

 

[Evolute]

I have never used one, held one, nor even heard of one, before. That said, looking at their knife and their web page, I have a few preliminary comments:

1) You can get a padouke handle. Cool! (It can be used like fatwood.)

2) It looks like it has a rather low saber grind geometry, which may be inefficient for cutting.

3) It looks rather strongly recurved, which has its advantages and its disadvantages, but may be more difficult to sharpen.

4) The swedge on the top front of the knife may be problematic, in regard to batoning the knife through wood.

Otherwise, it looks pretty good.

 

[caine]

Looks good to me