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​So, a lovely visit from the Postman today- The Ray Mear's Wolfspyder
For you Colonial types who might not be familiar with Ray- he's the more sensible and original version of Bear Grylls, much more in the Les Stroud mould.
Here's a couple of snippets from his many BBC series
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5pG_CMAAQk)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAQLcg8d9Y0)
Back to the knife: Smaller than I remember at the Amsterdam Meet (but that's my memory at fault). Going to be much less scary than the PM2 to non-knife-peeps. Fits fairly well into a pocket, the pointed rear gives some grip area to draw the blade.
Grip is very comfortable- The large cut out makes the perfect site for the thumb while scraping or doing fine work with the index on the rear of the blade. I keep going for a liner lock that isn't there- it'll take a tiny little bit of hand education.​
Rear shape is comfy in a normal grip but perfect in a reverse grip from scraping and bark stripping.
Smooth opening or closing but not the drop free of a PM2 or Yo2.
Jimped spine and G10 section makes for a sensible grip and the comp lock isn't. Again. Feels right.
Build looks super solid too- plus that thick blade looks robust with the Scandi grind
US 10c, EU 20c and UK 10p for size scale.​
For you Colonial types who might not be familiar with Ray- he's the more sensible and original version of Bear Grylls, much more in the Les Stroud mould.
Here's a couple of snippets from his many BBC series
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5pG_CMAAQk)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAQLcg8d9Y0)
Back to the knife: Smaller than I remember at the Amsterdam Meet (but that's my memory at fault). Going to be much less scary than the PM2 to non-knife-peeps. Fits fairly well into a pocket, the pointed rear gives some grip area to draw the blade.
Grip is very comfortable- The large cut out makes the perfect site for the thumb while scraping or doing fine work with the index on the rear of the blade. I keep going for a liner lock that isn't there- it'll take a tiny little bit of hand education.​
Rear shape is comfy in a normal grip but perfect in a reverse grip from scraping and bark stripping.
Smooth opening or closing but not the drop free of a PM2 or Yo2.
Jimped spine and G10 section makes for a sensible grip and the comp lock isn't. Again. Feels right.
Build looks super solid too- plus that thick blade looks robust with the Scandi grind
US 10c, EU 20c and UK 10p for size scale.​
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