I have been looking at the offerings from Running dog knives for some time. Just hadnt gotten around to purchasing anything. I am on vacation this week and picked up a Large Push knife with Red micarta scales. The price was very reasonable and Michael was a pleasure to deal with. Paid with paypal and recieved the knife two working days later. Damn thats good! I am always on the lookout for an easily concealed and carried knife for those times that whether and clothing dont make for easy carry of a fixed blade. This really fits the bill. Its on the larger side of 3/32 thick which is about the same thickness of most of the Nealy offerings. It is 6.5 inches in total with a 3.75 inch cutting edge. Its damn near wieghtless and when worn on my belt crossdraw and parallel to the floor it is invisable. I wore this under an old, read nearly see through, fairly tight tee and it was unnoticable to me or others. I was able to draw it without thought. I am not usually one for blades this thin so I gave it a light punch into my Tv guide, Taint nothin on anyway, and it effortlessly punched through more than 100pgs. I really was shocked with its punctureing ability. Better to test here in the house with only the Tv guide attacking rather than find out it will snap at a more inopportune time. The blade is 1084 high carbon and comes with a black coating of some type. It is ground only on one side. The red micarta handles on mine are done wonderfully and the damn knife is ..... well ... almost ...Pretty ?!?! The edge came aggresive sharp. Not a shave sharp but a toothy sharp that when slashed across a magazine penetrated deeply. There is a false edge but it came unsharpened. Unlike most push knives the handle lends itself to a secondary grip and more utility. I have been wearing the knife for a few days and am still amazed with how well it carries. Now Im waiting for his Jr. Executive to grow up and become a senior. Right now it seems that running dog specializes in light hideaway type cutlery but that Jr exec is a sweet design and I think it would translate well. Well these are my 2cents and I will keep everyone abreast of any noteworthy developments. Check out Running Dog at
http://www.runningdogknife.bigstep.com/homepage.html
Pictures of my new knife can be seen at my homepage.
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ALex
http://home.att.net./~a.boriqua
[This message has been edited by Boriqua (edited 10-15-2000).]
http://www.runningdogknife.bigstep.com/homepage.html
Pictures of my new knife can be seen at my homepage.
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ALex
http://home.att.net./~a.boriqua
[This message has been edited by Boriqua (edited 10-15-2000).]
