I owe Sal this review of sorts cuz I told him a long time ago I'd tell him how the Starmate handled my use and abuse.
About 2, maybe 3 years ago I recieved a Starmate from Sal in a trade. I admit at first letting it sit since I was enthralled with the bm710 and its durability, but I passed the 710 along to a friend in need and began using the starmate over the summer and used it hard.
Since I was fishing over the summer, I used it alot for basic chores on the boat and for killing (gilling) fish, and for other boat related tasks, and for some camp duties like making kindling and such. Other than some slight corrosion, which was to be expected due to my lack of mainenance of the knife, it held up great.
This winter I have been werking in a warehouse and I spend alot of time cutting large boxes, and the 440v is almost magical in this regard. I have no numbers to throw around, but I can say that it would go along time without need for sharpening, and the blade made short werk of even thick cardboard, and seemed to be as efficiant as my cowerker's box/utility knives.
The bummer part is that I had no way of tighteming the small screws used to hold the frame together and, I assume to the torqeing of the handle and flexing that it underwent when I squeezed the knife hard, the screws werked their way out and a few were lost, this is more than likely my fault, and has little to do with the construction of the knife, and more so to do with my serious lack of care and inspection of it.
Sal, it has been a good knife, and has been retired with honors. It was everything I never realy wanted in a knife (linerlock tip down etc.) but I grew to love it.
Yek
About 2, maybe 3 years ago I recieved a Starmate from Sal in a trade. I admit at first letting it sit since I was enthralled with the bm710 and its durability, but I passed the 710 along to a friend in need and began using the starmate over the summer and used it hard.
Since I was fishing over the summer, I used it alot for basic chores on the boat and for killing (gilling) fish, and for other boat related tasks, and for some camp duties like making kindling and such. Other than some slight corrosion, which was to be expected due to my lack of mainenance of the knife, it held up great.
This winter I have been werking in a warehouse and I spend alot of time cutting large boxes, and the 440v is almost magical in this regard. I have no numbers to throw around, but I can say that it would go along time without need for sharpening, and the blade made short werk of even thick cardboard, and seemed to be as efficiant as my cowerker's box/utility knives.
The bummer part is that I had no way of tighteming the small screws used to hold the frame together and, I assume to the torqeing of the handle and flexing that it underwent when I squeezed the knife hard, the screws werked their way out and a few were lost, this is more than likely my fault, and has little to do with the construction of the knife, and more so to do with my serious lack of care and inspection of it.
Sal, it has been a good knife, and has been retired with honors. It was everything I never realy wanted in a knife (linerlock tip down etc.) but I grew to love it.
Yek