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Spencer (our own ranger0468) has only been making knives for about a year, but when I saw one of his first designs, I knew he had hit my current EDC needs on the head. Back in the day, while I spent most of my time out in the field, I EDC'd mid to large fixed blade tacticals. Now that my career, health, and other factors, leave me mostly in command of a cubical, my EDC knife needs have changed. I still carry fixed blades. Due to a deformity of my knife hand, I can't manipulate folders well, but now need to blend those FB's into a corporate environment. On the other hand, sometimes the SHTF still, and I need my EDC to be very robust, even if small. My Hornet EDC, 154cm, Paul Boss heat-treat, 1/4" thick, 6" OA, w/Maple Burl Scales. #0003 Spencer's pic.
The ergonomics on this knife are excellent for one so small. I was afraid that that the scales might chafe after long use, but the finger positions are dead on, at least for my ham hands. If this was a safe queen, there would be some esthetics issues with the grinds, but for what it is, it's perfectly functional. You can see some disparity on the primary grind, from one side of the blade to the other, but while looking at each side individually, it's fine. The secondary bevel is reasonably even, and the edge was hair-popping with scary sharp potential. My pic in left hand, knife hand wouldn't depict normal hand size.
So far I've cut up boxes, cut a lot of packing tape, and a number of lengths of 3/8" cord, and did nothing but strop it after use. Still shaves the arm hair on the spot that I use for diabetes blood testing. :thumbup: I would do things with confidence in this knife, that I wouldn't even consider doing with most of my other sub 6.5" OA knives. All in all, you can see Spencer's refining his makers skills, and I'm betting that #0030 will look more like a high end production knife in it's uniformity than my #0003, but I'm very happy with mine and it's individuality
. My pic on delivery.
The ergonomics on this knife are excellent for one so small. I was afraid that that the scales might chafe after long use, but the finger positions are dead on, at least for my ham hands. If this was a safe queen, there would be some esthetics issues with the grinds, but for what it is, it's perfectly functional. You can see some disparity on the primary grind, from one side of the blade to the other, but while looking at each side individually, it's fine. The secondary bevel is reasonably even, and the edge was hair-popping with scary sharp potential. My pic in left hand, knife hand wouldn't depict normal hand size.
So far I've cut up boxes, cut a lot of packing tape, and a number of lengths of 3/8" cord, and did nothing but strop it after use. Still shaves the arm hair on the spot that I use for diabetes blood testing. :thumbup: I would do things with confidence in this knife, that I wouldn't even consider doing with most of my other sub 6.5" OA knives. All in all, you can see Spencer's refining his makers skills, and I'm betting that #0030 will look more like a high end production knife in it's uniformity than my #0003, but I'm very happy with mine and it's individuality
. My pic on delivery.
