Scott Cook Lochsa Review

DaveH

DaveH

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Forum member Sigifrith genererously let me try out his Lochsa.

I'm not going to go into details about the size of the knife or etc., all that info is easy to find. My primary interest was just how much more is it than a sebenza? And no I won't say until the end of the review.

Great Things:
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- Satin finish on blade.

- Very Smooth, smoother opening then a sebenza.

- Amazing sharp blade, this is perhaps the first time I understand scary sharp.

- Lockup, smooth and seems quite a bit more solid then a sebenza or even a strider.

Needs Improvement Things:
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- Thumb ramp too short, also has some file work on the sides but not on the top. That seems contrary to what it should be.

- The thumb ramp is thinned towards the front as part of a general grind above the thumb stud. It keeps one from comfortably choking up. I don't know why this was done.

- Thumb stud too small for the size and tension on the knife, with practice it opens fine, but I think a larger one would be better.

- Grip ergonimics, my fingers just don't seem to fit in the chamferred areas, either they are squeezed too close together, or the point of one of the cutouts pokes into the middle of the finger. Contrasted with a sebenza for example, while not great, allows fingers to go wherever and the feel is the same. I also don't understand the point of the varying thickness sides, I don't think it adds anything.

Sebenza or Lochsa?
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If the thumb stud/ramp and drip cutouts where improved it would absolutely be the winner over a sebenza. As it is now, I don't feel the need to buy a Lochsa.
 
This is a good profile shot as compared to a large sebenza, you can see the pointy part half way back on the Lochsa, top, which didn't agree with my fingers.
 
Thumbstuds, note Lochsa just a bit smaller overall, also notice the angle of the stud on the Lochsa, it's good when you start to open the knife from close, but as the blade opens my thuimb angle changes from pushing into it, to pushing across it and tends to slide diagonally off the stud.
 
On the Lochsa, top, you can see a faint line where there is a grind to reduce the thickness.

The sebenza blade, bottom, has full thickness over the stud (and is rounded).
 
In this especially blurry pic, the Lochsa, top, not only is the ramp pretty short and smooth on top, the spine of the blade is narrowed past the ramp, making it less comfortable to move your thumb there.

You can see that the sebenza thumb ramp is much wider, and extends almost twice as long right over the top of the thumb stud, and has the little ridges (blurred out in the pic).
 
Nice review, Dave!!

Crummy pics but..Nice review!

hahahaha
just toyim with ya.
The Lochsa sure is pretty.. And so is the Sebbie..

When I get both hands back, I'm gonna have to compare against my CKT Brend 2 folder..ma..

Tom
 
Nice review indeed. I have been toying with the idea of getting a Lochsa, but to me they are a bit too expensive. I will stick with my large classic Sebenza. I particularly do not like the one piece handle on the Lochsa. I know it keeps the knife much more simple in design. However, just as folders with a solid back piece on the handle spine collect dirt, so will the Lochsa. After a long while this collection of dirt is usually tough to clean out.

On the other hand, with the money one would spend on a Lochsa, most would spend their time in a collection box as opposed to getting grungy with hard work.
 
Thanks for the replies. Yeah the pix are crummy, you can say it.

I found out my camera doesn't have macro capability, the closest focus setting is 1 meter. :(
 
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