SDFK is Glorious

[Retired UPS Driver]

A big Thank You goes out to the CPK member here who gifted me this welcome to CPK hat. Jo would only tell me it was anonymous.

 

[- SpyderMan -]

A big Thank You goes out to the CPK member here who gifted me this welcome to CPK hat. Jo would only tell me it was anonymous.

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Nice combo!

Nice gesture, too.

 

[carnifex knifeworks]

A big Thank You goes out to the CPK member here who gifted me this welcome to CPK hat. Jo would only tell me it was anonymous.

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I love that handle. Is that buffed burlap?

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

I love that handle. Is that buffed burlap?

Yes, it sure is. Feels as good as it looks too.

 

[carnifex knifeworks]

Yes, it sure is. Feels as good as it looks too.

Perfect! That's what I ordered.

 

[yoko]

At work with me

 

[JACKMANDU]

I think the whole thing is hilarious! In my opinion the best features were ground off, but that’s why it’s great, its super unique and I like seeing what other users do to their knives. It’s even better that it’s a $400 dollar knife! Props!

It’s not a $400 knife anymore.

 

[beeinak]

Exactly.

So many knives have non-ideal handles, or ones that are only good for one sized hand or one grip (or just not comfortable or secure). My CPK experience is limited to the Kephart and SDFK and although quite different, they are comfortable in different grips, and with/without gloves, and allow for secure grip without being abrasive. I know CPK is mostly known for phenomenal steel, but to me a great knife needs a great handle and they obviously put time and trials in the design (much appreciated).

 

[bluemax_1]

It’s not a $400 knife anymore.

"How to turn a CPK into an FTX in 3 easy steps: a guided tutorial". Available soon on Amazon aliexpress

 

[bluemax_1]

So many knives have non-ideal handles, or ones that are only good for one sized hand or one grip (or just not comfortable or secure). My CPK experience is limited to the Kephart and SDFK and although quite different, they are comfortable in different grips, and with/without gloves, and allow for secure grip without being abrasive. I know CPK is mostly known for phenomenal steel, but to me a great knife needs a great handle and they obviously put time and trials in the design (much appreciated).

Yep.

On a different forum, there was a request for recommendations on a 'fighting knife for a member's soon-to-be-deployed son.

Looking at all the recommendations, it's obvious a lot of them were simply, "THIS one looks super cool!".

A Kephart is a Kephart. You either pay homage to Horace's original design, or it's not a Kephart (which is why all Kephart repros look more or less alike).

But all of the other CPKs, from the EDC to the Behemother, have a... CPK identity to their handles, because of Nathan's detailed research, testing and development.

You can feel the difference between a design's primary goals (targeting different types of usage), eg. between the handles of the DEK vs FK2, despite them being somewhat similar in blade length and handle length.

You can see the iterative changes from the FK to FK2 handle, as well as the UF to UF2, but you can still tell that they're in the same family, and designed by the same person.

In contrast, when I had a few Busses, I noticed that some of the handles were comfortable, and some really weren't.

 

[Sagandavis]

When your wife asks how much snow we got. Let her know about 1.5 SDFK. Look on her face and eye roll is epic

 

[ferider]

Slingshot “restrung” to my liking.

 

[Tensegrity]

Slingshot “restrung” to my liking.

Have you seen the clay bearings that are biodegradable?

I practice with those, then use the metal for more meaningful targets.

Saves some money and bearings around the property : )

 

[ferider]

Have you seen the clay bearings that are biodegradable?

I practice with those, then use the metal for more meaningful targets.

Saves some money and bearings around the property : )

Good point. At least, here (3 acres) I can try without breaking a neighbor's window .... Should get some for CA !

 

[Hammer67]

Slingshot “restrung” to my liking.

Chiselers, beware.

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

Hi

Slingshot “restrung” to my liking.

First time (maybe 10 years old) I used a ball bearing from my Gramps, probably 3/8” with my first wrist rocket, snuck around the corner of the house to take down a Blue Headed Grackle sitting on the Red Wood picnic table in the back yard.

The shot landed a tad low, put a 1/2” dent into the wooden edge as a permanent reminder and promptly ricocheted right back and took out the back window of the house and hit the kitchen wooden cabinet leaving another 2nd dent.

Last time I ever saw that beautiful original wrist rocket . I sure like the looks of yours Roland

 

[Jsega51]

Finally getting the chance to acquire a SSDFK and have the option for ECAM was well worth the sacrifice! This knife is exactly what I wanted, it’s the FK2‘s larger twin brother! I’ll have to echo the sentiment that it’s comparable to the HDFK but it’s a knife in its own class and it could be hard to pick between them. For me though, I’d keep this SSDFK if I really had to choose. It’s got more blade and a more commanding feel in the hand.

 

[- SpyderMan -]

Finally getting the chance to acquire a SSDFK and have the option for ECAM was well worth the sacrifice! This knife is exactly what I wanted, it’s the FK2‘s larger twin brother! I’ll have to echo the sentiment that it’s comparable to the HDFK but it’s a knife in its own class and it could be hard to pick between them. For me though, I’d keep this SSDFK if I really had to choose. It’s got more blade and a more commanding feel in the hand.

That a beauty there, Jsega51

 

[Jsega51]

That a beauty there, Jsega51

I went back and looked at the pics of your knives in this thread, great choices! The more I see the burlap scales on knives, the closer I get to ordering a knife with some in the future.

 

[Burke]

You can see the iterative changes from the FK to FK2 handle, as well as the UF to UF2, but you can still tell that they're in the same family, and designed by the same person.

I've had it as a project in the back of my head for a while to take some pictures and make a flowchart of the "field knife evolutionary lineage" - we have the common ancestor, the FK, which bifurcated into the HD family including the HDFK and SDFK and also into the non-HD family the BFK and FK2.