Mistwalker
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Earlier today went out in the woods behind the house to practice a few things. Since I had been sent a SEAL Pup Elite I wanted to work with it for a bit and see what it could do, maybe see how much the new design was an improvement over the old one. I bought an original Pup seven or eight years ago at Ranger Joe's Down in Columbus Georgia a few months after I had bought an original SEAL 2000. Being at that time more used to seven inch and larger blades, I decided the 5 inch/ 13cm blade was just smaller than what I personally wanted. I preferred its bigger brother so I gave the pup to a friend a few months later. Since lately I have been studying techniques from across the pond trying to get more into working with smaller knives, working with them from a different perspective, I guess it was only natural that I work my way back to the pup eventually. Actually, it’s a pretty cool knife to work with. It wears very comfortably. It’s light enough that I even forgot I had it on my belt until I went to drive to the store and went to put the seat belt on so it’s definitely not going to wear you down on a hike. I took a few pictures while working with it.
The first thing I saw and felt was the difference in the grip, the tapered shape of the new handle and the finger grooves it a very positive grip.
Then checking out the edge I tried it out and cutting some fatwood shavings for use as tinder for lighting with a fire steel. It whittled the thin shavings I wanted easily. The good grip and shorter blade allow for excellent control.
I noticed that the rasp spine had nearly the same profile as the sparker of a Swedish firesteel so I tried it out. It throws GREAT sparks using the rasp. It only took a few sparks and I had flames.
You can see how the dust was left on the blade and on the spine.
But it cleaned up with just a wipe on the pants leg, and only a little coating was worn off.
***EDIT***
Just wanted to add a pic that adds a different dynamic to this knife...making it a GREAT "survival" tool, the addition of the SOG Power Lock. More pictures in later posts
***NOTE***
This thread was posted as I went along working with this knife there are other pictures further in that were posted at different times
The first thing I saw and felt was the difference in the grip, the tapered shape of the new handle and the finger grooves it a very positive grip.
Then checking out the edge I tried it out and cutting some fatwood shavings for use as tinder for lighting with a fire steel. It whittled the thin shavings I wanted easily. The good grip and shorter blade allow for excellent control.
I noticed that the rasp spine had nearly the same profile as the sparker of a Swedish firesteel so I tried it out. It throws GREAT sparks using the rasp. It only took a few sparks and I had flames.
You can see how the dust was left on the blade and on the spine.
But it cleaned up with just a wipe on the pants leg, and only a little coating was worn off.
***EDIT***
Just wanted to add a pic that adds a different dynamic to this knife...making it a GREAT "survival" tool, the addition of the SOG Power Lock. More pictures in later posts
***NOTE***
This thread was posted as I went along working with this knife there are other pictures further in that were posted at different times
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