Some New Knives...

[CL01]

Well, I recall reading about the Northwoods Indian River knife & how nice it looked. I've had mine for a week or so now & thought I'd post some pics & my opinions.

It's said to be made by GEC & that is surprising in that it's slim. It just doesn't have that GEC overbuiltness, but F&F is excellent. It doesn't look like a GEC, but it's very well built.

3 5/8" with a flat grind 2.5" Spear-point blade in 1095. Handles are in ebony wood. It carries very well in the pocket, as expected, & the handle size is an ideal combination of comfort & pocketability.

In short, I like it.

The other knives that came in recently are a '79 Case mini-Trapper with Clip & Pen blade, a GEC Northfield Congress with burnt stag handles, & a Canal Street Hawbaker.

The Hawbaker is their modified version of a Muskrat. Handles are stag & blade steel is Latrobe's 14-4CrMO, which, from what I understand, is their version of ATS-34/154CM. It's 4" & the Clip & Sheepsfoot blades are each just under 3".

I certainly can not complain about them. F&F is excellent on all 3.

 

[Modoc ED]

Very nice knives all around.:thumbup: You can hardly do better than the GEC Northfield Congress. The handles look very nice. Good choices.

 

[Knife Crazied]

Nice :thumbup:

 

[serratededge]

Nice family of sharps Rob. The Northfield gent has a nice classy, easy on the eyes look to it. Congrats on the new ones.

 

[SteelSnob]

Sweet! I like that Northwoods a lot.

 

[navihawk]

Nice case trapper.They're all nice.

 

[comoha]

Been eyein' that Northwoods for a while. Thanks for the review.

 

[ddml]

I've been looking at that Northwoods for a spell, myself. That will be my next purchase, maybe next month or so.

 

[CL01]

That Northwoods really surprised me. It's thin & light & I like Spear-point blades. The Scagel type blade notch is a nice touch. You can use either the notch or pinch open the blade easily.

It's simple & elegant, to say the least.

 

[Blues]

Nice group of knives. I like Scagel patterns. And the Hawbaker version of the muskrat pattern makes a big improvement for EDC imho. :thumbup:

 

[RetiredGuns]

That Case Trapper looks nice... and familiar!

Here I am now back into traditional pocket knives and I'm already minus 1

 

[JohnnyR]

I picked one of the Northwoods Indian River knives myself. Open/close was stiff out of the box, but after some oil and some work, it's developed a nice walk and talk. It's nice and light weight and the spear point blade is a winner. Nice knives CL01.