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I recently received a knife from Claudio and today I decided to bring it along on a hike in a forest nearby where I live.
The knife was used for some light chopping on dead trees. I also used the knife to make some wood shavings for my firesteel and to split/baton some firewood that someone had left behind.
I must say it really excelled at chopping (no surprise there!) and little to no effort was needed for this work due to it its weight and balance.
The blade is 0.24" thick across the finger guard and tapers down to 0.16" at the pommel. Blade lenght is 7", total lenght 12.5" and weight is 18.48 oz.
The point of balance is around where the handle scale meets the blade edge.
Normally I don't carry a knife this size when I'm hiking in the forest but I must say it does have it's own use when it comes to clearing a path and splitting logs
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Boring text, I know, so here are the pictures
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First a comparison photo (Winkler belt knife and Regular large Sebenza):
The acid etched (?) laminated "hamon" got a bit faded away after the wood splitting, but that was expected and this one was never intended to be a "safe queen".
Overall I'm very happy with how it performs and it feels very good in the hand, not heavy at all despite it's weight!
The knife was used for some light chopping on dead trees. I also used the knife to make some wood shavings for my firesteel and to split/baton some firewood that someone had left behind.
I must say it really excelled at chopping (no surprise there!) and little to no effort was needed for this work due to it its weight and balance.
The blade is 0.24" thick across the finger guard and tapers down to 0.16" at the pommel. Blade lenght is 7", total lenght 12.5" and weight is 18.48 oz.
The point of balance is around where the handle scale meets the blade edge.
Normally I don't carry a knife this size when I'm hiking in the forest but I must say it does have it's own use when it comes to clearing a path and splitting logs
.Boring text, I know, so here are the pictures
: First a comparison photo (Winkler belt knife and Regular large Sebenza):
The acid etched (?) laminated "hamon" got a bit faded away after the wood splitting, but that was expected and this one was never intended to be a "safe queen".
Overall I'm very happy with how it performs and it feels very good in the hand, not heavy at all despite it's weight!
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......................................that knife has BEAST written all over it. That is sooooo awesome!
