Cliff Stamp
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I thought I had done all the stock work on this knife as I usually do all that right away and I intended to post it up after I did this, then I go back and check my notebooks and it isn't there. Anyway some performance comments from memory after carrying it and using it as a main EDC folder for some weeks :
Edge retention :
I was going to compare this to a Boye Dendritic Cobalt folder except I had to sharpen the Boye multiple times while the Chinook II kept cutting and thus decided a comparision was useless as they were not in the same class. High hardness, high wear resistance, solid corrosion resistance. Not a lot to be disappointed with here.
Cutting ability :
Thin and acute edge, deep hollow grind and of course high initial sharpness, beyond push shaving. It readily out cut the Boye folder (boat knife), in fact it even outcut the serrated boat knife on webbing and ropes. It is a bit big for light work, not a potato peeler, but is solid and works very well zipping through heavy cardboard and roughing out thick woods.
Ergonomics :
One the best I have seen on a folding knife, love the integral index finger cutout. Clip is a bit of a problem on hard stabs, but I have not seen it done any better than it is here. It doesn't have great ergonomics for chopping in a partial grip, that was the only real problem. Otherwise fills the hand well and is secure and comfortable.
Glad you guys found it useful, no intention to work with a Strider though, have used a Buck/Strider and the lock is unstable and readily broken under torques which did nothing to the Chinook, not in the same class. Mick doesn't feel it is fair to torque folding knives in this manner. More details an be seen in the Strider/Buck review.
Thanks for the offer Sal, always willing to work with new knives.
-Cliff
Edge retention :
I was going to compare this to a Boye Dendritic Cobalt folder except I had to sharpen the Boye multiple times while the Chinook II kept cutting and thus decided a comparision was useless as they were not in the same class. High hardness, high wear resistance, solid corrosion resistance. Not a lot to be disappointed with here.
Cutting ability :
Thin and acute edge, deep hollow grind and of course high initial sharpness, beyond push shaving. It readily out cut the Boye folder (boat knife), in fact it even outcut the serrated boat knife on webbing and ropes. It is a bit big for light work, not a potato peeler, but is solid and works very well zipping through heavy cardboard and roughing out thick woods.
Ergonomics :
One the best I have seen on a folding knife, love the integral index finger cutout. Clip is a bit of a problem on hard stabs, but I have not seen it done any better than it is here. It doesn't have great ergonomics for chopping in a partial grip, that was the only real problem. Otherwise fills the hand well and is secure and comfortable.
Glad you guys found it useful, no intention to work with a Strider though, have used a Buck/Strider and the lock is unstable and readily broken under torques which did nothing to the Chinook, not in the same class. Mick doesn't feel it is fair to torque folding knives in this manner. More details an be seen in the Strider/Buck review.
Thanks for the offer Sal, always willing to work with new knives.
-Cliff
