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Hello folks,
I just picked up a Gerber Epic and Metolius Caper at L.L. Bean this weekend and have to say for the money they're both great little knives. They both came decently sharp, though I put a shaving sharp edge on both of them with my Sharpmaker. The Metolius Caper is a little small in the handle for someone like myself with large hands, but otherwise is very comfortable. It's also got one of the sharper points I've encountered on a knife in quite a while. It appears well designed for its intended task of skinning/caping small game and also is a nice light carry general utility. Given its size and shape, if one were in a survival situation and had another knife to rely on, I could see this easily making a great harpoon or spear tip if lashed to a stick. I've also found it to make a nice pizza cutter. The Epic has a unique semi-sheepsfoot blade, of which I was skeptical at first, but after carrying it for the last couple days I really like. It excelled at peeling and slicing onions, opening vacuum sealed plastic packages, and carving small stakes for staking down some tarps at work. Also, the bottle opener is well designed and less gimmicky than most of those designed into other knives and works quite well. For the money not a bad little belt knife.
Lagarto
I just picked up a Gerber Epic and Metolius Caper at L.L. Bean this weekend and have to say for the money they're both great little knives. They both came decently sharp, though I put a shaving sharp edge on both of them with my Sharpmaker. The Metolius Caper is a little small in the handle for someone like myself with large hands, but otherwise is very comfortable. It's also got one of the sharper points I've encountered on a knife in quite a while. It appears well designed for its intended task of skinning/caping small game and also is a nice light carry general utility. Given its size and shape, if one were in a survival situation and had another knife to rely on, I could see this easily making a great harpoon or spear tip if lashed to a stick. I've also found it to make a nice pizza cutter. The Epic has a unique semi-sheepsfoot blade, of which I was skeptical at first, but after carrying it for the last couple days I really like. It excelled at peeling and slicing onions, opening vacuum sealed plastic packages, and carving small stakes for staking down some tarps at work. Also, the bottle opener is well designed and less gimmicky than most of those designed into other knives and works quite well. For the money not a bad little belt knife.
Lagarto
