Surprisingly Good Knife

C Bryant

C Bryant

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My Girlfriend got me this "Bamboo Knife" from Duluth Trading Company for Christmas and I had a chance to play with it today. I took it out back and cut up the Christmas tree and was very pleasantly surprised at how well this knife chops. Specs from Duluth are: Hand-forged steel with 8" blade, 13" OA, parachute cord handle and lanyard. Weighs 8 oz. Made in Japan.

It made short work of the tree and cut very clean. The knife felt really nice in the hand with the paracord wrap and is quite well balanced. Great deal if you want a nice little chopper. It does not come with a sheath, so I will be making one for it soon. :thumbup:

Sorry, the pics are a bit fuzzy.

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Pretty sweet blade! You could do some real damage with that thing in a hurry if you wanted to. Zombies beware!!!
 
I've been buying stuff from Duluth for a number of years and I have looked at that blade couple of times. I'm not surprised that it performs well, most of the stuff that I have got from them is pretty good.
 
Yeah - I see a grind on both sides - how did the edge do with all that chopping? Any edge rolling - I would be wary to chop with a Scandi edge.

TF
 
Talfuchre said:
Yeah - I see a grind on both sides - how did the edge do with all that chopping? Any edge rolling - I would be wary to chop with a Scandi edge.

TF
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No rolling that I could see. I was not super sharp to begin with, but had a decent edge. The grind is pretty thick so chopping is not an issue. I just ran it across some stones...not noticeably sharper... then again I'm not great at sharpening anyway.
 
Looks like a lawnmower blade! Cool! Makes me want to pick one up or make one!
 
Marcelo, remember my Japanese kindling froe from the Finger Lakes trip?

I have one much like that I picked up from Garrett Wade. Mine wasn't cord wrapped but Marcelo did it for me after we used it for a while. It worked superbly for batoning. In fact, that's what its made for! That's how they make cedar shingles with them in Japan. Start with a block of wood and start batoning off shingles I believe.

I didn't realize Duluth had a model as well. I may have to check that out, that one looks pretty nice. :thumbup:

Here is the one I have. They look pretty similar but its nice that the Duluth one is cord wrapped already.
 
I am of the age that growing up with post WWII Japanese products left the impression of cheapness and low quality. I later lived in Japan for several years. Their products are some of the finest available. I have a number of hand tools that are the quality of Snap-On. I would bet that this is one hell of a blade. Pretty cool.
 
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