SURVIVOR - Progress Thread

I just got mine in and it is AWESOME! This is my first big knife and I love it. It feels great in my hands and seems indestructible... I am sending it off to Robert @ Survival Sheaths for a thigh rig sheath. I will post pics when I get it back!

Thanks again Dan for a great knife at a great price.

Joel
 
Mine arrived this weekend. I have alot of big knives but I really love how this knife feels. I reduced the shipping box to nothing within minutes of opening the box. I'm in for the JRE sheath and I can't wait to get this thing out in the wild this spring.

Thanks Dan
 
You are welcome guys - my pleasure!!


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Dan
 
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Sentinel2003 - I've tried to send several PMs and emails with no success...email me asap - I need your address.

Dan
 
You know you want a knife when...
Okay, this is a bit of a long story but I figure that most of you guys here can sympathize.
This has kinda been a crappy week for me, I am a 3rd year student at university and my laptop’s motherboard called it quits the other morning. I have about 30 pages worth of papers to write over the next two weeks. It is covered under warranty, but the earliest they can get it back to me is in two weeks, so you can see how this may not have been the best timing.
Last week, Dan had sent me an email letting me know that my Survivor had been shipped out just before he left on his trip. I was hoping that it would get here before the weekend so the week wasn’t a total loss. Well, I was on my way home from school the other day, at around 17:15, when my girlfriend called me. She had just returned home from work and there was a notice saying that I had a parcel at the post office waiting to be picked up. However, the post office closes at 17:30 and I was still 5 minutes away from my bus stop, and then I still needed to make a transfer onto another bus for a10 minute ride to the post office. I was not going to let this week end on a sour note.
So, as soon as I got off the bus I started running, 11 blocks all uphill! Bear in mind I had all of my school stuff with me, about a 20lb pack full of books, and was wearing Blundstone boots, , not running shoes. I must have been quite a sight, I am 6’5”and about 200lbs and I was running up hill in a gore-tex jacket in the rain. Oh, did I forget to mention it was raining... well it was. Long story short, I made it to the post office in four and a half minutes! I picked up my Survivor and walked, not ran, the remaining 3 blocks to my house. My girlfriend opened the door and just started to laugh at me.
So that is it, I have my knife, and I love my knife. Thanks a lot Dan, and thanks to Briggz who sold me his spot on the list. For all of you waiting for yours, you won’t be disappointed ;) Now I just hope that getting the sheath from JRE doesn’t involve any running!
Alex
 
I posted this in the WSS forum also, but thought some of you guys who are still waiting for your Survivors might like to see what you can expect!

I wanted to answer three questions about the Survivor.....

First question - can it chop? We recently planted some sycamore saplings at our gate entrance. A mesquite tree in the fence line was overhanging it, however, and needed to be removed.
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I decided to chop through the trunk about 1 1/2' from the ground.
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The wind is blowing strongly from the north today, and I had to chop through on the south side of the trunk, so I tied a line to a branch and put tension on the tree by pulling on it with our trail hog. I used the Survivor to chop about 3/4ths of the way through the trunk, then used the trial hog to pull the tree over.
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So to answer the first question, yes, it can chop! This tree was healthy, and about a foot in diameter. The dark heart wood is very hard; at times, it felt and sounded like I was hitting a brick with the blade. Is it the best tool for this kind of work? No. I prefer a hidden tang khuk for heavy chopping usually, but I wanted to put the Koster Survivor to the test.

The second question - any hot spots? Was the handle comfortable? I normally wear gloves when chopping, but chose not to for this test. I developed no hot spots. My little finger was a touch sore from the impact, but I had no blisters, and wasn't close to developing any. So, no hot spots. But I did not do any chopping with my finger through the ring, as I already know that is painful when doing heavy chopping.

3d question - does it hold an edge? The knife came to me with a flat ground blade, and a microbevel edge. In my initial testing, that edge held up just fine, but I like a convexed edge, as that is what I end up with when sharpening with my belt grinder anyway. So, before cutting this tree down I put a convex edge on my Survivor. And yes, it holds its edge just fine. When I was finished cutting the tree down, it would still easily slice paper.

Here it is in the "bombproof" sheath I made for it -
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I like this knife! :)

Andy
 
Andrew,

That is impressive! For those who don't know an old mesquite is a very hard tree.

Nice test!

Thanks for sharing...

Joel
 
Great story, Alex!

And great pics, Andy!

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The next 15 are ground out and almost ready to send out to heat-treat.



If you are one of the first 45 and still don't have your Survivor.....



It's because it's sitting here on my desk and I don't know who to send it to. :D :o :foot:


Shoot me an email with "Survivor" in the subject and I'll get right on top of it.


Sorry about the confusion, guys....haven't been able to get my act together since leaving for my Spring Break vacation...:eek:


Dan
 
Survivor landed in Italy.
Impressive!! :eek:
Now I know that Dan was not at his best when he set the price! :D
Good for us!! :thumbup:
 
Finally noticed my Survivor is done.

I've paypalled you the final amount and sent you two e-mails.

Standing by to receive massive knife!!:thumbup:;):)
 
Yes - should have the knife by now - or soon!!

Dan
 
Dan,
I just PayPaled you 210.00 for Payment In Full for Survivor # 60.
I also listed it on the order tracker.
I also listed my new e-mail address.
Thanks
Rick S.
 
Ok - will update the list - thanks!




In the meantime - check out this cool B&W pic. :D

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