Sus Scrofa

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Has anyone EDC'ed a Sus Scrofa? I was thinking of purchasing one to alternate EDC with the BOSS Street, but I am not sure of the blade design. If anyone could offer some advice, that would be great!
 
Or, does anyone have an SS who could tell me how they like/dislike the blade shape?
 
The hawkbill looks to be extremely useful for some applications but not quite as universally efficient as say a drop point. It does seem that some of the color schemes make it look pretty inoffensive, some others seem to make it look overly aggressive. It is an interesting design.
 
i have 3 or 4 of them and i love them with the mashed cat kydex and i dont like kydex but it fits perfectly in pants side pocket and hammer holder holds it close i build power lines and strip alot of wire and it works great for that i have a hard time getting knives that hold up to the abuse i put them through at work so i like my ss and today i am picking up my next ss folder i am having made with a buck strider 880 but i did sand bottum of the sheath to fit deeper in pocket to not risk losing it
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I love mine. I cut lots of rope, twine, zip ties, etc. around the farm, and I find the blade shape excellent for this. Also works great slashing vines and weeds. Very easy to keep a nasty edge on it with the Sharpmaker too, so that's a plus. Overall, finds its way onto my belt more than anything else in the safe.
 
there are opinions going both ways on this knife, some consider it a mostrosity, and some take pictures of it next to roses. But not long ago I saw one of the nices pictures on these forums, it was a close up of a girls "waist" and on her belt she had a horizontal sheath with SS in it. That sheath looked sweet. I bet one of you guys saved that picture, please post it again.
 
I'm a big fan of hawkbills, but it's quite true that a drop point blade is closer to a "universal" utility knife. For some chores, though, including cutting rope, cordage, webbing, vines, weeds, or even small trees(!)...basically anything fibrous...a hawkbill, esp. with some serrations, is truly hell on wheels.
 
And by the way, you can find quite a lot of discussion about hawkbills over on the spyderco forum and BF Spyderco subforum if you're interested.
 
Volk said:
there are opinions going both ways on this knife, some consider it a mostrosity, and some take pictures of it next to roses. But not long ago I saw one of the nices pictures on these forums, it was a close up of a girls "waist" and on her belt she had a horizontal sheath with SS in it. That sheath looked sweet. I bet one of you guys saved that picture, please post it again.
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This one?

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Probably my second favorite Busse after the CGFBM:thumbup:

i found that i have to use a rod to sharpen it, but other than that no complaints:)
 
HAKnPocket said:
Where's the Busse? J/k but really who makes that sheath?

HAK
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I believe Soup Monger made that sheath. The same guy who modded it, and convinced that vixen to pose for that shot.


AS to the original OP's post. I do edc my SS all the time.

Originally I carried it all the time in a Mashed Cat sheath. Horizontal front of the right hip (or left hip if I was also carrying the Busse GW).

Now I carry it in my leather pocket clip sheath. This was the 3rd sheath I attempted.

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Personally, I really like the blade shape. It is very handy for slicing and fine detail cutting, because of the shape of the tip.

I removed the reverse curve with sandpaper on a glass sheet, then I convexed it by hand.

It works better for food prep, because now I can push cut flat to the board. If the handle angle was flatter, and the blade did not have a slight downward cant, it would would work even better.

Sukas!

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