Takach Forge review, great knife! - plenty of pics

[myright]

Here's a maker we don't here much about on here, atakach. The name he creates knives under is Takach Forge. I had the pleasure of meeting this guy well before I was ever a member of this forum at a knife show and he was a cool guy selling RR spike knives at a small table. As coincidence has it I ran into him here on the forum.

Here is atakach's description of this guy

This blade is made from 1/8'' 1080, handle is gutted paracord soaked in resin. Blade is flat ground, and etched for nice user finish.
7 1/4'' o.a., 1 1/4'' wide @choil, and 3 3/16'' tip to plunge.

I requested a sheath that I could wear INSIDE my right front pocket and he delivered perfectly. I like have the knife in my RF pocket so it doesn't get in the way when I'm in the yard. I used it for a while this morning in the garden getting rid of a bunch of weeds and old plants. The long straight blade worked great getting in between the live vines and only cutting the dead ones.

I'm a huge fan of skeletonized knives and really like the cord wrap on this one to give that extra little bit of grip. The grip is the perfect length for my hands.

I then decided to take the little guy out back and play around with some fire wood. I absolutely love the straight blade. atakach describes the knife has a fat belly hawkbill and I think that is exactly what it performs like.

I tried a fuzz stick (I'm not really good at it) to try the edge and it performed perfectly. I also decided to drill a hole in a piece of thin wood - it really excelled here - far supperior to any other knife I have right now. I got half way through then flipped it over and started again. It drilled right threw in no time at all.

I also did a thin piece by battoning since all you 'fellers like to baton I thought it wouldn't work well because the spine slopes off quite a bit but it worked great, probably because I used the corner of the log and did a thin piece.

This knife is very, very light but very solid. The one thing I would change is having the edged of the pomel rounded a bit for a little comfort (I'm going to do this myself) and also have a lanyard hole to help me get it out of the sheath a little more easily (I'm going to do this as well)

I'm extremely excited about this knife and will be using it quite a bit in the yard. I hope to get out in the woods soon and will post another review once I do.

This won't be the last blade I get from him.

Oh - he's got a pretty cool maker's mark too - nice and simple.

Here are some pics fellas - let me know if you have any questions at all.

I told you I'm not that good....

 

[myright]

YES - IT'S SHARP !

 

[theonew]

Great looking knife. I love that blade shape very much, very handy for working with wood and great for most utility tasks. 1/8 thick sounds perfect. My next blade is going to look a lot like that.

 

[SpookyPistolero]

Looks like a great little EDC blade! Scott Gossman just had a thread, I believe, on the great utility of the wharnie style edge.

 

[myright]

Looks like a great little EDC blade! Scott Gossman just had a thread, I believe, on the great utility of the wharnie style edge.

Yup, he did.

It is a great style, for me! I love it and can't wait to put it to a bit more use.

 

[Joezilla]

Looks like a great edc. I talked on the phone with this gentleman today and he seemed like a heck of a nice guy to deal with.

 

[lungcutter]

I bought a knife from him early on this year. He was great to work with and the quality of work was great. He made exactly what I was looking for. I just used it to butcher out my sons first deer. It sliced right through the meat to make some really nice steaks. I just touched it up after doing the whole deer and it is still as sharp as a razor. I am glad to see Andrew geting some long overdue attention. His knives are functional as well as peautiful.

 

[TheGame]

For some reason, the curve of that handle really caught my attention. It looks like it would fill out the hand fairly well. :thumbup:

 

[caine]

Looks great

 

[mneedham]

Good looking little utility blade there...

 

[myright]

Good looking little utility blade there...

It really is - I love a wharnie/hawkbill type knife. The point is very well defined. I can see it getting a lot of use cutting boxes and scoring drywall.

Looks great

Thanks man

For some reason, the curve of that handle really caught my attention. It looks like it would fill out the hand fairly well. :thumbup:

Exactly why I picked it up. It feels great in hand.

I bought a knife from him early on this year. He was great to work with and the quality of work was great. He made exactly what I was looking for. I just used it to butcher out my sons first deer. It sliced right through the meat to make some really nice steaks. I just touched it up after doing the whole deer and it is still as sharp as a razor. I am glad to see Andrew geting some long overdue attention. His knives are functional as well as peautiful.

:thumbup: He's a good guy and seems to really be in for the love of making knives. Good, rustic, functional knives. I forgot to add in the review that the edge is still in great shape. It dulled a hair after use but is by no means dull. Edge retention is :thumbup:

Looks like a great edc. I talked on the phone with this gentleman today and he seemed like a heck of a nice guy to deal with.

Right on - I hope you get a cool knife from him

 

[atakach]

WOOOOOWWWW--WEEEE

Was it Andy Warhal, that said every one gets there 15 min. of fame.....well this is good enough for me. Hey Mywright, i totally forgot that i had met you up in leesport, until you just mentioned it...sorry, thats so cool, and thanks for the bad a$$ review!!!

Lungcutter, good on you, must be a proud papa , i hope my boy can plink one in under the mentor program this yr......and if so the lil dude will be using his own custom knife he did up last year with me.

Hey thanks again all, and mywright, dont be affraid to get rough with it, even though it's only 1/8'' stock, it's the same stock and heat treat as lung cutters, and he saw how i abused that stuff before making his blade.

here's the video,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJVrePTZQRM

 

[theonew]

atakach, nice looking blade, the world needs more wharnies IMHO :thumbup:

Love your avatar

 

[myright]

That exactly the type of edge retention I was talking about. My Becker is the only other knife I have that holds an edge like that. Outstanding - thanks for posting the video.

Take care.

 

[kgd]

Looking good. I guess I'm just going to have to try out a warnie one of these days. 2nd picture I thought you clipped the tip off on something, but it turned out to be just hiding under a blade of grass. I have to agree with you on front pocket carry EDC fixed blades. Hard to go back to folders after carrying a small fixed like that for a while. Nice tough on the clip on the sheath.

 

[myright]

Looking good. I guess I'm just going to have to try out a warnie one of these days. 2nd picture I thought you clipped the tip off on something, but it turned out to be just hiding under a blade of grass. I have to agree with you on front pocket carry EDC fixed blades. Hard to go back to folders after carrying a small fixed like that for a while. Nice tough on the clip on the sheath.

Yeah - I didn't notice the blade of grass covering the tip until I uploaded the pics, at that point I was too lazy to go snap some more pics especially since there were other pics of the tips later on. It does make it look like the tip is missing though It would have been a much different review if the tip was missing after a bit of use

It's a great knife - I'm diggin' wharnies.