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- May 1, 2002
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Here are the knives i brought: the Kabar USMC Fighting Knife, the Spydie Native, and my CRKT Point Guard
i must say that i'm pretty happy with the performance of all of the above, especially my native (i love that one sooooo much!) i have to be honest tho, when i say that i have abused my Kabar to the max, which is why i bought it in the first place. the day we arrived at our site, i immediately started digging away the rocks that were around the area. after that, i used it to hack at the sticks and logs and trees for wood (and for pleasure), then i used the handle to pound the hooks into the ground to hold our tent, then i threw it against a tree trunk to see if it would stay... i swear i did all of the above and then some, i know someone out there hates me now and would probably give me a lecture about warranties and what not
but good news is, my kabar survived! aside from the edge being duller (it could still cut nylon rope, but with two hacks instead of one) and it's black coating scratched, and the paint on the handle butt kinda chipping... it's perfectly alright, just needs a resharpening and a good polish. so kudos to the Kabar!
now for my native... this baby... i did not put it through nearly as much as the kabar, but i did a lot of wood working with the tip of the blade and still i could perform the finger cutting test. i also used it to cut small sticks off a dead tree and did various hacking jobs at bushes and still at the end of the trip could hack through nylon rope with one try. (gees, that sounds almost lame compared to what i did with my kabar)
as for the point guard, it was my tackle box knife...so, erm, it cut my worms fine? i didn't really put it through that much at all because i knew it wouldn't be able to take a whole lot.
so here are my reviews... any opinions/comments/complaints/advice please tell me!
hey BOK! where are your reviews??
aXed
i must say that i'm pretty happy with the performance of all of the above, especially my native (i love that one sooooo much!) i have to be honest tho, when i say that i have abused my Kabar to the max, which is why i bought it in the first place. the day we arrived at our site, i immediately started digging away the rocks that were around the area. after that, i used it to hack at the sticks and logs and trees for wood (and for pleasure), then i used the handle to pound the hooks into the ground to hold our tent, then i threw it against a tree trunk to see if it would stay... i swear i did all of the above and then some, i know someone out there hates me now and would probably give me a lecture about warranties and what not
but good news is, my kabar survived! aside from the edge being duller (it could still cut nylon rope, but with two hacks instead of one) and it's black coating scratched, and the paint on the handle butt kinda chipping... it's perfectly alright, just needs a resharpening and a good polish. so kudos to the Kabar!now for my native... this baby... i did not put it through nearly as much as the kabar, but i did a lot of wood working with the tip of the blade and still i could perform the finger cutting test. i also used it to cut small sticks off a dead tree and did various hacking jobs at bushes and still at the end of the trip could hack through nylon rope with one try. (gees, that sounds almost lame compared to what i did with my kabar)
as for the point guard, it was my tackle box knife...so, erm, it cut my worms fine? i didn't really put it through that much at all because i knew it wouldn't be able to take a whole lot.
so here are my reviews... any opinions/comments/complaints/advice please tell me!
hey BOK! where are your reviews??
aXed
Just not happy with that rope test.
