The David Mary design Mikro-Khukri Prevail variant

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Let's talk about this guy, the David Mary David Mary designed - Mikro-Khukri
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The original thought process behind having David make me this knife, is to have a do-everything knife that's not the usual bladeshape. I think he did just that.
David did a flat-vex style grind that slices, cuts, chops, and whittles. The angle of the blade lends itself to self defense as well, though I'd place in the "slasher" and not "stabber" category.

The handle is suretouch, and my initial reaction is very positive. Feels almost like suede with a firmer texture, very grippy and secure.
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Upon receiving this little guy, I immediately threw it into a nearby log. It is balanced well, because of the thinness of the blade it is a tad handle heavy, but that does benefit cutting geometry. It flew pretty good!
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The blade is able to do light chopping and gardening tasks no problem. I see no edge deformation after an hour of light chopping, whittling, and a few small batons.
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This design lends itself very well to multiple blade shapes, I can use a different part of the blade for different things, such as the ricasso area for whittling.
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Here it is next to another one of his work:
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The best part is, I can neck carry the hawkbill and pocket carry the mikro-kuk...
Edit: forgot to mention jimping. Good job filing this guy! Grippy but not rippy!

David might seem like an ordinary guy, but his work is anything but ;)

Thanks for putting in the time to read this mind-dump, take care friends.
 

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Was the hardness kept low?
 
Took the mikro kuk on a night fishing trip...some very picturesque catches tonight. Hacked up bait (chunked mackerel, cut through bone) and also used to thinly slice squid strip.
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And would you look at that...it pleasantly surprised me by still gliding through paper gracefully; extremely impressive for a "medium tier" steel AEBL...it is treated very well with no noticeable deformation at the edge.
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I kept it in fish guts and salt water for about 1.5 hours (sorry David haha). It developed a slight patina, but otherwise remained intact. I think that was more caused by the fish blood...
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The suretouch handle did good in fish slime. I think a coarse G10 (like the waterway) is gripper still, but in dry environment the suretouch is way more comfortable than the rough G10.

What should I cut next? :) it is very pleasant to use.
 
Great review.....but if you actually cleaned those fish with the DM knife, I would of liked some Action shots.

I've never got first hand experience with your types of fish.....
I just clean normal/boring fish......bass, perch, trout, salmon, walleye, etc.

*And recipes.
We need to see them Ate.



Otherwise Perfect. Gorgeous Knife.
(I can imagine the sounds of it cutting their heads off) 😍😍😍
 
Haha no, we let all the fish go that night. The sea robin hit one of the drifting chunked so hard we all shat bricks while pulling it in. We hadn't kept any fish that night, so decided to keep the Buddhist trend going and let it go. Alot of short flukes, no keepers. We went back the next day and got this guy though, I think the mikro kuk brings me good luck I gotta keep it on me more
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I like this design, David, do you have any specs on it, I understand 61 - 62 AEB-L, what about the OAL and blade length? Would you make this with Micarta handles?
 
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