The New One, the "1-0"

[MrCoffee]

I really do like the overall design. I am wondering if after a bit of chopping with the grip you show in the last photo, finger wrapped around the slant guard, if you would have a lot of discomfort between your two fingers.... just trying to adjust my old brain to the new idea....

 

[sicily02]

hi all

Rskoon you are welcome for the pics.

Mr Coffee I a have been using that MEGA in my tree cutting business and I just love the to chop that that way with my fingers wrapped around the slanted guard like that.
Also I carry the knife 99 % of the time like that too. I posted a bunch of pic of me using that bigger knife and then some chopping with it to in the thread at mistwalker postes with Breeden knife number 3 and fire starting any ways maybe Mistwalker can post the link to it if he wants to.

Long day and I am heading to bed Did 2 shifts of tree cutting and my back is letting me know LOL

Bryan

 

[Mistwalker]

Thank you for sharing your story Mistwalker; you might have chosen a very different path had you not had those two to guide and teach you early on. Glad you came out on the right side of a crappy deal....

I'm liking this one more than the Warthorn for some reason. Can't put my finger on why, it very well might be the size. I like the smaller one in blue too.

The one thing I really appreciate about the Warthorn series, just from looking at pics, is that the choil actually looks very functional. The choil on my RC4 bugs me because it's too small for me to confidently and comfortably use (always feel like I'll poke or cut my finger); as it is now, for me, it's a bit of wasted edge space on an already small knife. But in light of the prominent lower guard on the Warthorn, it seems well executed and comfortable to use. Does the top guard get in the way when using the choil? I can't recall any pics right now from the Warthorn.

I have this vision in my mind of a Warthorn/1-0 with a less acute top guard...maybe I'll discuss with Bryan sometime...

Thanks rksoon,

I think they were likely the two best influences in my young life.

I like a choil to be wide enough to easily get my finger in.

I'm thinking of a Warthorn/1-0 combination of my own.

Cool pics mistwalker, Making fuzz sticks is so much fun I think. Seeing the cut bamboo is just awesome.

Glad to hear you are liking this knife so much LOL. I started to 2 more yesterday LOL.

Bryan

Thanks Bryan.

I'm liking it a lot!

stunning knife, practical and cool sheath, badass pics. What more can I say?

Thanks man,

Glad you like it.

we can survive some real monsters and turn out pretty good. great photos and looks like you were raised in texas from your condiments.guy that works with me was put off at a bus stop by his parents when he was 13.raised by family of a mexican buddy.people wondered why a whitey spoke such good spanish when he got into high school.he is ahonest and hard working buddy. my brother and i had a violent childhood no guns but a butcher knife and lots of knocking around.he is a millionare now and i'm in pretty good conditions.one question i would ask [ could you ever forgive] i could'nt even though he has been dead 19 yrs.

Sorry to hear that, sounds like a really rough start too.

I spent a good bit of time in Texas.

Well…every thing I read tells me it's best if I do….it's been a long time…I hope some day I can.

Hey Mist,

Know you for a while and I never would have guessed you had such a dark chapter in your past. Thank you for sharing it. But you must realize that thank Pete and Dave each time you take all the time to do such detailed and honest reviews for us, or help one of the folks out looking for information. And of course by being a great Dad and husband.

Like gunknifenut, I hope we can met up on day. Reading stories like this makes me think how much better we can make the world by each of striving to be an "Uncle Dave" or "Uncle Pete" to someone that needs it....

The blade looks great, and you sure like it, thou I never would have thought it would be a style you'd pick. But it looks solid in your grip and you sure make it "work" for you.

Thanks for the great review (as always).

MrC

Well…it's not something that just pops up in every day conversation. I don't know about great…but I try to be a good one.

Maybe we'll get a chance to meet up some day…if global warming keeps at it I may be wanting to move further north anyway

Well…in all honesty I'm getting to where I like to take less and less with me on hikes through the woods. I try to avoid chopping unless it's necessary…makes way too much noise. I really like how this one has performed so far. I'm glad you're enjoying the review.

I really do like the overall design. I am wondering if after a bit of chopping with the grip you show in the last photo, finger wrapped around the slant guard, if you would have a lot of discomfort between your two fingers.... just trying to adjust my old brain to the new idea....

I would only use that grip for chopping with the larger one, it gives more control over the mass that way. With the Warthorn I use the birds beak in a two or three finger grip for chopping and that grip for push cuts and slicing...and extrication.



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Here are a few more pics.

If you happen to prefer the factory striker for you firesteel the pouch works well for that too. I'd just need to tie a lanyard on it as it will slide down below the top of this one.

As for the upper guard getting in my way…it really doesn't get in my way and having the retention strap I want was worth a little adapting.

And a couple of side by sides for a comparison with the Warthorn design.

 

[zhangmaster12]

Man I LOVE this thread! PAYCHECK, HURRY UP!

 

[HikingMano]

:thumbup: for the pics Mistwalker.

I can see now between Bryan's and your pics that the guard sits just fine. And putting the retention strap on the spine side is a damn good idea. The strap on my Gunny sharpshooter sheath is on the edge side, I think that'll get old real fast. The retention strap on my Martin Swinkels Bravo sheath never got to me as much; I suspect it's because the strap tends to spring out of the way when I unstrap it.

 

[Mistwalker]

:thumbup: for the pics Mistwalker.

I can see now between Bryan's and your pics that the guard sits just fine. And putting the retention strap on the spine side is a damn good idea. The strap on my Gunny sharpshooter sheath is on the edge side, I think that'll get old real fast. The retention strap on my Martin Swinkels Bravo sheath never got to me as much; I suspect it's because the strap tends to spring out of the way when I unstrap it.

Hey no problem bro, I always like for people to understand why I do something. They may not agree or like it but I prefer it to be at least understood.

keep the knife as sharp as it should be and it may get gone real fast without care...I've had that problem on a few sheaths.

 

[Rockywolf]

Best place to place the strap, IMHO. I have a similar setup on my nessie, pictured below. Sorry for the thread drift, but like was mentioned, a sharp blade will rip up a strap in a hurry if it is blade-side.

 

[Mistwalker]

Best place to place the strap, IMHO. I have a similar setup on my nessie, pictured below. Sorry for the thread drift, but like was mentioned, a sharp blade will rip up a strap in a hurry if it is blade-side.

I agree very much, and the more your going to be using the knife the more important it is.

 

[HikingMano]

Definitely. I used to be a kydex-only person, but now that I'm getting into leather sheaths, I'm appreciating these sheaths with the strap on the spine-side.

 

[Mistwalker]

Definitely. I used to be a kydex-only person, but now that I'm getting into leather sheaths, I'm appreciating these sheaths with the strap on the spine-side.

I prefer the looks of leather over kydex, and leather is just so much more quiet in a natural environment. When you're trying to get close to wild animals for photos every time a kydex sheath makes contact with a stone or tee...or if the knife is even a little loose in the sheath it makes an unnatural sound that a deer can hear from much further away than you might imagine.

 

[MrCoffee]

Besdies a finely made knife deserves a finely made leather sheath... I love the look and use of a leather sheath. Kydex is a great sheath material, no doubt, but it always has a tactical look to it.... not something I go for....

 

[Mistwalker]

Besdies a finely made knife deserves a finely made leather sheath... I love the look and use of a leather sheath. Kydex is a great sheath material, no doubt, but it always has a tactical look to it.... not something I go for....

It's not the tactical look I mind,...I love the older Randall leather sheaths and they were definitely tactical....for me it's the "Imperial storm trooper" look I don't like. I understand it in a combat environment I suppose but it's still a noisy material.

 

[HikingMano]

I used to prefer kydex because I could store blades in them without worrying about leather encouraging rust over time, and I can use them in all kinds of weather without worry. But now I store my blades out of the sheaths, and I don't really do prolonged trips in wet weather. So most of my knives have leathers sheaths now . I think once I pick out the 2 or 3 knives that are trekking favorites, I'll have kydex sheaths made for them for use in less than ideal conditions. But the noise point is a good one I hadn't really considered before :thumbup:.

 

[sicily02]

Hi all,

Since Mistwalker said in a few posts above that he
was thinking of a "1-0" / Warthorn I thought I would
post a pic of mine I like the "1-0" but I still like the birds
beak( as mistwalker calls it LOL) at the end of the handle area.

Here is a pic in hand

Here is the sheath I made for mine it is in the middle and it has a pouch on one side to hold a spycapsule with a firesteel and cotton/pj mix in it on the and then on the other side it has a pouch to hold a ceramic knife sharping rod. then it has a pouch on the front to hold a smaller knife that I made that does not have and handles on it it. A small PSK type knife. also I put some rectangle do dads on there to so I can strap it to my leg, water bottle pouch, my pack, and stuff like that.

Here is where I am keeping this one at for now, it is on a water bottle carrier that I have by the nalgene company.

I have not tried it yet for leg carry yet. I need to get some 1" strapping and I hope to do that sunday when I go to the camping store in Lincoln Ne. LOL


Bryan

 

[Mistwalker]

That looks really good! I like the versatility of that sheath too...gives me some ideas thanks!

I like the birds beak, I really like it when I'm chopping...I just don't intend to be chopping with this one unless it really is necessary...in which case I think with the lanyard and a rearward grip I'll manage ok.

 

[MrCoffee]

Terrific knife and kit! Looks great! I happen to really like the Sheath for it that Brain has as well. And these are going up for sale when?

 

[sicily02]

Hi All,

Mistwalker, yea I know the Berds beak at the pommel area reall does help with chopping like you said but when had yours I did do some light chopping,
like if I was building the frame for a shelter. I did not use a landyard for that but I was not attacking 8" thick wood either. You know Wrist thick or less.
Now if my hands were chilled I would rather have a landyard on the "1-0" but for what I did here at the farm it really did just fine for that type of chopping.
I have a Ash sapling forest here at the farm and I wanted to harvest a few of the wrist thick ones for a shelter frame I am going to put together when fall gets here for some camping at one of my favorite places to hike in. I hardly ever just chop from one side of the saplings. I normally will chop 2 or 3 times and then move around the tree North, east, south and west and hec by that time the sapling is cut through and already has the beginnings of a spear point for shaving up and then pounding it into the ground for part of my shelter frame. I also found that when limbing the saplings It is way easyer than with a 3" or even 4.5" blade having that extra 1" to 2.5" sure makes limbing a breeze. Also when cutting french bread, being able to see the point of the knife at all times just makes it easyer to know when the blade is about to cut the last part of and be through the bread. having that 5" plus blade makes getting the mayo out of the bottom of the jar easyer to and I not get near the mayo on the handle like with shorter knives 3" to 4.5".
Yep before I sent your "1-0" out I used it for a few things. I will not even mention wacking the edge of the 55 gal barrel in the shop like I did that one day that we were chatting on the phone and did one of my knives that day Nope I am not evening going to mention that

Mr Coffee, Thanks, that kit there, is my out flanking the Paster at my church kit. You see since I got the first drawing of the the Warthorn design,
My heart skipped abeat and I knew that was the perfect design for me. I guess it was some what for Mistwalker too LOL. Well anyways I use to just carry my water bottle into church and then we would have dinner after that well I do not really care for the koolaid and the punchs that the ladies make up serve at the dinner tables. I like this drink mix called propel and I take my water bottle and several of the propel packets and mix up my drink mix right there were we have dinner at. Well after I made up that first Warthorn
I was like Oh golly LOL I am not going to be further than arms reach of a Warthorn / "1-0" from now on if at all possible. so I attach a Warthorn to the back of the water bottle pouch and then put a bandana around the part of the water bottle and then a flash light pouch and flash light to help camoflage the knife and sheath. ( LOL I bet right now you are thinking this guy is right on or a NUT LOL)

Well I just hate to be with my fixed blades and now with the Warthorn and the "1-0" I am not going to be LOL) ok back to the kit. after I got it all set and put a small pouch on the sling to carry my small Bible and some of the Propel drink mixing packets in there too, I just sling it over my left shoulder and you can NOT see that I have a knife and sheath attached to the back of the water bottle carrier.

Now after the chruch service and we are walking out ot the sanctuary and walk up to the Paster and then shake hands with my right hand the kit is slung and hanging on my left shoulder you can not see the back of the water bottle. Then I head straight to the fellowship hall and find the tactical spot that I can set my kit down under the table and then pull out the water bottle and the Propel packets and NO body knows but the Me , my wife, God, his Son, and the Holy Ghost, and few angles 10,000 upon 10,000. See how easy it is to keep my secrect LOL Now if the Paster asks to see my kit I am busted LOL Then I am going to resort to the Covert series that mistwalker and I are working now and then I will really be set LOL



If you are interested in getting one just e-mail me and we can go from there. I have 2 more started and 4 more after that. I am by pretty much order only I so far have not made any knives up and then put them up for sale any ware.

Chat with you later,

Bryan

 

[Mistwalker]

Hi All,

Mistwalker, yea I know the Berds beak at the pommel area reall does help with chopping like you said but when had yours I did do some light chopping,
like if I was building the frame for a shelter. I did not use a landyard for that but I was not attacking 8" thick wood either. You know Wrist thick or less.
Now if my hands were chilled I would rather have a landyard on the "1-0" .....
Bryan

I did some messing around with it earlier and I think it will chop anything I'll actuallly want to chop just fine.

 

[Mistwalker]

Some pictures I took earlier this evening. This was not meant to be a fuzz stick but just to show that Yes...a convex edge will cut fine, curly fuzzies. You just may have to adapt yourself to it. To me the other benefits of the knifes size, shape and thickness are worth the adapting.No Fatwood or anything special, just fuzzies from a dead piece of pine limb,(and it rained yesterday and last night), and some sparks from a firesteel.

 

[Mistwalker]

Here are a few pics I thought I'd show. They tell a couple of stories. The Bamboo fire saw is something I have been working on lately....so far a good couple of coals and some good smoke but no flame yet. Seems the timing of my free time and and the timing of the rains have been in complete sync lately. I'll get there eventually.

Anyway prep for this is something that requires some cutting, splitting, whittling on, and scraping of some hard bamboo. So I have tried it with different knives at different times to see how they did with it. The last few times I've just done it on a whim, in a hurry, and with the knife I had on my side at the time....which has been the 1-0.

When you take into account; all of the fatwood shavings in firecraft I've done checking out the knife, the plain pine I've whittled on, the apple wood I've chopped and split, a birch limb I chopped through, food I've cut up, and then all of this splitting,whittling and scraping,....I think the edge, while not as sharp as it came, and yes still factory, is holding up pretty well.