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I've had a Shadow 4 since 1990, and beet the crap out of it.
It has been used to field dress and skin countless whitetail, on geese and ducks, making hunting blinds/shelters, all camping chores from food prep to batoning, and a little around the house yard work.
The Project 1 or 2 are built to be more of a indestructible combat survival tool right down to the night index on the handle, the serrations are made for cutting web gear mostly but work for it all, and can be sharpened in the field with stone if need be. But it would work for all things listed above, just a bit big for me.
Hind sight always being 20/20 I think the Sable 4 would of been a better choice for me and my uses. The Sable has more spine at the tip which aids when batoning, I think the edge sweeps up a wee bit more at the tip for use on game, and there's no top guard on the sable, which is a special order on a Shadow, not sure about the Project. But I love the tip on the Shadow series just beats up your baton a bit more when using it.
One more thing, I never had a problem with the handle being to hot or cold, or a comfort issue, but I usually wear gloves, especially in Minnesota Novembers.
You can't go wrong with a Reeve there great knives.
Helle
It has been used to field dress and skin countless whitetail, on geese and ducks, making hunting blinds/shelters, all camping chores from food prep to batoning, and a little around the house yard work.
The Project 1 or 2 are built to be more of a indestructible combat survival tool right down to the night index on the handle, the serrations are made for cutting web gear mostly but work for it all, and can be sharpened in the field with stone if need be. But it would work for all things listed above, just a bit big for me.
Hind sight always being 20/20 I think the Sable 4 would of been a better choice for me and my uses. The Sable has more spine at the tip which aids when batoning, I think the edge sweeps up a wee bit more at the tip for use on game, and there's no top guard on the sable, which is a special order on a Shadow, not sure about the Project. But I love the tip on the Shadow series just beats up your baton a bit more when using it.
One more thing, I never had a problem with the handle being to hot or cold, or a comfort issue, but I usually wear gloves, especially in Minnesota Novembers.
You can't go wrong with a Reeve there great knives.
Helle