TOPS Pasayten?

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Michael_Aos

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Sort of reminds me of a TTKK.

Anyone used one yet?

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Wow, that's quite a radical departure for TOPS. The handle doesn't look abrasive, the grind and edge looks efficient, and the whole thing looks quite practical and very useful.

I like the trend!!
 
Yes Andrew it is a trend towards a more sportsman friendly knife. Using 1/8" 154C Heat treated by Paul Bos and a flat grind makes it an ideal kitchen or camp knife. My wife claimed the right to my first one for the kitchen and the second one I got went straight into the camp trailer, so I'll have to get another one if I want to try it out without doing the dishes. Expect more knives like this from TOPS in the future!
 
I really liked this knife when I saw it at the TOPS facility.. Steven Dick designed the Paysatan, and I like it alot. It goes right along with his personal idea's of what a good knife needs to be.
It is quite a bit bigger than the TTKK, but the things that make the TTKK a good knife, are the same things I think make this knife a good one..
The fit, finish, grinds, and heat treatment are top notch to boot..
 
I absolutely STRUGGLED to get my hands on a Pasayten before and after Xmas - finally got one in January from T.O.P.S. and have been using it almost exclusively (along with a GB Dakota tomahawk for the heavier cutting) in my weekly forays into the GSMNP. I have to say that form/fit/function are superb. I have even used it to do a little heavy chopping and, tho it took quite a bit of work since it's not made for that sort of thing, no hotspots or discomfort whatsoever. This knife is obviously the culmination of S. Dick's years of extensive experience as a LRRP, camper and woodsman, and with regard to its aesthetic appeal and functional utility, this blade should be in the Smithsonian.
 
That is a very nice blade. Can you tell us more about it?

Do you have a Pasayten so we could get some comparison pics?

Thanks.
 
I had a D2 TTKK for a couple years. Unfortunately I bought it before I really appreciated D2 steel, so I didn't actually use it much.

I kind of felt my particular early TTKK had too much "belly", or too much of a drop-point or something.

Very little really usable blade when it came to the cutting-board.

I absolutely loved the "crows beak" butt end of the TTKK, and the sheath, but overall the distance between the front guard and the "beak" was much too large for my hand. Especially when choking up on the blade.

I tend to be drawn toward smaller knives, and I find the TUK about perfect as a traveling / camping / outdoor kitchen-knife.

Mike
 
Nice, functional knife! Mr. Rinaldi's blades sure do look like performers.

I have an big old camp knife that I inherited from my dad made from high-carbon steel and handled carabao/water-buffalo horn (nature's G-10) that's just about the same general profile as the TOPS Pasayten, only with a larger blade. It's done just about everything all these years; chop bamboo, kitchen butchering and cutting, even being batoned to cut roofing sheets! I think you won't go wrong with such a design too.
 
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