Solstice
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- May 27, 2005
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First and foremost, Thank You! to Jerry and the BC crew for making the best fixed blade knives on the planet. Knives that you can sit on a mantle and be amazed at there beauty and coolness or take in the field and depend on there nuclear toughness.
The Nuclear Meltdown Fusion Battle Mistress (IMO) will be the benchmark for years to come on what knives should be when it comes to toughness, craftsmanship, dependability, functionality and off the chart coolness.
Short but sweet here it is, the NMFBM out performed the CGFBM hands down, and I believe it would do the same against the LEFBM. IMO the deciding factor was the convex grind. This style of grind pushes the wood apart rather then making a wedge out of the knife, which was the case for the CGFBM. Dont get me wrong, the CGFBM performed excellent and because of its smaller size and weight might make it the better knife to carry especially if carried on the hip or if weight is a major concern in a back packing situation. But I dont have those concerns so my CGFBM is about to get replaced by its bigger brother. The other factor was of course the sheer girth of the knife; it landed deeper into the wood and having that extra inch and half made batoning easier on the wider pieces. I also try out the SFNOs, they each performed wonderfully for smaller knives. The fact that they are smaller comes in nice when cutting bread or spreading mayo. Although I did have to de-bark a few pieces of wood (burns easier) and I have to admit it was my saber grind SFNO that I used based upon is much thicker tip.
As I imagined Sierras + Busses = a FreakingBadAss time!
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The Nuclear Meltdown Fusion Battle Mistress (IMO) will be the benchmark for years to come on what knives should be when it comes to toughness, craftsmanship, dependability, functionality and off the chart coolness.
Short but sweet here it is, the NMFBM out performed the CGFBM hands down, and I believe it would do the same against the LEFBM. IMO the deciding factor was the convex grind. This style of grind pushes the wood apart rather then making a wedge out of the knife, which was the case for the CGFBM. Dont get me wrong, the CGFBM performed excellent and because of its smaller size and weight might make it the better knife to carry especially if carried on the hip or if weight is a major concern in a back packing situation. But I dont have those concerns so my CGFBM is about to get replaced by its bigger brother. The other factor was of course the sheer girth of the knife; it landed deeper into the wood and having that extra inch and half made batoning easier on the wider pieces. I also try out the SFNOs, they each performed wonderfully for smaller knives. The fact that they are smaller comes in nice when cutting bread or spreading mayo. Although I did have to de-bark a few pieces of wood (burns easier) and I have to admit it was my saber grind SFNO that I used based upon is much thicker tip.
As I imagined Sierras + Busses = a FreakingBadAss time!
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