Hi Knives community,
First of all; I am new on this forum and after mustering all courage I finally wrote my first post. Meh... Hooray to me, I guess.
I am by no means a knife professional and some of you may refer to me as the cliche "youngins' ", since I've never owned a Buck110, can call less than three knives my own and the worst I'd ever done to a knife is cutting carboard and filament package straps. Also, please excuse my rather modest english proficiency since english ain't my primary language.
Normally I am not much into knives and normally it doesn't matter to me wether I use a dull boxcutter, a fruitknife or my keys to get the work done.
Unussually, after roaming on google, a sudden blackout and missing 60$, I found myself blissfully filling out a purchase order form for a Vantage Avid large.
It arrived two weeks ago and has seen daily use since then. 13C27's edge retention is amazing and I would not trade it in again for said dull boxcutter, less the fruitknife!
My main gripe, aside from the missalligned blade however are the dymonwood handles.
They look gorgeous, feel warm and fill my heart with fuzzy feelings, nothing bad about that... But they "are" slippery and unsafe to work with when opening packages for longer than three to four hours.
I don't regret having bought one and I would immediately buy the cheaper Vantage select Large to interchange it's glass reinforced nylon handles with the one from the Avid, for the sole reason of already having "stained" the Avid's blade. I am not sure however if they are build the same way.
Having read of true Buck fans on this forum that own up to six different Vantages, I would be thankfully for confirmation wether the handles are interchangable between the larger Vantages and fit up to the last iota.
Thanks in advance!
First of all; I am new on this forum and after mustering all courage I finally wrote my first post. Meh... Hooray to me, I guess.
I am by no means a knife professional and some of you may refer to me as the cliche "youngins' ", since I've never owned a Buck110, can call less than three knives my own and the worst I'd ever done to a knife is cutting carboard and filament package straps. Also, please excuse my rather modest english proficiency since english ain't my primary language.
Normally I am not much into knives and normally it doesn't matter to me wether I use a dull boxcutter, a fruitknife or my keys to get the work done.
Unussually, after roaming on google, a sudden blackout and missing 60$, I found myself blissfully filling out a purchase order form for a Vantage Avid large.
It arrived two weeks ago and has seen daily use since then. 13C27's edge retention is amazing and I would not trade it in again for said dull boxcutter, less the fruitknife!
My main gripe, aside from the missalligned blade however are the dymonwood handles.
They look gorgeous, feel warm and fill my heart with fuzzy feelings, nothing bad about that... But they "are" slippery and unsafe to work with when opening packages for longer than three to four hours.
I don't regret having bought one and I would immediately buy the cheaper Vantage select Large to interchange it's glass reinforced nylon handles with the one from the Avid, for the sole reason of already having "stained" the Avid's blade. I am not sure however if they are build the same way.
Having read of true Buck fans on this forum that own up to six different Vantages, I would be thankfully for confirmation wether the handles are interchangable between the larger Vantages and fit up to the last iota.
Thanks in advance!
