Wowbagger
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There seems to be some kind of problem with your part of Bladforums.com and every time I try to save/send a reply to your thread "Right Wrong" the attempt times out and I get a message that there is a problem with the server or some such.
And yet low and behold I can use the server otherwise this new thread being an example
WTF
What the heck I may as well post my reply here until I can move it o'r there.
My first and only, so far, Case Trapper (in Stag) (my first one just HAD to be in Stag for the classic look) has surprised me. Very useful and the factory edges though coarse and toothy are really working surprisingly well; haven't sharpened it yet but have used it a bunch.
I would say most of the knives I buy I am pleased with because I spend way too much time agonizing over a knife purchase. But . . . for me . . . that's part of the "fun".
The one I have agonized over but so far have not bought is the Teardrop. I will probably get one eventually. The Trapper has some of that shape and I wanted to go with a larger knife so the tear drop purchase was put on the shelf until 2016 unless something hits the market that I need to pounce on.
On the opposite end of the spectrum my Boker medium stockman in green bone is great over all but disappointed me in two, fairly small respects. First; there may be a problem with the translation from German to English but it is billed as having carbon steel blades. It reacts to reactive foods etc. exactly like my Boker Stockman in Stainless Steel . . . hardly at all. I can force a reaction with fresh lemon juice but is the same on both knives just a slight darkening after leaving the juice on for an inordinate period.
The other disappointment is the spring force is way excessive when opening the blades. If I have washed my hands recently I can count on bending over a finger nail just to get the knife open. The green bone is extraordinary though; that and the etching on the main blade makes up for the small anomalies. The knife feels great in hand and cuts well.
And yet low and behold I can use the server otherwise this new thread being an example
WTF
What the heck I may as well post my reply here until I can move it o'r there.
My first and only, so far, Case Trapper (in Stag) (my first one just HAD to be in Stag for the classic look) has surprised me. Very useful and the factory edges though coarse and toothy are really working surprisingly well; haven't sharpened it yet but have used it a bunch.
I would say most of the knives I buy I am pleased with because I spend way too much time agonizing over a knife purchase. But . . . for me . . . that's part of the "fun".
The one I have agonized over but so far have not bought is the Teardrop. I will probably get one eventually. The Trapper has some of that shape and I wanted to go with a larger knife so the tear drop purchase was put on the shelf until 2016 unless something hits the market that I need to pounce on.
On the opposite end of the spectrum my Boker medium stockman in green bone is great over all but disappointed me in two, fairly small respects. First; there may be a problem with the translation from German to English but it is billed as having carbon steel blades. It reacts to reactive foods etc. exactly like my Boker Stockman in Stainless Steel . . . hardly at all. I can force a reaction with fresh lemon juice but is the same on both knives just a slight darkening after leaving the juice on for an inordinate period.
The other disappointment is the spring force is way excessive when opening the blades. If I have washed my hands recently I can count on bending over a finger nail just to get the knife open. The green bone is extraordinary though; that and the etching on the main blade makes up for the small anomalies. The knife feels great in hand and cuts well.
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