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This is the best part of a swayback pattern. A pull cut grip works amazingly well
I agree with this buuuut
I love carbon steel but having working kn a hot humid environment where I use my knife and often snap it shut and throw it in my pocket wet...I love having a few stainless steel knives. Just for the added security.
And this I 100% agree with!
Is the fixed blade you talking about the 'Lambshank' that Chin made?I agree with Rachel, I think a Swayback handle marries perfectly with a Lambsfoot, Pruner, or Ettrick blade (we see some early Pruners with handles with really extreme curved handles). With the Lambsfoot, it allows the canted tip to be presented perfectly. There's a Thread Index in the Guardians thread, with a lot of discussion about handle ergonomics, and there's also a fixed blade Lambsfoot, with a Swayback handle
Ummm, you’ll be second in line.
If it helps at all, have a small fixed blade Swayback bought some years ago in South Africa from Trevor Burger.
The handle has a good thickness to it, very comfy in the hand, and not that far off the mark for a folder of the same size.
It is nice to use, to say the least, and comes up particularly well reverse-grip when slicing biltong (your kinda jerky) and fruit...
Case did put out a CV swayback jack. Here's mine
their Swayback though small fits nearly all hands. Here's two illustrious Swaybacks, one Tony Bose inspired and the other Charle Campagna inspired, different and magnificent.
Yes..... the chestnut bone... I have two of those, one that had a little blade wobble, that is now one of my workbench knives, and this one... great knives, and CV goodness....
Please forgive my ignorance, but why is Case CV so highly favored over their SS? It seems many feel this way on BF. Is it just that folks prefer a high carbon blade that will patina? I think their SS is 420HC correct? I've heard they don't heat treat it quite as well as Buck, is that the issue? Thanks
Can't speak for the entirety of BF, but for me, a blade that changes over time, picks up markings from the experiences I have with it, and stands to be imperiled by lack of regular maintenance adds some danger and a hint of drama to the experience of ownership.
I love the way you folks articulated your thoughts. True enough, we don't always select a tool in the hope of a clinically superior experience but instead tend to "bond" with the tool of choice in some emotional way. I like to keep my truck perfect, but don't mind seeing some "miles" on my cutting equipment. ....maybe I've had too much coffee today
Hengelo_77
Outstanding talent 
Very balanced look to that one, could you state the sizes and materials please ? Weight?
Talking of aesthetics -which to me is important in a knife and much else - what other frame can offer such nubile curves ? Here the Pruner CASE/Bose Collaboration.
Duvel
Thanks Mike, it is very sinewy and I believe Tony Bose was inspired by certain Sheffield Pruners, the high quality type, the French make Pruners that are very serpent-like too (their word for Pruner I think) Another feature of this knife that impresses is the inclusion of a nail-nick. It's clearly not necessary when so much blade is above frame but to include it in the swedge/swoop is a masterpiece of execution- sleek.
