What is the Southfork good for?

[FCM415]

Ive owned mine for close to 6 months now. I like it so much that Im hoping to get a custom from Phil soon. I use it in the kitchen for many different things like fileting, debone, paring, and even small things like mincing. I use it as a steak knife, took it camping a few times now, brought it to Yosemite backpacking, I can use it for anything really. It's fun having the S90v around. I don't do any hunting but boy if I did!

Im into modern folders mainly and my experience in owning quality fixed blades are limited. With that being said, Ive settled on the SouthFork as the one, my go to fixed blade. I'd like to get Phil's Bird&Trout model also.

GP paid dealer has it on sale for the cheapest Ive ever seen right now.

 

[Ankerson]

With Phil Wilson Custom:

 

[gine]

I have a S110V choiless SF with birds head butt coming from phil soon. Black canvas micarta with toxic green and black G-10 spacer. This will be @62 HRC, which is a good balance for a .006 edge thickness. :]

 

[Ankerson]

I have a S110V choiless SF with birds head butt coming from phil soon. Black canvas micarta with toxic green and black G-10 spacer. This will be @62 HRC, which is a good balance for a .006 edge thickness. :]

That should be really nice.

 

[gine]

Thanks, It will be my second from phil. I'm sure enjoying my k294 bow river. Excellent knife maker he is. I will post a picture next to my spyderco SF when I get it.

 

[Ankerson]

Thanks, It will be my second from phil. I'm sure enjoying my k294 bow river. Excellent knife maker he is. I will post a picture next to my spyderco SF when I get it.

I know I love mine.

 

[jeffbird]

I know I love mine.

One more vote. I cleaned about 25 deer and feral pigs last year, more pigs than deer.

Most were with a Phil Wilson Bow River in K294. One was with a Dozier D2, a couple with an Ingram in D2, and one with a Phil Wilson in 110V.

Phil Wilson's Bow River in K294 was by far my favorite to use, and is my go to choice. The 110V is nice also, just received it late in the season so only had only opportunity to use it.

The K294 also is very easy to sharpen.

Others sold off from prior years were Ingram in S30V, Busse, some forged from rasps and files, and customs in 154CM.

 

[PatrickKnight]

I got my brother a Southfork for his birthday last year as a kitchen knife. He would much rather be cooking in his kitchen than doing anything else he just loves to cook, and he told me a couple of months ago than his very nice collection of Shun kitchen knives are literally starting to gather dust that's how much he loves his Southfork. He also said the fact he has had to sharpen it once in 17 months is just amazing.

He is now thinking about getting a custom from Phil to go along with his Southfork.

 

[RamZar]

I'm looking at one of these Spyderco South Fork fixed blade knives for a kitchen knife and like Ankerson's testing and recommendations. Highly impressed with the edge retention.

Are there two versions of this knife, that is, one flat grind and another full flat grind?

Blade is not too thick for kitchen duty?

Is the one selling now any different than the one mentioned in this thread early last year?

By the way, the Boltaron® sheath looks great in case I decide to one day carry it. Comfortable?