What's the weight of Lone Wolf T2 Ranger ? And alternatives?

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turin.turambar

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It seems a simple question, but google yields answers varying from 4.2 to at least 8.2 oz, and bladeforums search returns no data when fed with 'lone wolf weight'.

So, I would be grateful to anyone owning one for posting measured weight, together with knife version information (nylon, cocobolo, french wallnut handles).

Or, when I am at it, could your recommend a similar knife? It's intended for backpacking, so should be reasonably sturdy, weight under 5 oz. (ideally 3-4), have a 3.5-4 inches blade, high flat grind. I quite like the pictures of Combat Elite, but I suspect it will be too heavy (If you own one, I'd also welcome info about it's weight).
 
Well, the CF Mili would fit your description perfectly. But for minimum maintainance and maximum functionality I would suggest getting a Pacific Salt and have it reground flat. You would save so much on the knife itself, that you should still save money even with the regrind. You can also fairly easily regrind it yourself with a coarse diamond stone, because H-1 grinds very easily. Even with a $30 DMT you are probably saving around $100.

Now, I realize that there are other reasons, why you would prefer a better looking knife over the Pacific, but in terms of functionality as a backpacking knife, I don't think it can be beat. And it is fairly lightweight, too.

There was a member of the Spyderco forum who went to Africa for humanitarian work, who took a good number of knives from his collection with him and said that they were heavily used. The one that outperformed all others was the Pacific, simply because of the ease of care. Lots of sweat, lots of gunk, constantly rinsing and never time to let it dry out or to perform maintainance.
 
cereedy said:
The T-2 Tactical is 5.2 oz, The T-2 Ranger is 7.00 oz, and the T-2 hunter with Cocobolo scales is 4.2 oz. This is from www.lonewolfknives.com
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I looked at the site and I think that they need to edit the weights on the Cocobolo and Ranger. All of the T-2's are approx. 7 oz. I think that they got their numbers mixed up.

The T-2 is a good knife.

Spyderco has many offerings that only weigh around 5 oz. that would be good choices for camping and most of them have flat grinds.
 
Do not make a mistake assuming I didn't visit THE site of lone wolf knifes :)
It's just that I found it hard to believe that different handles change the weight twofolds.

Daniel: are you sure about that ~7 oz. ? It seems awfully heavy for a knife this size, and not to heavily built; I quietly hoped for that 4.2 oz. to prove true, because that's a sensible weight to carry around.

As for other knives:
Yes, Military springs to mind immediately, and it may be that I'll decide on it. It's just that I find it extremely ugly, and too big for it's blade length - I don't like the looks of most Spyderco knives, except Manix (which is heavy as a fixed, alas).

Pacific: I know nothing about H1 steel, and remain a bit reserved to it; It's not to be a sailing knife, so stainless is not necessary, as long as it resists rust just a bit; but I do want good edge retention, as I don't want to carry a sharpener with me - thus, D2, 154CM, ATS34 or S30V (which I haven't used yet, and would like to give a try).

I like the Rat Trap, but it's not being produced anymore...
 
I just weighed mine.

The Cocobolo T2 with titanium liners is 4.4 oz.

The Walnut T2 with stainless liners is 5.0 oz.
 
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