William Henry?

gull wing

gull wing

Joined
May 4, 2002
Messages
2,536
E6 and E10:

How does the WH hold up to use? (light use that is, string, packages, apples )
.....or is it for resting in the pocket only?
 
Indeed they can. William Henry knives are NOT pocket warmers. They're arguably the finest lightweight production knives on the planet. Use them to cut stuff and you'll be just fine. :)
 
I have a fancier button-lock WH, and it's seen quite a bit of pocket time. It's done things I wouldn't be proud of, but had no problem at all. They really are well-made knives, and don't come with warnings about limited use. The E6 and E10 are sold as "EDC Knives," so I'd expect them to perform just as well as any other similarly labeled knife. Is it a ZT? No, but it sure will out-do about 90% of all knives out there, and look good doing it.
 
bld522 said:
Indeed they can. William Henry knives are NOT pocket warmers. They're arguably the finest lightweight production knives on the planet. Use them to cut stuff and you'll be just fine. :)
Click to expand...

Yup. My e10 sees a ton of use.
 
Excellent, thank you. I'm just not in to, not using a knife, no matter what I pay for it.
 
I have two, not those, but they both look great but can handle anything, includung taking the back out of a chicken. Their edge geometry is sweet, with nice pointy tips. They look light weight, and are, but they are certainly not "lightweights" when it comes to performance.
 
My E10 has been used a bunch, and it's always felt up to whatever task I put it to. It also easily out-slices most of my usual pocket knives, which are often thick-bladed brutes that are more for show than use.
 
I've consistently carried a T12 liner lock (carbon fiber) for years, weighing 1.6 oz and don't even know it's there - until I need it.
 
One of my two is the B15, personally I think its a Matt Conable design with brown's name on it for marketing, since the Tracker movie helped hype it.
 
I bought a used B12 Sheridan with scratches on the blade, due to bad sharpening, for a third of the price. Sent it to WH for resharpening and have used it for almost two years at work without any problems at all.
 
What I read somewhere is that Tom Brown didn't like pocket clips. So the early B-15's had no clip, had 3 frame screws (no lanyard hole), and went into the clipped sheath tail first.
 
My Tom Brown has no clip and comes with a sheath. The sheath has the Brown paw symbol on it. The clip was a later addition to the B15. At the time it came out, most WH knives were using a sheath instead of a clip. There is an article somewhere on the net that says the WH sheath system was a feature Brown liked, since he did not like clips.

IMHO, there are four things that make a WH Ti knife better than the competition. The steel is hard (ZDP), blade is thin and so is the edge (it is not a pry bar). The handles are scalloped inside so they are light. With the sheath, no clip, and rounded profile you get a very comfortable hande, much better than two slabs of Ti. The plunge lock is self adjusting and very reliable w/o any of the potential problems of a lockback, frame or liner lock.
 
Last edited:
I have no hesitation about carrying or using my E-10. The only thing I'm careful of is not scratching up the inserts with keys and such.

i-nqV6VzG-X2.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top