Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

[HFinn]

Congratulations :thumbup: I'd also be interested to hear how you get on with this one

Last evening I put it allready to good use making a wok dish out of gabbage, pork, bell pepper and celery. I kind of thought this knife would work well with this kind of stuff and I was right. The kitchen knife - like ergonomics seem to work, the angle between the handle and gives room when cutting against a board.

I had a special puukko made so that there is a similar angle in the handle. Works fine cutting wood, I gave it to my son. So this Grohman should work also with harder stuff. I stropped it fresh out of box and it is now really sharp.

 

[Jack Black]

Nice, thanks for the report You weren't tempted by the flat-ground and/or carbon option then? Sounds like these knives could do with their own thread :thumbup:

 

[PythonDR]

I don't know much about the Boker and it does have quite a bit of blade play on 3 of the 4 blades, but I like it. I've been eyeing the other two for a while...

I have that Boker in a version they made under the Muller nameplate about 15 years ago (mustard colored bone - ugly, but it grows on you after a while.) Those thin blades are *wicked* slicers when well sharpened!

 

[HFinn]

Nice, thanks for the report You weren't tempted by the flat-ground and/or carbon option then? Sounds like these knives could do with their own thread :thumbup:

I am impatient and this is what was available at Lamnia. Also I would like to use this as a general use hiking blade and saber grind might be more sturdy? Don't know really. But a Grohmann thread might be a good idea.

 

[Will Power]

I'm inspired to get a Grohmann too! But I fancy the Trout&Bird flat grind as I want a lighter knife, it should also excel in food prep. Carbon flat grind seems to be a special order and might take weeks or more. Found a dealer in Germany who has keen prices and low delivery costs. So I think I might.......

 

[swaybacksteve]

some hammock time with the Case Teardrop in 6.5 stag...really nice fit and finish. And I love the assym. spear tip/zulu. The spine is completely flush at the halfstop.

 

[Jack Black]

I am impatient and this is what was available at Lamnia. Also I would like to use this as a general use hiking blade and saber grind might be more sturdy? Don't know really. But a Grohmann thread might be a good idea.

I can understand that Thanks for the thread :thumbup:

 

[Ryouchijtx]

some hammock time with the Case Teardrop in 6.5 stag...really nice fit and finish. And I love the assym. spear tip/zulu. The spine is completely flush at the halfstop.

Some good looking stag on that teardrop Swaybacksteve. Great username too~

 

[RexRazorX]

Just got this one today - Tidioute #73 green micarta. I like the nail nick with no swedge - I usually pinch the blade and pull the handle. I really dig this single blade pattern. The micarta is just a hair slimmer and lighter than my bone 73.
-Rex
tidioute #73 - single blade - micarta -2015 by tens339, on Flickr

 

[swaybacksteve]

Thanks for the kind words Tim!

This just in #85 bullet end jack in buffalo horn
Removes the bark like butter

 

[Dadpool]

Tuna Valley Railsplitter in buffalo horn:

This knife has already become one of my favorites. It "spoke to me" strongly the second I saw it. I'm confident that these pictures do it very little justice.

The horn is amazing -- beautiful to look at, buttery to the touch, and impossible to stop touching. The fit and finish are great, it's got nice walk and talk with no blade rub, and it's just a pleasure to carry and use. It's the largest traditional I own, at 3.5" and 3.5 oz (Railsplitter is a fitting name for the pattern!), and my first with more than two blades. It's a pleasing handful and a fantastic knife in all respects.

Also newly arrived, a Colonel Coon Canoe in smooth bone:

This is my first Canoe, and I dig it. I wish the bolster on the main blade's side fully covered the tang when closed (pictures suggested it did, but I couldn't find many), but apart from that it's a nifty little knife. I love orange, and the warm pumpkin-y tone of the handle is great.

 

[Cory Hess]

You got a couple of top-notch knives there, Dadpool. That railsplitter is just fantastic looking. Stunning horn on that one. And of course Colonel Coons are just plain cool. Very impressive pair. :thumbup:

 

[black mamba]

Dadpool, your railsplitter has about the most light "feathering" of any horn handles I've seen, but it is very evenly dispersed and similarly matched on both sides. Strikingly beautiful!

You mentioned some blade wobble: how much? Do you feel it in use, or only if grasping blade and frame and trying to make it move side to side?

 

[kootenay joe]

Jeff, i cannot find any mention of blade play except in the Boker Congress at the top of this page. Did i miss something ?
kj

 

[black mamba]

Joe, he has mentioned this knife in several threads-- maybe it was in another one, or maybe I just got mixed up!

 

[Dadpool]

Thanks, Cory Hess!

Dadpool, your railsplitter has about the most light "feathering" of any horn handles I've seen, but it is very evenly dispersed and similarly matched on both sides. Strikingly beautiful!

You mentioned some blade wobble: how much? Do you feel it in use, or only if grasping blade and frame and trying to make it move side to side?

I only have a couple of other knives with wobble, and I'm new to collecting traditional slipjoints, so take my assessment with a couple grains of salt.

I'd say not that much overall; more specifically, hardly any on the main, a little on the sheepsfoot, and a noticeable amount on the pen. I've only had it for a bit more than a day, so it's seen only light use. For the main and sheepsfoot, I don't notice it in use, only when -- as you said -- trying to make the blade wobble. On the pen, it's slightly noticeable in use. As that's the blade likely to see the lightest-duty usage, I doubt it will be noticeable all the time.

Does that help?

 

[black mamba]

Great info, thanks Dad!

 

[kootenay joe]

Dadpool, are you speaking of your Tuna Valley Railsplitter having some play with all 3 blades ?
If so, it should not be like this in what is an expensive top of the line knife. Actually blade play should not be present in a folding knife.
kj

 

[Dadpool]

Dadpool, are you speaking of your Tuna Valley Railsplitter having some play with all 3 blades ?
If so, it should not be like this in what is an expensive top of the line knife. Actually blade play should not be present in a folding knife.
kj

Yes, that's correct. I don't have a lot of context in which to interpret how much blade play is acceptable (new to collecting slipjoints, not many to compare to), and from poking around here I gather that it tends to be a personal, subjective thing.

But reactions here (yours and others) are causing me to wonder if I should be concerned with it in this knife, given its overall quality and price tag.

 

[SAK Guy]

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