warrigal
19-10-2008, 10:40
I brought this little fixed blade through here ( ie: from a member ) in excellent nick.
I started using it as my work knife firstly because we sell Falkniven ( it is nice to have something you sell as your EDC) and just for the "any excuse to play with a new toy" type thingy.
This the straight VG10 version not the flasher 3g or laminate.
I really like it. It is comfortable to hold. slices really well. I have found it in my pocket more and more.
I resharpen it on my Spyderco then strop it out quiet a bit ( shit loads actually) the Vg10 holds the edge well. The one I have is the neck sheath version but I just drop it in my pocket. It is probably a bit big for normal a pocket sized knife. But I don't care. I have used it for everything from opening packets ( no real trial there) to kitchen duties. Sitting the back yard converting a sleeper into a toothpick while the boy chases the Geese around the yard.
After reading Perksys copy of Mors Kochanski "Bushcraft" I have started stropping in earnest. Kochanski speaks of stropping some knives up to 200 times. I thought I needed to have a review of how I was finishing my sharpening procedure. I has made quiet a difference. But I'll start another thread on that.
I'm not worried about this not being the laminate version strength wise. The logic I'm using is this is a smaller fixed blade. I really should only be using it for slicing not the prying I might do with something a bit bigger.
Overall I'm pretty stoked with it.
I don't carry it much outside of work or home, but is because I have others to choose from, And I reckon I have a better chance of talking my way out of a "possession in public" with a small folder than with a fixed blade of any size.
Carl
I started using it as my work knife firstly because we sell Falkniven ( it is nice to have something you sell as your EDC) and just for the "any excuse to play with a new toy" type thingy.
This the straight VG10 version not the flasher 3g or laminate.
I really like it. It is comfortable to hold. slices really well. I have found it in my pocket more and more.
I resharpen it on my Spyderco then strop it out quiet a bit ( shit loads actually) the Vg10 holds the edge well. The one I have is the neck sheath version but I just drop it in my pocket. It is probably a bit big for normal a pocket sized knife. But I don't care. I have used it for everything from opening packets ( no real trial there) to kitchen duties. Sitting the back yard converting a sleeper into a toothpick while the boy chases the Geese around the yard.
After reading Perksys copy of Mors Kochanski "Bushcraft" I have started stropping in earnest. Kochanski speaks of stropping some knives up to 200 times. I thought I needed to have a review of how I was finishing my sharpening procedure. I has made quiet a difference. But I'll start another thread on that.
I'm not worried about this not being the laminate version strength wise. The logic I'm using is this is a smaller fixed blade. I really should only be using it for slicing not the prying I might do with something a bit bigger.
Overall I'm pretty stoked with it.
I don't carry it much outside of work or home, but is because I have others to choose from, And I reckon I have a better chance of talking my way out of a "possession in public" with a small folder than with a fixed blade of any size.
Carl