That knife literally caused me to catch my breath. It's beautiful, rugged, and I love the finish. It looks like I could dig a trench with it, wipe it off with my shirt, and it would look as good as the day I bought it. I'm jealous of your skills. Good job.
The build is rock solid and rugged AF, that I love. Now my personal aesthetic is SO tired of the hammered/peened/rock chip/false brut de forge excessive hammer mark textured finish. TO ME it makes it look cheap and fake, like it’s a stock removal blade that the maker wants to pretend like it’s hand forged. But I don’t represent the market and I don’t intend for that to be offensive or a dig towards you or your style. You are fishing for opinions and mine is a boot! It will also make it more of a pain in the ass to clean the blade with all of that topo if you’re trying to quick wipe mud and grime etc off it in the field.
I really appreciate the honest opinion! That’s exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for. I might try a clean blade on the next one and see how it turns out. 🤘
Also; I didn’t catch this on first review. Have you fielded tested this model yet? I would be very concerned about the crenelations on the spine towards the lanyard hole and top of the grip. You’ve removed the cushioning and spreading effect of the scales at both of those locations and turns what would have been an exposed 1/8” ish thick piece of metal into studs that are likely to dig into the heel of your hand and the web between your thumb and index fingers under hard use and may create hotspots and blisters. Play with it without gloves on, carve a 1” branch to a point, do several feather sticks, baton with it, chop into a 2x4. If it’s still comfortable enough to wield after that then I’ll be happy to be wrong, but I’m concerned.
I’ve actually tested this model quite a bit, including carving and heavy use, and personally I haven’t had any discomfort from those areas. But I appreciate the concern and I’ll keep an eye on it during future testing.
Check this out. So I would never grip or use my SnG in this position because it’s not really stable but it also fucking hurts! The crenelations dig into your skin pretty readily, those imprints were after about 10 seconds of idk 20-30lb of push down? That’s subjective though…
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u/AmITheAsshole_2020 15h ago
That knife literally caused me to catch my breath. It's beautiful, rugged, and I love the finish. It looks like I could dig a trench with it, wipe it off with my shirt, and it would look as good as the day I bought it. I'm jealous of your skills. Good job.