Hi All,
A quick review as promised some time back...
Straight from the box the knife felt light even in its sheath. On removing the blade from the sheath the handle, though weirdly shaped, sat comfortably in the hand and the thumb naturally found it position on the rear of the blade. A blade which was very sharp!! A quick shave of the forearm told me to be wary
The sheath was made down to a price but it holds the knife safely and even inverted the blade remains in place. The 2 1/4 inch belt loop on the rear is webbing and is stitched securely to the rear of the sheath.
Its first few weeks in my house it remained in the kitchen and this is where I see this knife finding a home. Its blade shape makes slicing effortless, that and its razor sharp edge! At most, a few strokes of the ceramic knife 'steel' brought its edge back without fuss. Very impressed.... but what about bushcrafting?
Easter holidays are upon us and with my daughter in tow we headed off to the woods for a quick test.
With the winters windfall we didn't need to use the knife to provide any firewood but it easily made some short feather sticks.
Tinder collected, the knife provided a fine shower of sparks from the firesteel, unfortunately this was hard to capture on film but my daughter was doing her best!
With the fire underway we collected some hazel to make our skewers, the knife cut these easily and stripped the bark quickly. The profile of the blade made cutting smooth and the handle shape did not cause any discomfort at all, in fact I'm not sure I even thought about the handle once it was in use... not a bad thing I guess??
Time for lunch. The wilds had provided a pair of fine steaks and after dispatching them with a quick blow to the noggin they were cut and skewered.... Tip: steaks are easy to spot in the wild when they mistakenly use their foil camouflage
Soon the steaks were ready...
Overall I was very impressed with the belt knife. It isn't the kind of knife you'd baton with or use to down a small tree but it excels at the normal camp chores of preparing food and lighter cutting. Cold Steel make another knife in this series, the 'Finn Bear' I think (a bit scandi from the pictures) and I'm hoping to source one of these soon, If I can find somewhere that doesn't charge as much for postage as the knife!! But I guess that is it's real upside, it's a cheap yet very useful knife.
Hope this is of use to someone, If you want to know anything else just ask.
Wortbag
A quick review as promised some time back...
Straight from the box the knife felt light even in its sheath. On removing the blade from the sheath the handle, though weirdly shaped, sat comfortably in the hand and the thumb naturally found it position on the rear of the blade. A blade which was very sharp!! A quick shave of the forearm told me to be wary
The sheath was made down to a price but it holds the knife safely and even inverted the blade remains in place. The 2 1/4 inch belt loop on the rear is webbing and is stitched securely to the rear of the sheath.
Its first few weeks in my house it remained in the kitchen and this is where I see this knife finding a home. Its blade shape makes slicing effortless, that and its razor sharp edge! At most, a few strokes of the ceramic knife 'steel' brought its edge back without fuss. Very impressed.... but what about bushcrafting?
Easter holidays are upon us and with my daughter in tow we headed off to the woods for a quick test.
With the winters windfall we didn't need to use the knife to provide any firewood but it easily made some short feather sticks.
Tinder collected, the knife provided a fine shower of sparks from the firesteel, unfortunately this was hard to capture on film but my daughter was doing her best!
With the fire underway we collected some hazel to make our skewers, the knife cut these easily and stripped the bark quickly. The profile of the blade made cutting smooth and the handle shape did not cause any discomfort at all, in fact I'm not sure I even thought about the handle once it was in use... not a bad thing I guess??
Time for lunch. The wilds had provided a pair of fine steaks and after dispatching them with a quick blow to the noggin they were cut and skewered.... Tip: steaks are easy to spot in the wild when they mistakenly use their foil camouflage
Soon the steaks were ready...
Overall I was very impressed with the belt knife. It isn't the kind of knife you'd baton with or use to down a small tree but it excels at the normal camp chores of preparing food and lighter cutting. Cold Steel make another knife in this series, the 'Finn Bear' I think (a bit scandi from the pictures) and I'm hoping to source one of these soon, If I can find somewhere that doesn't charge as much for postage as the knife!! But I guess that is it's real upside, it's a cheap yet very useful knife.
Hope this is of use to someone, If you want to know anything else just ask.
Wortbag
