Collini Forum Knife - test

[Alfredo]

I had a couple of these knives since several weeks, so decided to try out one of them this WE


The Collini Forum Knife is a knife designed by a small group of members of Collini’s knives forum few months ago (I was in the bunch), than realized by Coltellerie Fantoni (100 pieces).
Here you had the link to Collini’s webpage, with the related infos about this knife
http://www.coltelleriacollini.it/cg...a1903cb9f0a2718c348d401066c/Product/View/9025

The CFK comes with a leather sheath

Here the specs about the knife


The sheath is well done, also it’s retain the knife safely


On the spine of the blade a smooth, long knurling


So far on the back of the blade


The lanyard hole


The false edge


Each piece is numbered, I had the figure 47 of 100 and 22 of 100


The CFK has micarta handles, oval shaping


Wearing the knife


Let’s go out



As per all my knives, I use an orange lanyard


Light chopping: the CFK is not a chopper, but it’s long and thin enough to cut small branches with no problems


Same reason, cleaning this branch it’s easy enough



Let’s to prepare a simple Single Snare Trap



Here a footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egB6aOouSqg

Many walnuts on the woods today


Let’s continue the day after



Remembering an interesting post here on BCUK, note that here in Italy the TV satellite dishes are oriented directely on South direction (Hotbird/Eutelsat satellite)


Carving woods with the CFK, easy


On the woods again


Some ligth chopping on acacia trees


Now realizing a Platform Trap with the CFK




Here a footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48LxfyNnJYU

The CFK at the end of this small test



This knife is well realized, it’s light, it’s a cutter, has a good handle, it’s manouvreable. My test lacks on batoning, serious chopping, skinning, testing the knife’s point. For carving, light chopping, traps prep, the CFK was good enough for me.

Ciao,
Alfredo

Note: trapping animals is forbidden here in Italy. Traps showed on this post are just to show how they works, and were destroyed just after the footage.

 

[bushwacker bob]

Lovely picture Alfredo. Not the prettiest knife, but it functions well.

 

[mrcharly]

I like the looks - but not the tang protruding from the scales. For me, that would wear holes in my hands very quickly.

Something that just occurred to me; scandinavian knives are mostly stick tang. I wonder if that has anything to do with the cold climate? Having hands, even through gloves, in contact with metal is very uncomfortable in cold weather.