Duncan (FGYT) recently sent me five knives to have a mess about with. Four fixed blade outdoors knives and one folder. Two of the fixed blades are prototype Nessmuk inspired designs that Duncan scaled up for use as a heavier chopping/camp blade. The third is a military styled tac knife, and the fourth is a design based on British Reds PFK but with Duncans inspirational 'Flandi' grind.
The one that really stood out to me was the larger Nessy with smoothed wooden slabs and leather sheath...
It's quite a large knife at an overall 14 inches, 8 of which are sharpened blade.
What really stands out on this knife is the handle.
It is obviously designed for multiple grips during use. From the regular grip...
To the pommel grip to allow extra weight and swinging/chopping ability...
First impressions upon using it recalled memories of the review I did on the Chris Caine tool. This knife is much smaller, yet seems far more versatile and useful. It obviously lacks the weight of the Chris Caine Survival tool, but beyond that, it makes up for it in being far better designed for cutting without the weight. It isn't the bludgeon the CC tool is, but a refined cutting tool.
So I decided to chop the same diameter (wrist thick) wood that I target in all my reviews. Two chops did this...
As far as I was concerned, from such a small blade, that is damned impressive. One more chop to the opposite side brought the whole tree down. So after that, I cleared the branches (easy) and tried to reduce the stave into short lengths. One chop went straight through no problems. In fact it went right through and into the stump I was using....
In short, this knife punches way way above it's weight. It's like a small parang and performs like a larger one. The blade profile and deep belly are perfectly designed and executed for optimum cutting ability. The knife shape and design is very comfortable in all positions. This knife is an excellent camp knife, survival tool and small parang. No mean feat to include those options. Although a rough prototype, constructions and fittings are tight. The sheath was made by Luckylee and is very well made also, and perfectly compliments this tool.
To sum it up, this knife is what a survival tool should be, compact, lightweight and portable. It is everything teh Lofty tool and CC tool should have been, and for me exceeds both of them in form and function.
The one that really stood out to me was the larger Nessy with smoothed wooden slabs and leather sheath...
It's quite a large knife at an overall 14 inches, 8 of which are sharpened blade.
What really stands out on this knife is the handle.
It is obviously designed for multiple grips during use. From the regular grip...
To the pommel grip to allow extra weight and swinging/chopping ability...
First impressions upon using it recalled memories of the review I did on the Chris Caine tool. This knife is much smaller, yet seems far more versatile and useful. It obviously lacks the weight of the Chris Caine Survival tool, but beyond that, it makes up for it in being far better designed for cutting without the weight. It isn't the bludgeon the CC tool is, but a refined cutting tool.
So I decided to chop the same diameter (wrist thick) wood that I target in all my reviews. Two chops did this...
As far as I was concerned, from such a small blade, that is damned impressive. One more chop to the opposite side brought the whole tree down. So after that, I cleared the branches (easy) and tried to reduce the stave into short lengths. One chop went straight through no problems. In fact it went right through and into the stump I was using....
In short, this knife punches way way above it's weight. It's like a small parang and performs like a larger one. The blade profile and deep belly are perfectly designed and executed for optimum cutting ability. The knife shape and design is very comfortable in all positions. This knife is an excellent camp knife, survival tool and small parang. No mean feat to include those options. Although a rough prototype, constructions and fittings are tight. The sheath was made by Luckylee and is very well made also, and perfectly compliments this tool.
To sum it up, this knife is what a survival tool should be, compact, lightweight and portable. It is everything teh Lofty tool and CC tool should have been, and for me exceeds both of them in form and function.
