Heavy Duty Folder

[Northern Raider]

Hi chaps, My two pence worth, I have a 550 griptilian , and apart from being a real pain to sharpen, the locking mechanism clogs far to easily when gutting game, and its a pig to get all the bits of fur/ tissue out when cleaning it.

I ended up going back to my collection of Cold steel voyagers I have a
Large Tanto Blade
Large clip point
Small GS2 folder
and my much loved Extra Large Voyager with a 5 inch blade, its locking mechanism is superb if not trendy and fashionable, the cold steel family of knives in my hands are far more controlable and comfortable in cold/ wet, or gory hands in the middle of the woods trying to gut a bunny.

 

[laurens ch]

Maybe you should sell your griptillion if you find it that bad there quite poplar. Have you try'd any of the mora knives by the way

 

[Northern Raider]

Sell it?? I threw it away, its a good enough knife for towney work but its simply not suiited to mucky jobs that see bits of fur etc clog up the mechanism.

Maybe you should sell your griptillion if you find it that bad there quite poplar. Have you try'd any of the mora knives by the way

 

[Tony]

Sell it?? I threw it away, its a good enough knife for towney work but its simply not suiited to mucky jobs that see bits of fur etc clog up the mechanism.

I think this is one of those 'people are entitled to their opinions' things, it seems that for you the knife hasn't worked out well, for a lot of people it does. I know people that don't like the Voyagers - All opinion.

Thanks for yours.

When you get a chance Northern Raider you should stick an intro in about yourself, there's a welcome/new members forum down near the bottom, it would be good to hear more about you

 

[BOD]

Found a drop point Al Mar in a local shop going for about 40 pounds.

Blade is a SEKI Japan one.

Doesn't seem to be a current model. Handle not that comfortable but locking mechanism seems solid.

Havn't bought it yet

 

[mgr_scout]

BOD!
I think that CRKT M21 will be god to You.
I'm usig two folders, CRKT M21 & CS Voyager XL.
Voyager is my EDC folder; the look's good, cut good, but into forrest is to light.
M21 is very strong and working in wood very good, better than Voyager.

 

[BOD]

Bought this Al Mar for about 30 pounds.

The shop know nothing about it but I believe it dates from the 80s. Blade is ATS 34 made by SEKI.

Can anyone ID it?

Brought it out for a test. Its still showing some sap.

 

[Rebel]

Don't know which model it is but I think that you'll find that the blade is made in Seki not by Seki. Seki City is a town in Japan that is famous for it's blade making.

 

[BOD]

Reb,

Thanks for that. Yes should be in SEKI.