Wilkinson Sword Dartmoor Survival

[paul in swindon]

:?: Can Any Body Give Me Any Feedback On The Wilkinson Sword Dartmoor Survival Knife As Ive Wanted One For Some Time And Now Ive Ordered It Im Wondering If Any Body Else Has One, And Is It Any Good The Price Of The Knife Says It Will Be A Good Buy But,,, I Havent Heard Of Anybody Using It... I Normally Use My Woodlore Knife But I Felt I Had To Try Another Blade As Relying On One Blade Will Cause Me To Make It My Favorite And As We All Know Knifes Are A Consumable Item In The Long Run

I Would Be Very Grateful For Any Feedback, Infomation Or Just Your Opionion !!!!! Thanks Paul In Swindon

 

[Stuart]

I wouldnt bother with the dartmor, you'll find your woodlore to be a much more capable knife.

 

[familne]

If you do a search on it you get quite a few threads e.g.

http://www.bushcraftuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=3271&highlight=Dartmoor%2A

http://www.bushcraftuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=2684&highlight=Dartmoor%2A

http://www.bushcraftuk.net/community/showthread.php?t=346&highlight=Dartmoor%2A

I think the general opinion is not very favourable :roll:

 

[Great Pebble]

When it works.... It works rather nicely.

But then I'm not in the business of carving spoons.

 

[arctic hobo]

Why Do You Type Like This? It's Quite Hard To Read.

I find the dartmoor knife to be a jack of all trades master of none

 

[Hoodoo]

Why Do You Type Like This? It's Quite Hard To Read.

I find the dartmoor knife to be a jack of all trades master of none

I think that kinda summed it up pretty good! :biggthump

 

[Great Pebble]

I'd agree also.

If, for whatever reason I could only carry one cutting tool, to meet any potential task it would be my Dartmoor. I usually have more choices, but the Dartmoor usually creeps in anyway, good general purpose camp chopper and as I've frequently mentioned, spoons are not an issue at Pebble Lines. And I'll also be very interested if they get around to bringing out the solid handle version, particularly if they could see their way to doing it in HC.

 

[Andy]

Would it cost a lot more to get a custom with a solid handle?

 

[sargey]

i'd suggest that the dartmoor is a very very different tool to the woodlore, with little overlap in their functions. they'd make a handy if weighty combo.

if your primary interest is to find a chopper of some sort to work with your woodlore, then i'd say experiment with the billhooks, hatchets or machetes that can be had for a fraction of the cost of the dartmoor.

if your primary interest is to have a play with a big outrageous slightly scary toy, then you'll have to get the dartmoor ):

in terms of english prices, the dartmoor is actually pretty good value for money. other knives in it's class, big heavey survival tools, tom brown tracker, hoods atax and the like can cost twice as much. if you're prepared to buy from th estates it's all a bit different.

cheers, and.

 

[Clavius]

Here's one for sale right now, I wouldn't buy knives over the internet though, because support is a nice thing!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MESE:IT&viewitem=&item=110075905221&rd=1&rd=1

 

[penvisser]

Here's one for sale right now, I wouldn't buy knives over the internet though, because support is a nice thing!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MESE:IT&viewitem=&item=110075905221&rd=1&rd=1

What do you mean with support?

 

[WhichDoctor]

What do you mean with support?

Yes I wondered that. I just bought my frosts clipper from the internet (ebay infact) there's nowhere round here that I could by anything like it.

 

[bikething]

bet this thread took some digging up....

hmmm, Dartmoor knife for sale, located in Norway.....

as for support i wouldn't expect any for the dartmoor... Wilkinson Sword has closed down

 

[Martyn]

Why Do You Type Like This? It's Quite Hard To Read.

He's typing the post with the caps lock on, but the forum software doesnt like posts written in all capitals (it's considered as a form of written shouting), so it converts it (poorly) and just capitalises the first letter of each word - it's easier to read than all caps, though not as easy on the eye as it would be if written properly.

 

[C_Claycomb]

Clavius.
Just a suggestion, but it is usually good to check the date of the posts in a thread before deciding to reply. This is a very old thread and the person asking hasn't even been active on here for three months. Often people move on, or are no longer interested in answers to questions posted over a year ago.

 

[Nightwalker]

Still it's current and relevant information for those who might be searching up the subject

 

[Chris-N]

Still it's current and relevant information for those who might be searching up the subject

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Sorry for doing this but I had to!