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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmsaum View Post
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    Rate them as well. Presume yours is the 154CM blade? but it is not produced in the fixed knife. Pity because the folder gets wickedly sharp on our sharpener.

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    I always wanted some Damascus blades there pretty cool quite well made iv only used 1 to butcher a sheep so haven't really given them a decent test yet.
    Handles are made of camel bone , rose wood ,bufflow horn , antler and something else...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boaraxa View Post
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    I always wanted some Damascus blades they are pretty cool quite well made iv only used 1 to butcher a sheep so haven't really given them a decent test yet.
    Handles are made of camel bone , rose wood ,bufflow horn , antler and something else...
    I used to import a lot of knives from India and 99% of the them are average at best, they may look nice but trying to get them to hold or take an edge is fruitless.looks to me like a few of them are exactly that, if you want a good Damascus blade you need to spend a few hundred min and often over a grand, it's a pointless steel nowadays, Damascus steel was in the old days the best steel for cutting flesh because of the microscopic bubbles in the steel that acted as a natural micro serration, this created unsurpassed flesh cutting in those days, today there are steels that are far better and cheaper, it's "pattern welded" steel and for my money it's just nice to look at, as a tool for hard work, not really.
    the true Damascus art form is lost, they used to make the ingots in the ground and used plant matter of some sort which is believed to have helped the micro bubbles ( so to speak ) you can find true Damascus steel in different places like huge pillars in India that were made from it...... But impossible to Aquire and pretty soft as well, there is a shit load of info on This steel if you look for it, and as a person who used to forge it was an obsession for a while
    Nice collection Thanks for sharing.
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    A free tux knife beat that!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    It was free for a reason mate
    Don't hate on the free knife bro it cuts ballage wrap just fine

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRADS View Post
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    It has to be good for bailing twine cutting at least
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    Mate of mine started making knives about a year ago, I've got some of his early ones and he has recently started listing them on Trademe: Trade Me - Listings from hennyjvv

    This is my favorite, its even been to Africa once:




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    Quote Originally Posted by Hendrik470 View Post
    Mate of mine started making knives about a year ago, I've got some of his early ones and he has recently started listing them on Trademe: Trade Me - Listings from hennyjvv

    This is my favorite, its even been to Africa once:



    I just bought the larger one off him. Will give it a try and report back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
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    I just bought the larger one off him. Will give it a try and report back.
    Brian and I got 3 deer last night so I gave this knife a work out.
    Nothing wrong with it. No chips and steeled up sharp when it got dull. It got three quarters through a cut up and bone out of the first one before it needed a tweak with the steel, which is about what you would expect from a carbon steel like O1. Not chipping when you hit a bone is good sign that the maker got the hardening for the particular steel right.

    Sure, 3v and Elmax are in a different league, but you pay more than twice as much too.


    Handle and blade shape were fine. I will post a couple of pics when I get home later in the week.
    I would recommend this maker for a good value knife,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    Brian and I got 3 deer last night so I gave this knife a work out.
    Nothing wrong with it. No chips and steeled up sharp when it got dull. It got three quarters through a cut up and bone out of the first one before it needed a tweak with the steel, which is about what you would expect from a carbon steel like O1. Not chipping when you hit a bone is good sign that the maker got the hardening for the particular steel right.

    Sure, 3v and Elmax are in a different league, but you pay more than twice as much too.


    Handle and blade shape were fine. I will post a couple of pics when I get home later in the week.
    I would recommend this maker for a good value knife,
    Hi Thar

    Thanks for the review! I appreciate you field testing and posting feedback of the knife.

    I hope you enjoy it further and that it stays sharp!

    If you can provide any additional feedback, it will be greatly appreciated, I am always looking to improve my craft.

    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thipa View Post
    Hi Thar

    Thanks for the review! I appreciate you field testing and posting feedback of the knife.

    I hope you enjoy it further and that it stays sharp!

    If you can provide any additional feedback, it will be greatly appreciated, I am always looking to improve my craft.

    Cheers

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