The FIRST brain child of Dan's Design Acumen, and MANY say his greatest IS a knife to be reckoned with. By the above specs you can see her "Measurements" and drool over all those beautiful numbers.
But that isn't the end, or the whole story.
Mine does measure out right at 11.5 inches. The thickness on my highly accurate plastic ruler measures out at 1/4 inch, NOT the .275 as it's listed everywhere. Now whether this is an aberration or just my shoddy ruler I don't know. Also She only measures out at 6.25 inches from the handle to the point. Additionally she has a VERY slight recurve shape to her cutting edge, and she has a pleasurably rounded spine.
You can tell that she has some weight to her, fostering confidence in her abilities. No she isn't a detail carver, but she will handle most any task you require of her and you DO NOT have to worry about her suffering from fatigue just when you need her most.
Despite this confidence building heft she doesn't feel as heavy in the hand as her numbers would make you think. She is amazingly agile and no, she isn't as swift or agile as say an SS4 or 411, but she was not designed to be. She was designed as a blade you could take to war, confident that she would bring you safely through the gauntlet and still have a smile on her face, perhaps a smirk that says "Is that all you got, BOY"
Now THIS is a Wilderness Survival blade, One that you do not need to design, one where all the work has been done for you. A knife that WILL NOT fail you "When there can be only one".
Last edited by SkunkHunter; 06/22/1407:30 AM.
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