I checked out the Entrek today. I knew I had thinned it out a lot. I wasn't sure if it was too thin for that 440C. It might break or roll on hard wood. So I took it, my reprofiled Camp Tramp, and reprofiled Kershaw Outcast out back for some tough love. Neither the Kershaw nor the Entrek had impressed me as very good choppers. I knew the CT was good to go, reprofiled or not. I brought it along as a control to compare the others with.

This maple has proven to be very hard. A knife that can chop this can chop most any wood.

So far, no damage. The Destroyer did not self-destruct. It definitely chops better than it did before.

The Camp Tramp chops better, taking deeper bites, but the Entrek is much improved with the new edge.

The Outcast is very much improved. It does tend to bind or stick in the wood, though. I have read that D2 is not a good steel for choppers, but at least this time it chopped! The edge was undamaged.



Back to the Entrek, I did some slashing of light vegetation and some slicing, and it did just fine.

I flung it at a Black Gum tree and THUNK! Lucky throw.


I would call the weekend sharpening projects successful!