Received my SOD yesterday afternoon and took it for my weekly walk. I live in Southern Ontario and my usual haunt is a local praire reserve called Ojibway Park.



The dogs really enjoy the romp, particularly on a snowy day like today!









I have this favorite little rest stop where I usually do my pics and a few action shots. Lots of fallen timbre gives the knives something to do.



The SOD with my Bryan Breeden Kat knife



One of the great things about the Resiprene C handle is its utility in the cold. Nice and warm to the touch and insulating when using bare hands. Also works great with gloves and mittens. Here I decided to do a little chopping with mitts and had no problems with control.







A few more parting shots of the prairie

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Oh yeah - before I even took the SOD for its first walk, I had to test its heat treat a bit with some heavy duty chopping in the backyard. Worked like a champ. Not sure what the wood was but it is quite hard, particularly the heartwood portion. Oh yeah the wood was frozen too. This knife, albeit tip heavy, is certainly built for chopping!

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