I know what you mean, Unsub. I did a little comparison between the Guard and some of my other 7" knives. It edged out the Becker and RAT-7, but I felt that it should have stomped them. Since I reprofiled the edge, it does. I love it. One day I will find a Camp Tramp, and see if the YG holds its own against the legend. I think it will. The Hook is the same knife, except for the blade catch. Those SYK recurves are some great all around combat/utility/camp knives.

unsub,
i hear you. it has many uses. as a side note it seems sharper than my other syks

I am so glad you like the knife.

I find that each knife I have has a certain linkage to my personality and in some cases I almost feel that they are a sole mate so to speak.

Enjoy

Dan

Well spoken unsub. One of my favorite quotes (not sure who said it though, L. Lamour maybe?), "Beware the man with one rifle", or something like that alluding to the idea that he probably knoew how to use it. Time to simplify.

Noob Alert and first post

Isn't the yard guard and the yard hook the same knife outside of the hook? So if they're the same is the yard guard the same blade as the camp tramp as well?

The Camp Tramp appears to be much more like the S6 to me.

I don't have a Camp Tramp. I'm just going by the pictures. A side by side comparison should be interesting.

Welcome to the Yard crimsonice5656.

The Camp Tramp does not have a recurve blade profile either.

The CT does not have the recurve in the blade like these do. The CT is also supposed to be 7 1/2 inches long, and it is measured from the handle to the tip. The choil is quite large on it though. Since the CT is from the swamp, it is SR-101 steel.

The CT is differentially tempered. I know the Mini Mojo and the Mini Uncle Mojo coming out of the swamp were through hardened. Does anyone know if the YG and YH are through hardened, or differentially hardened? I am assuming the same as the swamp, but could be wrong.

Unsub,Wow Unsub.. sounds like you Really like your Hook!!

A while back you were considering grinding your DF into a fighter, but now looks like you don't have to!

I don't have a Hook or Guard.. saving for other stuff so had to sit out.
Like Diceman, I feel really attached to my Dog Father. It's size, heft, and abilities are very reassuring.. like an all-steel 1911.

My "one" knife has got to be Scrapper 6.. feels so well-balanced in hand.

But after reading your review.. I'll definitely have to take a Hook out for a test drive some day! Thanks for sharing bro.

My baby's gone!

I sent my Hook away to Eric at One scene Tactical for some new clothes.
I miss her already. I really felt like I had to start a thread about the Hook because like Dan said it felt like it expressed part of my personality.

I was considering grinding my DF into a big fighter with a sharpened back edge like a Bagwell bowie but it felt wrong to try to change it's personality into something it isn't. The DF is an exellent backwoods chopper or survival bowie
and it is just to thick to ever be quick enough as a fighter without grinding a whole new knife out of it. Better to just wait until a knife comes along that just needs a bit of polish to be exactly what I want.

I think 7 inches is like the sweet spot aesthetically for a knife as thick as the Scrappers and Rats. The 6's have a bit to much handle. The 7's like the Camp Tramp
look like a picture of a knife like you would find in a dictionary next to the word "knife" when you look at them in profile.

I miss my Hook already and it has only been gone for a couple of hours.
I have a Katana , a Mutt and a hook all in the clutches of Canada Post which is a unionized government agency in a socialist country. A Canada Post employee could take my Katana out of the package ,kill his supervisor with it and still could not be fired.