Santa's Early Sack 'O Knives (First Impressions)
Published: 2 years ago
Apologies to those who watch these on high resolution displays. Accidentally filmed this in 1080p rather than 4K.
Got a few SixLeaf's in, along with another Miguron and a Kizer.
The SL09 is interesting in that slicing is NOT it's main priority, due to the almost scandi grind it has going on. The G10 can be a little pointy in a hammer grip, but pretty decent in others.
The Miguron Velona is quite large. It sports a full 4" blade. I'm a bit perplexed by the amount of liner that's exposed, especially on the lock side. The fullers are nowhere near symmetrical. Still, this thing has a lot of charm to me. I plan on doing a cut test with it to get a second opinion on DC53.
The Kizer Towser K is neat. It's got a lot of design commonalities to the Sheepdog. You get a cleaver-esque blade and a lot of knuckle clearance. This thing's action is like a well greased guillotine. It has multirow bearings (didn't know until after the recording). This one has milled Richlite handles, but they also offer it in red micarta that has some contour.
I need to fix the Kizer though... its lockup is incredibly early, and unless it's opened with a lot of force, doesn't lock at all. It's easy enough to fix, just using one of my small diamond stones on the lock bar for a few seconds, but something I hope others don't run into on this model.
SixLeaf SL09 Specs:
3.55" D2 blade with 4 mm stock thickness
5 oz / 142 gram weight
0.66" handle thickness (G10)
Liner Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball
SixLeaf SL06 Specs: smaller
1.2" 440C blade with 3.4 mm stock thickness
0.87 oz / 24.5 gram weight
SixLeaf SL05 Specs:
2.5" 440C blade with 3.4 mm stock thickness
1.4 oz / 39.5 gram weight
Miguron Velona Specs:
4" DC53 blade with 3.8 mm stock thickness
4.88 oz / 138.5 gram weight
0.55" handle thickness (G10)
Liner Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball
Kizer Towser K Specs:
3.44" 154CM blade with 3.2 mm stock thickness
4.23 oz / 120 gram weight
0.52" handle thickness (Richlite)
Liner Lock
Multirow Ceramic bearings & detent ball
Got a few SixLeaf's in, along with another Miguron and a Kizer.
The SL09 is interesting in that slicing is NOT it's main priority, due to the almost scandi grind it has going on. The G10 can be a little pointy in a hammer grip, but pretty decent in others.
The Miguron Velona is quite large. It sports a full 4" blade. I'm a bit perplexed by the amount of liner that's exposed, especially on the lock side. The fullers are nowhere near symmetrical. Still, this thing has a lot of charm to me. I plan on doing a cut test with it to get a second opinion on DC53.
The Kizer Towser K is neat. It's got a lot of design commonalities to the Sheepdog. You get a cleaver-esque blade and a lot of knuckle clearance. This thing's action is like a well greased guillotine. It has multirow bearings (didn't know until after the recording). This one has milled Richlite handles, but they also offer it in red micarta that has some contour.
I need to fix the Kizer though... its lockup is incredibly early, and unless it's opened with a lot of force, doesn't lock at all. It's easy enough to fix, just using one of my small diamond stones on the lock bar for a few seconds, but something I hope others don't run into on this model.
SixLeaf SL09 Specs:
3.55" D2 blade with 4 mm stock thickness
5 oz / 142 gram weight
0.66" handle thickness (G10)
Liner Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball
SixLeaf SL06 Specs: smaller
1.2" 440C blade with 3.4 mm stock thickness
0.87 oz / 24.5 gram weight
SixLeaf SL05 Specs:
2.5" 440C blade with 3.4 mm stock thickness
1.4 oz / 39.5 gram weight
Miguron Velona Specs:
4" DC53 blade with 3.8 mm stock thickness
4.88 oz / 138.5 gram weight
0.55" handle thickness (G10)
Liner Lock
Ceramic bearings & detent ball
Kizer Towser K Specs:
3.44" 154CM blade with 3.2 mm stock thickness
4.23 oz / 120 gram weight
0.52" handle thickness (Richlite)
Liner Lock
Multirow Ceramic bearings & detent ball