@@QuantumPyrite_88.9 you sound ridiculous. send me a link to a metallurgical analysis of Lewis and Clark's knives. 1: you could buy stock and ingots back then for cheaper than an already made spring. nobody makes knives out of more valuable things like wagon springs. if the spring breaks, you would forge weld it back together and retemper. you're not going to make it into a stupid knife. the only historical accounts I know of is Confederate crap because of an embargo. 2: those springs were no where near 1080. you would want something like 1050 for that, and springs aren't known for high quality steel. it didn't need to be. it can have a higher level of impurities because you're not dealing with knife edges. hammering a rolled flat spring into a knife also doesn't bang out as many impurities as drawing out a nice chuck you ordered from your local merchant. 3: why would they even have to use springs if knives were so good back then? hmm?
for nearly $300 over priced tag, Becker should have made the spine a 90 degrees angle to scrape wood and ferro rods and the sheath should have a loop for the fire steel that should have come with the knife automatic like gravity. I respect Ethan Becker, I guess he was sticking to the original look but what do you want look or optimum utility and performance?
Stonewashing has a similar effect to mirror polishing in that it smooths out the surface of the steel. Bead blasting does increase surface area, but stonewashing/tumbling does not. It is essentially a random pattern polish.
Ka-Bar isn't the greatest thing ever, but I'm pretty sure this is a little more durable than a 0.06" thick, partial tang, riveted handle, pairing knife, that Ontario puts at 50 Rockwell, yet is still brittle from all of the retained Austenite.
Cyclone Bravo yeah no. My old Hickory is full tang. And at 7” I batoned some big ugly pieces of wood with it and boy did it bend in two places or more only to get right back to straight when done. At $10 to me that is a win win. Does not come with a sheath sadly. You better get your expensive drawer ornament for your peace of mind lol
It looks interesting but here’s the million dollar question: Is the spine 90 degrees? Can I strike a Ferro Rod with the Spine of this knife? - Why is it priced higher than the Excellent Mora Garberg ? What makes it superior?
From reviews that I’ve seen, it appears to not have a sharp spine.(the original knife didn’t either). This doesn’t really bother me at all and if it’s important to you then it’s easy to fix yourself. Price doesn’t really make the knife superior. This is just a bigger knife with an exposed tang which ups the cost. The knife also has a wooden handle instead of plastic/rubber. The blade is more complicated to make as well. Either way, you can find this knife for 120 dollars at Smokey mountain knife works. Afaik, that’s not far off of the mora garberg. Cheers.
People today are so hung up on 90 degree spine....and ferro rods ......if the knife don't have it.....they don't want it.....this is a replica........got it people ? A replica of a knife from the turn of the last century......wise up ......you need a knife to start a fire ? Take a lighter.....wooden matches......thousands of ways of starting a fire......you don't need your knife to help you.start.a.fire.....KEPHART WOULD BE LAUGHING AT YOU.
