To fix the retention issue with the sheath you can heat up the kydex just behind where you see the finger guard sits and and press to make that area tighter. Pretty easy fix
G'day Mark, the "overall" design of this one is RIGHT UP my alley, ..... pretty much the ideal 6 incher IMO. and I do appreciate jimping, ..... especially coarse/blocky !!!. Yeah, it needs a bit of file work here and there, though not much by the looks. Sheath; you certainly dont want a poor riveting job, easily fixable if necessary, but in no way should that be a thing to start with. I'm in two minds about the Al belt loop mounting. Some full nylon jobs distort the sheath at the screw holes/slots. On the other hand you'll have metal against your hip; which in fairness, is not a big deal either, but hey, since we're at at ; ) Yep, retention is poor, though again, I dont think its far off, I reckon It'd only be a mm or two. I've never tried it on kydex, (havent had to), do you reckon a heat gun would sort that out ? I assume that's how its done to form the stuff anyway. The biggest issue I have is the tool steel. Having done a bit of machining back in the day, all you gotta do is look in their direction, to have 'em oxidise. And fair point mate, maybe a dual HT going on. Bottom line, put this fella in S35 or 30, at a fair price point and I'd sort the tweaks out. Cheers Duke
Ive never heard bad on o2 steel and the high grind to me makes a great feather stick weather damp or dry with our northern mn. Variety of woods. Batoning seems no issue and to me a sharp 90 degree spine is a must for scraping and ferro use in a survival knife. With the sheath i would stitch a leather strap above the guard with a line 24 snap to keep in place. The acid wash helps with the old fire and forge look if thats what there after. a high grind to me also makes an easier resharpen. Im going after this one.
I like the design of the knife. I would prefer it in stainless steel. It definitely needs a custom leather sheath. Time to cross baton some deer flies…..🥴😵💫✌️🇺🇸🇨🇦✌️
Morning Mark. For the price, I’d be tempted to get it, but unless I was going to use it as a kitchen knife, that sheath makes it useless. I’ve never made a sheath and don’t plan to.
Yeah, not sure what I am going to do about a sheath for this one. I have made PVC sheaths before and they work well enough. BTW... I have a Terava Skrama 200 Chef's knife I bought from our Finnish friends I have had for about 2 years that I am going to review. Thanks for commenting Jim
Excellent review! I'm not quite certain why they would name it the Expendable, with a price that high $125? An expendable knife should be something like the Harbor Freight $10 knife that you can beat the heck out of and easily go buy another, should it fail? I have one of those HF knives and haven't been able to use it hard enough to break it yet. Don't get me wrong, the HF could never compare in steel quality like this one in your review, but it is quite expendable! Just my opinion...again, great video and review! 😎👍
Agreed, I thought it was "expandable" when I first read the title. It does look like a knife Sylvester Stallone might use. Maybe it's named after the movie. 😊