Been trying to use my B&C more. It's a beautiful axe and definitely heirloom quality. It gets good cut depth (I think, I'm no ben Scott). Is the Maine Wedge pattern known to be sticky cause a lot of cuts were good and stuck. It's definitely my technique probably too. I'm not arborist. I just like sharp stuff.
I just saw there was an ST12 Plus that is a larger version. May grab that too
Especially at low edge angles like this (10-12dps). Did chopping on a couple pieces and cut the sidewalk out of an old tire and still feathering wood. Obviously it's not shaving but refreshing the edge is pretty fast with something like my fallkniven dc4. And the leaner edge geometry makes it cut much more efficiently for more normal stuff. It won't out cut an opinion but it's miles better than stock.
Little present to myself.
This is some super inexpensive kitchen knives my mom gave me years ago. She got it at sams as a two packs for like $6. 420j2 steel, pretty soft, but super comfortable, quite good geometry for cooking, and stupidly easy to sharpen
Wonderful large knife. These have way better cutting capacity than you'd thing with how thin the edge is. Cut everything from fine vines to 1.5"ish limbs with one shot, no huge swings needed. It's a joy to use.
This is easily my favorite dial of all my watches, not just zelos. This was a gift from my older brother and I don't have the words for how much I love this watch
But damn if I don't love that they do.
Reprofiled my ST-12 to have higher cutting efficiency and I am pretty pleased with the results. It's never going to be a powerhouse chopper but it has some increased capability now. The more I use it in several knives the more I quite like DC53.
Awesome piece of kit. I've never loved having large choppers or even machetes on my belt. I'd been searching for this exact thing for a while and came across stitched Gear Outfitters. Couldn't be happier with it.
It's not a crazy game changer or whatever buzzwords they use now at blade show. It's a classic, super practical design with excellent materials and craftsmanship. I mean, look at the thickness of that leather. It's nuts. And with the lobster claw hooks it couldn't be easier to take on or off a knife to switch with another.
And then it is only $60!
Nothing super crazy. Just cutting for about a half hour to get a feel for it. Performed about as expected. On stuff like dimensional lumber it bites pretty good. On that cedar not so much (not a surprise). It batoned well. I sent it through a knot and it handled it no problem. I will say that swedge is super well done and almost sharp so it will chew up a bato . It also nipped fine vines no problem.
The handle is nothing revolutionary. Simple straight handle with some texturing and no palm swells. You'd definitely want a lanyard on this for any sort of chopping or brush cutting.
I'll probably reprofile it eventually to increase cutting efficiency. Probably somewhere between 10-15dps. It's around 25dps now which is way, way too steep for almost any knife imo.
It's a fun Bowie.
Finally was able to get my hands on one of these. Just came in today so will have to wait for this weekend to do any real cutting. It feels just like is technically smaller version from SDOKEDC. Build quality is excellent. It's got essentially the same buard and handle, just a little larger of course. Made with Sleipner steel (or rather the Chinese produced clone of it). Sheath is simple and straightforward but well done. It's unfortunately sold out again but if I see a restock on Amazon I'll try and make a post in time for anyone who is interested in this knife.
Been through the new steel hype so many times before so I was pretty slow to pick up anything in magna cut. I've got a couple Kershaw's, Gerber strong arm, and North Arms Alder chefs knife with it now and over the past year of using those I gotta say, it's the best current jack of all trades folder steel. I'm still an M4 fanboi but Magnacut has definitely impressed me. Still not super sold on it for a kitchen knife though.
This one is the Marbles small double bit and honestly it's really solid for $25-$30