Osprey Knife & Tool
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Osprey Knife & Tool , remember, you were going to find the next address and e-mail it to me. Thanks!
Check your email, just sent it again.
Osprey Knife & Tool , remember, you were going to find the next address and e-mail it to me. Thanks!
Got it. Thanks Chris!Check your email, just sent it again.
Not sure what the user name of the next person is, but I just dropped it in the mail in a USPS Priority Mail medium flat rate box with $350 of insurance. The one ding against this knife is that it is just a smidge too big to fit into a small flat rate box, but it's swimming in a sea of bubble wrap and plastic bags in the medium one.
Tracking: 9505 8147 9968 7300 1422 08.
Got it today. Quite the beast. Shout out to
@varga49 and madcap_magician .. Did either of you sharpen yet? Looks like some stropping.
If no sharpening yet, pretty good edge retention for O1
Sorry for how photo heavy this was, but I hope you guys liked seeing this awesome blade in action!
Here are my final thoughts:
To close out my experience in this pass around, I'm overjoyed with Chris' generosity, as usual. The knife was a blast to test out. I really liked many many aspects of it.
- Incredibly durable
- Insane edge retention, especially for O1 compared to my previous experiences
- Didn't need to sharpen it once- going to sharpen before passing it on
- Lots of comfort in hand, especially after extended use (this session was about 2 hrs)
- My hand did fatigue after about 1 hr, due to the weight of the knife and a few small spots on the handle, but overall amazing!
- The balance and design contribute heavily to hand comfort
- A bit too beefy for my general purposes, but was 100% functional in every way I needed it to be
- Tip was a bit too pointy for drilling ( I understand this isn't a bushcraft knife)
- I didn't take photos, but the knife was outstanding in the kitchen
- I loved the thin, thin grind, even though it started from 3/16 " blade stock
- I loved the jack-of-all trades ability of this one
- I can see this being a good "one survival knife" -bushcraft, food prep, defensive capabilities aplenty, durability
If you want to create a bug out bag and chose one knife that could go in there, you would be in good shape with a Lil Ferox.
I also believe that this knife would set you up very well if you wanted one for military use, or defensive purposes. If I had to guess why Chris designed this one, I would think that it's meant to do it all and still hold defensive capability.
Is there anything I would change about this knife?
I'd say it depends on your intended use for the knife. I do woodworking, food prep, pretty much anything in the bushcraft realm. I might want the same knife in a drop point instead of a clip point for batoning, drilling, and slightly less penetration capability. I'd also say that despite the fact that this 3/16" blade stock performed marvelously with the thin grind, 1/8" or 5/32" would still be plenty strong and help reduce the weight.
If you are after a knife that would be used in more of a fighting role, but that could handle anything thrown your way, I'd say don't change a thing. That's how great of an experience I had with this knife.
Can't wait to hear more thoughts you guys have on The Lil Ferox. Thanks again to Chris for starting this pass around!