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Fallkniven Modern Bowie

Not VG10 here you go and right around xmas I seen them go between 4 to 5 bills on amazon.

 
Here's a member showing the difference between the two different types of steel VG10 versus COS steel cutting rope.

 
Did anyone ever score one of these as it has been awhile and I haven't seen much on them besides the link I put up. I'm still thinking about getting one just have to sell a couple of blades.
 
I looked at pictures of the handle, then at the price tag and....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

It looks like it was poured in a cast and they forgot to finish it. There is even a little nubbin like one of those cheap chinese plastic toys.

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For the price point injection molded probably wasn't the way to go. It looks cheap. The least they could have done is sand/polish it off. Also, it is in an awkward spot ergonomically.
 
These handle are not completely hard it's like TPE or TPEE, and are extremely resistant to abrasion, The aim of that choice was cold weather performance not really beauty. If you want beauty the NL1 would be what I consider.

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ok, the blade is in fact, just an amazingly nice shape, but its like $700+... you're getting into full on, high end, custom work for that much, and you'd get something better than vg10/420j2 lam steel.

I'm willing to bet that 3v in this would be attainable from one of our local smiths
 
It seems they are getting a bit too big for their britches on this one. Their knives have always seemed a bit over priced for what you get, except for when I remember you could get a forest knife for around $85. That was an ok deal, but those days are long gone.

I am a fan of their knives and have owned a few, but the price on this one is a bit much to justify for the final product.
 
dirc said:
ok, the blade is in fact, just an amazingly nice shape, but its like $700+... you're getting into full on, high end, custom work for that much, and you'd get something better than vg10/420j2 lam steel.

I'm willing to bet that 3v in this would be attainable from one of our local smiths
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It‘s CoS, not VG-10.
 
Lodd said:
For the price point injection molded probably wasn't the way to go.
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They have the leather handled Thor, so it's apparently not chosen because they can't produce nicer handles, but rather because they wanted to go with something more durable on this one.

Let's compare it to the handle construction that is most common on modern hard use knives: A sandwich of Micarta slabs and a skeletonized or tapered full tang, with the micarta slabs being held on by big screws or big rivets that go through relatively big holes in the tang, at least one of them being close to the handle to blade transition.

Compared to this construction, the Thermorun handle has the following advantages:
  1. It insulates better in cold weather, because the hand is not touching the tang.
  2. It requires only one hole through the tang, and this is near the butt, where there is the least stress. It is less likey to break in the blade to handle transition area, where on the common construction you have a hole in the tang to mount the handle.
Me being neither I knife designer nor maker, I don't know which handle construction and material would qualify as strictly better, so I'm curious what you have in mind.
 
AntDog said:
It seems they are getting a bit too big for their britches on this one. Their knives have always seemed a bit over priced for what you get, except for when I remember you could get a forest knife for around $85. That was an ok deal, but those days are long gone.

I am a fan of their knives and have owned a few, but the price on this one is a bit much to justify for the final product.
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Totally agree, sadly. I’m very fond of my Fällknivens, two fixed and two folders, but even the Pro series is too rich for my blood. I have ruminated about their pricing over the years and can only speculate, which gets me nowhere! What is really extraordinary is that this knife is more expensive to buy in the UK, still an EU country with free trade agreements and no duty for goods from Sweden, than it is in the States. Whichever way you look at it that is messed up, and it suggests to me that they must still be making a tidy profit on the US sales. On that basis alone I view much of their output with some distaste, sat as I am in a country considerably closer to Sweden.
 
steff27 said:
They have the leather handled Thor, so it's apparently not chosen because they can't produce nicer handles, but rather because they wanted to go with something more durable on this one.

Let's compare it to the handle construction that is most common on modern hard use knives: A sandwich of Micarta slabs and a skeletonized or tapered full tang, with the micarta slabs being held on by big screws or big rivets that go through relatively big holes in the tang, at least one of them being close to the handle to blade transition.

Compared to this construction, the Thermorun handle has the following advantages:
  1. It insulates better in cold weather, because the hand is not touching the tang.
  2. It requires only one hole through the tang, and this is near the butt, where there is the least stress. It is less likey to break in the blade to handle transition area, where on the common construction you have a hole in the tang to mount the handle.
Me being neither I knife designer nor maker, I don't know which handle construction and material would qualify as strictly better, so I'm curious what you have in mind.
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I will not dispute the practical benefits of Thermorun. My problem is mostly with the pricepoint of this knife. Now I know value is subjective and the standard of living is more expensive in Sweden, but to me, this is ridiculous. Even if you look at their own line-up it's ridiculous. They have other CoS fixed blades at around the €300 price level. Why does this have to be 3 times as expensive?

I am by no means an expert, so I might be wrong, but I'm sure there are other ways to achieve the same results. Wouldn't stacked leather also insulate the metal parts and require no extra holes in the tang?

I imagine the kind of person that regularly ventures forth into extremely cold surroundings and needs special gear for it would be better off have a custom knife designed to meet his/her most exacting specifications at that price point. I could also imagine it might not necessarily be a Bowie-type knife.

This blade made me think of another blade I own, the Autine Leuku:

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It is completely handmade, with a nice looking handle, and it is priced at around the €500,- level. I think if you go any more expensive than that you have to seriously look at fully custom knives as competitors.
 
Picked up a "used" (but not actually used) MB off eBay a few months ago for $350...even at that price I was a bit hesitant. Would never pay their normal full price. Before that, had been wanting to get a Tor for a while cuz I like the leather handle (I have a few CS Trail Masters, which have Kraton), and was able to get a brand new one, also off eBay, for about $375...only thing I can think of is that the box was a bit damaged, so couldn't be sold as new new. Been watching Odins for quite a while hoping I can get lucky again...
 
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