Finn Wolf arrived. Mini review/overview and comparison.

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Got one of these in the mail today:).
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Feels great in the hand. Very light.
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The grind is actually hollow to a zero edge (how they pulled that one off is beyond me).
This is one of the sharpest knives out of the box that I've recieved.
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Did a comparison of how it bites into wood.

The Wolf goes through with a rough almost jaggedy feel. when it stops, it stops, harder to push through.
It digs in straight at the angle you put it in.
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Next is a Mora with a true scandi.
It feels smoother and tends to try and pop upwards out of the wood.
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This here is a homemade knife with a very shallow convex.
Bites in very smooth and deep. Tends to also roll upwards as if trying to escape out of the wood but not so much as the Mora.
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In conclusion, the Finn Wolf feels like a better wood working knife than the Mora. Only time playing with it will tell. My only concern is how the heck am I going to sharpen this thing. I will strop it often. Probably end up being a traditional Cold Steel hollow grind with a V edge after it dulls too much.
 
Nice review, thanks for sharing. I was wondering how you are going to sharpen it too. I wonder if you just sharpen it like a traditional Scandi if it will work for a little while.
 
Thanks for sharing, had my eye on one of these. Where did you score this one? I haven't seen them available anywhere online.
 
It may sharpen well by treating it like a Scandi: lay the blade on a flat stone, so that the cutting edge & shoulder at the top of the hollow grind touch the stone. Sharpen. The hollow will gradually disappear, at which time you could grind a new hollow. It will sharpen much quicker & easier than a typical scandi grind, as less metal needs to be ground away.
 
ddran, what's the handle color like? On my screen it appears more of a grayish "foliage" green than olive. Does it look that way in the flesh?
 
ddran, what's the handle color like? On my screen it appears more of a grayish "foliage" green than olive. Does it look that way in the flesh?

Yea, I'd say it looks more grey at first glance. You gotta look at it for a while to notice green. At least right now under incandescent light in my room.
 
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