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Dmitry Sinkevich design -
Kershaw Pub 4036CF - carbon fiber handles
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not very big :p
EDIT to ADD -
the obvious size comparison:
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closed:
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ruler shows mm.
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uses the ball bearing detent to help keep blade open, or closed
Blade shape kind of reminds me of a utility/boxcutter blade.
But it is rather thick for that -
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Came in plastic pack/wallet -
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Pretty clever/multi-functional -
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VG10 hammered Damascus (clad) 8in Chef's knife, polished G10 handle - by AllWin Houseware -
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close up of blade -
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Like the TUO Ring H 9.5in chef's knife TC0307H (see Post #13 (link)), this is whoa! sharp...

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(not my image, from the web and re-hosted)
Really bargain priced for what it is and how it performs.

This seems to be part of the trend of Chinese made "Japanese" knives - typified by the popular Dalstrong Shogun series:
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(not my image, from the web and re-hosted)

BUT I have found many of them seem to have accentuated curvature to their blades - almost like an opposite reaction to the complaint real Japanese Gyutos are too straight and do not have much of a curvature, but they seem to have gone too far -
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I like the 9.5in TUO Ring H chef, it seems a very good compromise, and the right feel to me.
This AllWin 8in chef may have just a bit too much curvature, but so far, it seems OK in use. Notice it's not really an 8in blade - but 7.5in, the 8in measurement is from the end of the bolster, which includes that neck/stem - typical of Japanese construction, but with traditional D wood handles.

I'll discuss the sharpness and feel of these knives probably in the post about the TUO Ring H 9.5in Chef TC0307H (Post #13 (link))

EDIT to ADD -
USB microscope pics of edge (approx 2.5" from tip)
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other side -
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If this is really 8(!) to 12 deg per side (as they advertise) - means the blade has to be ground to very thin and acute angle before the final edge is put on to get such a narrow bevel at 8-12deg. This could be one of the reasons why this knife is whoa! sharp.

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Carbon Fiber!
Red?
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Rough Rider RR1826 - Red carbon fiber, assisted open, 440A, satin and "black-wash" finish.

Looks very similar to the Kerhsaw Wire 1337 I posted above.

But this is a frame-lock

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size -
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This Rough Rider RR1826 is slightly bigger than the Kershaw Wire 1337

closed -
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Details of carbon fiber -
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the carbon fiber is not red, but some kind of red metallic foil/ribbon weaved in with the actual carbon fiber.

USB microscope pic -
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bigger/larger magnification - does not make things necessarily any clearer.

That is not debris - but the texturing to make the surface matte/ non-reflective. Tried polishing it with metal polish (Brasso) followed be car polish (Nu-Finish), but it remains that textured/matte finish.

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even more Carbon Fiber!
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Rough Rider RR1915 - carbon fiber on G10 - manual flipper - liner-lock, 440A, dual tone - satin and "black-wash" finish.

The flipper may not be quite as good as the IKBS (ball bearing) system - but seems pretty good/reliable.

The liner-lock has red liners :p:D
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Size -
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Closed -
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Unlike the Red Carbon Fiber the surface is clear/glossy
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and the way the carbon fiber is chamfered with the G10 - reveals it is not a thin veneer - but the CF slice has fairly substantial thickness.
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This is simply WoW!
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I'm not even sure of the brand - bought it under SIDINA-CK - also seen it as Bigsun. 67 Layer Damascus (clad) VG 10 (claimed up to 62HRC, Bigsun version spec 60±2HRC) - honeycomb blue wood resin handle.

Close up of blade -
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Damascus (clad) - mirror polish (difficult to photograph for me :oops:)

It's not just the blade that's attractive - but the handle is whoa!
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top view -
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bottom view -
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Yes, another Chinese made "Japanese" knife
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similar exaggerated curvature as the AllWin, but with slightly more drop to the point and less width toward the handle (or knuckle clearance - but for me it's more than enough) seems better for me.

Again this is WHOA! sharp - the blade is taken to a very thin/acute edge -
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USB microscope pics -
edge approx 2.5" from tip -
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other side -
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no edge angle is given, but it certainly is feels as sharp as the TUO 9.5in, and the AllWin 8in chef.
handle -
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The AllWin feels heavy to me even though the balance point is "perfect" at the bolster edge to blade, This "honeycomb" knife somehow feels much better to me - it weighs noticeably less @ 7.78oz (AllWin = 8.75oz) and the balance is not quite the "perfect" point, but slightly further back toward the handle, but it works (for me)-
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The handle cross section is guitar pick shaped:
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but there's a slight off-set to vertical - not sure if the photo really shows it (blade is edge up) -
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Anyway this was stupidly cheap for such a great knife - which shows that all those genuine Japanese knives I've bought over the years (and I am careful about price) are substantially over priced - or I've just bought myself a dirt cheap bargain!

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The newest additions get all the attention -
so....
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this is my go to knife in the kitchen - Shigeki Tanaka VG10 Damascus (clad) Santoku - for over 7 years.
Traditional Wa - Ho wood D- handle, with cheaper option of plastic ferrule (he also has buffalo horn).

:oops: I lack imagination and only use black or white backgrounds (so as not to distract from the knives, or that's my excuse :p)
so here's another background -

white!
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daily use for over 7 years - it shows some war-wounds (even though I do look after my knives)
Blade -
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those with sharp eyes may have noticed the edge does not look smooth - that is not chipping -
USB microscope pics at approx 2.5in from the tip -
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This is the MicroForge edge from Work Sharp Knife and Tool. Had this kind of edge for several years now, it suits the way I use a kitchen knife (I could easily grind away the MicroForge especially with the WSKT bench-grinder but I haven't, and have actually renewed the MicroForge).

This Shigeki Tanaka Santoku is really sharp and cuts like crazy - because it has a convex grind on the full face of the blade and is taken to a very thin edge.

Profile of the blade:
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ha-ha! hadn't noticed this before -
can actually see the clad/sandwich construction of the blade.

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Used to be my out of the house EDC -
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Victorinox Scientist (long discontinued) customized with ivory micarta scored to look like stag.

Entirely silly size comparison pic - :p:D
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(I'm beginning to think my most photographed knife is this red unmodified Victorinox Spartan :D)

This knife used to be quite famous, all the way back to 2003 -
see this long running thread
the original -
EDC - What's in Your Pocket(s)??
with 9,334 Replies and 2,788,085 Views,
when it was closed/shutdown because it was getting too big/long.

pic from back in 2003 -
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no camera was harmed/used -
pic taken with a flatbed scanner - when they used to have adequate depth of field.

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I was lucky with this knife -
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Cable Damascus, polished stag.

Sometime in the 1990's I had read Mike Zscherny did not take orders -
while at a New York Custom Knife Show, Friday early evening just after they opened to the general public - the first night of the show... all his knives were already sold -
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so I just asked would he make one of those for me?
To my great surprise, he said yes, if I came to next year's NYCKS, he would have one for me!

Size -
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Had this for a L-O-N-G time....
bought in the early 1980's in the UK (Reading Berks) - it wasn't my first fixed blade - but it is now the first that I still own (previous "sheath knives" as Brits called them then, as a Boy Scout I had some, all carbon steel, BUT chrome plated - they all rusted...)
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I knew very little about knives back then - and other than it looking very practical with its compact sheath, and being stainless steel - I just used it when I went out to do field archery - like digging out arrow field points out of trees :oops:

Size -
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Size closed :p
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I simply just used the knife - didn't even take notice of what it was, yes, I was very interested in knives - but for some reason I just didn't try to find out more about this one...

I had moved to the US....and, years, if not decade+, later I looked more closely when I started to be interested in Puukkos - noting there were similarities, and then found some Fiskars Puukkos that were remarkably similar to this.

So I took note this was "Falcon" on the handle
and eventually I looked more closely and it said Mora, Sweden - Swedish Puukko? (my bad, my ignorance :oops:)
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Is that "KJ"?

I didn't even know "Mora" was a type of knife back then, just took it to be the town where the knife was made -
but once I knew - I found there were two main makers back then and one was KJ Eriksson,
not sure if this was listed as a Mora knife, or branded "Falcon"....

This knife really got used - carried every time I did field archery and that was up to 4-5 times a week, and I had bent the very acute/sharp tip when I had to dig out an errant arrow from a tree (but by then I had won club champion once, and had several "Robin Hoods" - arrow shot precisely into the back of another - with aluminum tubed arrows, becomes one long tube...) I fixed the bent tip by re-grinding a new tip.

showing its scars -
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the deep scratches that run parallel to the edge, are from the use of one of those nasty pull-through tungsten "sharpeners" - used for non-replaceable bladed broadheads.

EDIT to ADD -
I knew I still had that "sharpener" and had actually seen it recently -
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its business end -
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(I still intend to use this -
to threaten any blade that doesn't cooperate :p:eek: )

Still love the "Falcon" knife - the sheath has held up well, including the leather belt loop - the scratches on the polypropylene tube sheath look like it was a stone-washed finish.

Great knife - can't get "Falcon", or the stainless steel version any more,
but MoraKniv does have the model 510 "Wilderness", looks like same knife, but in carbon steel, only.

EDIT to ADD 2 -
Swedish "Puukko":oops:
I found a couple of Finnish Puukkos -
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an inexpensive Fiskars Puukko and one by Kellam - famous Puukko brand

EDIT to ADD 3 -
I wrote email to MoraKniv to ask about this knife
and just got this reply, from no less than the grandson of KJ Eriksson! -
Hello Vincent,

Yes, we made your knife around the 1980’s for Normark/Rapala and “Falcon” was their brand if I remember correctly.
My grandfather’s name was Krång-Johan Eriksson and the name of the company was KJ Erikssons Knivfabrik (=Knifefactory). The stamped logo on your blade came in 1968 and was used more or less to the end of the 1990’s. As the knife number also referred to the steel your knife was not a 510 even though the handle and sheath were the same (510= carbon steel blade) but a 545 or possible 555 if it had the size No 2 blade.

We also made a filleting knife No 549 and an skinning axe (blade like an ULU-knife) for Normark/Rapala


Vänliga hälsningar / Best regards,


Thomas Eriksson

Product Specialist Morakniv®
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and detail of Nr 545, 555 (I'm pretty sure mine is the Nr 555 equivalent)
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I said about the TUO Ring H 9.5in Chef (TC0307H) (Post #13 (link)) - was one of the most beautiful blades I've seen, well, I may have just found even better:
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ah! isn't that the same? not quite, 8in chef (TC0301H) in the same series - I think proportionally it looks even better.
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the shape/curve/back/drop point, "damascus" figuring all adds up for me.
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Not only that its balance and overall feel in my hand, and the way it cuts, makes it one of the best chef's knife I have ever handled.

So it's a HUGE pity -
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yes, bent blade from handle - just like my first 9.5in of this series ....

Because I liked this knife so much - I asked for a replacement - but asking specifically that the replacement be inspected before shipment.

It arrived today -
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This is UNbelievable!! I had to take another pic from another angle...
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yes, another BENT blade from the handle!!! despite all my best efforts to avoid problems

I am just heartbroken :(....

They can't possibly ALL be like that?

The knife/blade is still one of the best looking I've seen (pics of second faulty sample) -
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I really, really like this knife, and guess I will persist until I get a good one....

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I'm in love!
Yes, third time's the charm.....
I contacted TUO Cutlery direct, and their customer service Jane - helped me out.
I got my third sample on Tuesday June/2/2020 - other than a few small niggly issues (which it really should not have had) the knife is basically fine.
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I still think it's one of the most beautiful blades - with its unusual and unique "damascus" pattern and the shape, curve and drop point --

Blade -
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As soon as I picked it up I could tell the feel, balance, handling of this knife was just right for me. I've used it for the past 2 days and it is everything I thought it would be. This is the best 8 inch chef's knife I've ever used.....

To me it was well worth the persistence/headaches to finally get a good one.

For now I am very happy!

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Another knife with a beautiful blade...
actually two -
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close-up of blade and "damascus" pattern -
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This is a more conventional "damascus" pattern cladding - but really well done to my eyes. I have a pretty serious problem with this 8 in Chef knife - see later in "STORY"

Why "two"? (story follows, after the photos) -
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Isn't that the same? - no, this is the 6.5in chef of the same series.
close-up of 6.5 in blade -
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Sizes -
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they are full-tang with G-10 handles -
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very well done.

Their details -
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The brand on the knife is Keemake - I got it from sunnecko on eBay - after negotiating a price for review.

They both feel a bit heavy for the respective sizes (for me) - but both seem well balanced in use, and like other Chinese made "Japanese" knives - really sharp.

Here's another really excellent handling video about this 8 in chef knife -
I differ from him about the curvature - for my cutting I personally like this curvature.
However I do defer to him for his great experience, and really good explanations.

Here's my sorry STORY:
a comedy/litany of errors -
I ordered the 8 in Chef - received the 6.5 in. When I contacted sunnecko - they just asked if I'd keep it, no offer of getting me the original 8 in knife I ordered.

After making it clear I needed the 8in and not the 6.5 in, they still persisted in asking me to keep the 6.5 in, and to review that instead...

Eventually I said I would keep the 6.5in (since I also did like the smaller knife), if they'd send me the correct 8 in - and re-negotiated a price for that.

I finally got the 8 in chef I originally ordered.

BUT it had a quality control problem - there is a unevenness/kink/ripple to the blade face/surface:
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close-up
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.. when I contacted sunnecko about this - they did not respond at all. So after waiting 4 days, I wrote to Keemake.com and got almost an immediate response from Sunnecko on eBay.

Thu 5/28/2020 8:01 PM
"Hi friend,
We feel sorry that our knives didn't satisfy you, but we had to say, it had been made of real Damascus steel. The ripples had been natural for the materials compressed. Hope it is clear now."

They seem to have misunderstood my use of ripple to mean the "damascus" pattern - despite the above pictures.

After explaining I did know about "damascus" patterns, and my complaint was not about the pattern, but the kink in the blade face surface..... this communication also stalled.

So I followed up with another email to Keemake.com about this exchange....
and got yet another immediate response -
" Dear friend,Good day!We tracked the parcel and just found it had been delivered to you successfully.If everything is OK, could you please help to leave a positive feedback on our account?We will appreciate it very much.Have a nice day!Best Regards,Sunnecko "
er - OK...

I am not happy with this outcome - I don't think I am being unreasonable - I have bought under $10 knives that do not have this problem - sunnecko seem to deliberately want to, or use a "language barrier" to misunderstand my issue, when I believe the photos do show clearly the problem. It almost appears they are more concerned with not having items returned, than any quality issues, or customer satisfaction.

EDIT to ADD -
I initiated a return on eBay for the 8 in Chef. The vendor sunnecko accepted my return almost immediately, but with a return address in China - when the item was shipped from the USA -
but simultaneously
eBay
Sun 5/31/2020 4:43 AM

Contact the seller

Seller sunnecko let us know that they can't buy a return shipping label for you to use for TWIN 8 inch chef knife damascus steel knife slicer vegetable meat kitchen knife.

The seller is still responsible for return shipping costs, so contact them to arrange return shipping.
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Obviously I contacted sunnecko re: return shipping - no indication from them how the shipping would be paid.

Then followed various offers of partial refunds - if I revise the negative feedback and close the case.

The last offer which I was willing to accept -
eBay
Fri 6/5/2020 8:17 AM
New message to: sunnecko
I will revise when the (....) partial refund is confirmed.

Thank you.

sunnecko
Could you please help to revise the bad feedback?
We promise what we do for you.
And we are honest seller on eBay.

me:
OK thank you. Please let me know when you have made the partial refund.

Thanks.

sunnecko
Hi friend,
Our boss would like to refund you the money (....), please help to close the case and revise the bad feedback.
Deal?
Wait for your news soon.
Sunnecko
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Never heard back from them....
(the advice is not to close cases or revise feedback until the refunds have been paid - as the vendor may not refund...)

I asked eBay to step in to help resolve this -
eBay
Sat 6/6/2020 1:22 PM

You've been given a full refund

We reviewed the case details and found that the return location for this item was significantly different from what was in the listing. You're not required to return the item. We're sorry you had a problem with your purchase.
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Epilogue -
I still very much like the 8in chef (obviously without the defect) -
it's a pity it had to turn out this way

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special - but not expensive...
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Opinel #08 -handle is olive wood, instead of the standard beech.

Size -
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closed -
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Opinels have a reputation of being very sharp - as they have a convex blade grind -
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and at one time boasted they did not have a separate edge bevel - or zero edge bevel -
for as long as I've known Opinels they always had a bevel - albeit a very small bevel or some call micro-bevel.

Opinels along with the SAK are iconic knives, and everyone really ought to have at least one #08 in their collection.

EDIT to ADD -
Add photos of standard beech wood handle version -
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closed -
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The beech handled version is pre-2000, as in 2000 the Virobloc locking collar was modified slightly to allow the blade to be locked in the closed as well as the open position.
Virobloc locking collar -
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A beauty, from someone who no longer makes knives....
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integral bolster folder by Ralph Kessler - I think that's fossilized walrus scales.

According to this Dec/2004 BladeForums Post (link) Ralph was no longer making knives.

Size -
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Integral bolster - the handle scales were cut from a single piece of stainless steel, with the recess cut out to insert the handle material.
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there's a serial # 022.

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Home confinement during the pandemic means one's at home EDC takes prominence.
This has been my at home EDC since June/2010 - 10 years!
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CRKT (Ken Onion) Eros (K455TXP) - 3" Acuto+ 440 steel blade, titanium handle, frame-lock, IKBS ball-bearing flipper system; very light at 1.4 oz

Size -
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comparison with Kershaw (Ken Onion) Leek (1660).

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A re-found treasure....
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I bought this direct from Roger Bergh, either in the latter half of 1990's at one of the New York Custom Knife Shows, or possibly Blade Show, Atlanta 1999 or 2000. It got misplaced when I moved, rediscovered it recently.

Size -
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The sheath itself is a work of art - found out Roger Bergh started out making leather sheaths...

There were lots of things I was not sure about this knife, he probably explained it to me at the time - but with the years I'd forgotten.

eg: the bolster always looked like leather to me - and when I rediscovered the knife I actually was going to apply mink oil to it...
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it is actually ironwood burl.

I had written to some knife vendors who specialize in Roger Berg knives -
... I got a really helpful response from BladeGallery.com
The spacer is likely 'sunken oak'. Roger was using a lot of that during those years. This was oak that had been at the bottom of a lake for 200-300 years
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As for the "Damascus" steel - I do remember being attracted to it, because it kind of looked like Siamese Niello Silver -
BladeGallery.com:
Blade is san mai construction with a 20C carbon steel core.
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Handle material -
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BladeGallery.com -
The handle is not reindeer antler. It appears to be oosic to me.
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KnifeLegends.com -
Vincent, I have never sold any Bergh knives like the ones in your photos.
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(very useful/helpful, tells me it is unusual for a Bergh knife, and may be fairly rare - as it was probably early on in Roger Bergh's Damascus steel knife making)

from KnifeLegends.com page -
Comments: Roger Bergh is one of a group of several well-known Swedish Damascus forging sole authors. This group also includes distinguished knife makers such as Kaj Embretsen and Conny Persson who taught Roger how to forge Damascus steel.

He is also now a member of the most prestigious knife show in the world, the superb Art Knife Invitational (AKI) which takes place every two years in San Diego.

Roger is also extensively featured in David Darom‚ book on the best fixed-blade knife makers in the world.
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from BladeGallery.com page -
When I first started working leather in 1969, I didn't realize that it would lead me into making knives. But it wasn't too long before I got into handlemaking (1973). In 1993 I started forging with Conny Persson supervising my training.

Most of the knives that I make are collectable all-purpose straight knives. Each knife I make is one-of-a-kind and is made from beautiful organic materials. I use materials as they were shaped by nature to create a knife that feels right in your hand.
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