First off let me get in my disclaimer:
I have never been known as a man to use the proper tool for the job!
I'll use pliers as a hammer, crescent wrench as pliers, screwdriver as pry bar, knife will be used for digging something out of the ground, opening paint cans, hammer is something I throw across the yard when I get mad!
Well, I got my new Koyote in the mail the other day and I couldn't wait to try it out.
First impressions is sheath is nicely made. It holds the knife very secure and I like that. Sometimes sheaths seem like an afterthought of the knife maker and I never understand why. If you have a crappy sheath...you will lose the knife. Maybe its job security, you lose their knife you gotta buy another one.
Handle is good looking and fits my small hands pretty good. The wood is Lacewood and very good looking
Blade shape is nice.
Blade isn't too thick but it's thick enough to let you know you're not holding a toy! I'm not afraid to pry with it.
It wasn't as sharp as I would have figured, but no worries...everybody should know how to sharpen a knife. Since I already pointed out that I rarely use the proper tool for the job...I've had plenty of practice sharpening knives and I"m pretty good at it, its soothing time for me also.
I took this little beauty down to the barn to do chores and such. I had to chip away a good bit of ice from the horse trough. Cleaned their hooves a little. Cut open some hay bales. Cut a small switch so I could throw for the dog. Pretty much just anything I could think of and bare at the moment....it was -7 today, wind chill put it -35. So I didn't stay outside very long.
I didn't take any pictures today because I left the camera at the house and I wasn't walking all the way back to get it. I'll take some shots outside later and post on the picture thread.
Hopefully me and some buddies from base will get to do some hunting next week and I'll see how many deer it'll clean.
I have alot of knives! Some production, some customs, some with no name makers that actually work pretty damn good and some that are just old files...that work pretty good also.
I'm not afraid to grab this little cutter and go do whatever I want. I have other knives that I carry (normally I carry at least 2) that I know that I will not dig rocks out of the horses hooves with.
Overall impressions....I like it!!!!
Koyote will see more of my business in the future for sure.
Maybe after my next deployment I'll get something a little bigger...the dog needs to chase big sticks too!
I know my opinion doesn't mean squat and if I never bought another knife from Koyote it wouldn't put him out of business.
I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents worth...and its not even worth that much.
I have never been known as a man to use the proper tool for the job!
I'll use pliers as a hammer, crescent wrench as pliers, screwdriver as pry bar, knife will be used for digging something out of the ground, opening paint cans, hammer is something I throw across the yard when I get mad!
Well, I got my new Koyote in the mail the other day and I couldn't wait to try it out.
First impressions is sheath is nicely made. It holds the knife very secure and I like that. Sometimes sheaths seem like an afterthought of the knife maker and I never understand why. If you have a crappy sheath...you will lose the knife. Maybe its job security, you lose their knife you gotta buy another one.
Handle is good looking and fits my small hands pretty good. The wood is Lacewood and very good looking
Blade shape is nice.
Blade isn't too thick but it's thick enough to let you know you're not holding a toy! I'm not afraid to pry with it.
It wasn't as sharp as I would have figured, but no worries...everybody should know how to sharpen a knife. Since I already pointed out that I rarely use the proper tool for the job...I've had plenty of practice sharpening knives and I"m pretty good at it, its soothing time for me also.
I took this little beauty down to the barn to do chores and such. I had to chip away a good bit of ice from the horse trough. Cleaned their hooves a little. Cut open some hay bales. Cut a small switch so I could throw for the dog. Pretty much just anything I could think of and bare at the moment....it was -7 today, wind chill put it -35. So I didn't stay outside very long.
I didn't take any pictures today because I left the camera at the house and I wasn't walking all the way back to get it. I'll take some shots outside later and post on the picture thread.
Hopefully me and some buddies from base will get to do some hunting next week and I'll see how many deer it'll clean.
I have alot of knives! Some production, some customs, some with no name makers that actually work pretty damn good and some that are just old files...that work pretty good also.
I'm not afraid to grab this little cutter and go do whatever I want. I have other knives that I carry (normally I carry at least 2) that I know that I will not dig rocks out of the horses hooves with.
Overall impressions....I like it!!!!
Koyote will see more of my business in the future for sure.
Maybe after my next deployment I'll get something a little bigger...the dog needs to chase big sticks too!
I know my opinion doesn't mean squat and if I never bought another knife from Koyote it wouldn't put him out of business.
I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents worth...and its not even worth that much.
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