Here is the PSK Sr from Gossman Knives. Thanks for the chance to play with sharp pointy things Brett. Scott thank you for making such a quality piece you are truely an artist.
I had a good day with the PSK Sr to get a feel for how it handles. First of all, I like! Very nice work. My first thoughts were of how silly I am for not owning any Gossmans yet. Then it hit me, WOW this is solid, simple and very clean. I got to work right away and hoped to put in as much qulaity in this write up as Scott put into the design and workmanship of this fine piece of art. Or like you country folk would say, pig sticker!
Specs:
Blade-01 Spear point/convex with secondary bevel.
Thickness-1/8"
Blade length-4 1/16"
Cutting Surface-3 13/16"
Blade Width-1"
Handle-4 3/8"
Overall-8 1/2"
Sheath Kydex-Neck sheath
Finger cut out is good for wearing gloves in the winter.
I always felt that if I can make a simple working figure four trap that it would be a good test. This means push cuts, whittling, making notches and fine tunning all the parts with great detail.
Spine shot.
Some real thin blades can bite into your thumb doing push cuts. This was not a problem for me, 1/8" is comfortable.
Making deep cuts around the green wood to break where I need. Trap parts are all about the right size and balance.
Trim the top. Cutting forward is safe with this grip since the thumb is below the cut.
Some whittling required to make notches.