To get straight to it...love it!
It's smaller than I thought and the pics are deceiving. Here are some in hand photos- but I'll tell ya- it's smaller than it looks!
While I have no photos of it at work- it's a terror in the kitchen with meats. The point is uber handy and that curve just slices and slices...
Here's a comparison pic that may help folks...a Recluse
With a few other blades...Scrap Yard Wiener Dog...love my trailing points! And Winkler Belt Knife, Swamp Rat Bandicoot and Jim Bensinger Street Barong.
Which brings me to a last point for the moment. I remember it being mentioned that the design was both handy in the kitchen or small game and had self-defense application. I did martial arts for many years and love handling knives and thinking about them in this context. I'm also in the Army Guard and my Bandicoot and/or Winkler are may in-case-of-deployment fixed blades. That being said- this is an evil and fast knife in hand. The handle design is amazing and locks the knife in your hand. Bravo! If it was a bit beefier, I could see it as a combat utility knife, but the design is lighter than that IMO. I haven't done any cutting drills yet to compare it to the others. BTW- the Street Barong is an insane design that slices and thrusts to a degree the others can't match.
Anyhoo...something to read and look at. Photobucket doing a faceplant has slowed my posting up.
But, I wanted a Raptor since they came out and was very happy to grab one on the secondary market last month. Great design and I need a sheath for it now!
It's smaller than I thought and the pics are deceiving. Here are some in hand photos- but I'll tell ya- it's smaller than it looks!
While I have no photos of it at work- it's a terror in the kitchen with meats. The point is uber handy and that curve just slices and slices...
Here's a comparison pic that may help folks...a Recluse
With a few other blades...Scrap Yard Wiener Dog...love my trailing points! And Winkler Belt Knife, Swamp Rat Bandicoot and Jim Bensinger Street Barong.
Which brings me to a last point for the moment. I remember it being mentioned that the design was both handy in the kitchen or small game and had self-defense application. I did martial arts for many years and love handling knives and thinking about them in this context. I'm also in the Army Guard and my Bandicoot and/or Winkler are may in-case-of-deployment fixed blades. That being said- this is an evil and fast knife in hand. The handle design is amazing and locks the knife in your hand. Bravo! If it was a bit beefier, I could see it as a combat utility knife, but the design is lighter than that IMO. I haven't done any cutting drills yet to compare it to the others. BTW- the Street Barong is an insane design that slices and thrusts to a degree the others can't match.
Anyhoo...something to read and look at. Photobucket doing a faceplant has slowed my posting up.
But, I wanted a Raptor since they came out and was very happy to grab one on the secondary market last month. Great design and I need a sheath for it now!
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