Its very balanced and agile feeling,
The balance point is about an inch and a half beyond the guard. Its quite a bit lighter feeling than I expected. I really like it a lot.
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The balance point is about an inch and a half beyond the guard. Its quite a bit lighter feeling than I expected. I really like it a lot.
Also i have to say this is my first resiprene c. And it wasn't at all what i was expecting. But i like it. I always thought res c would be hard but spongy type rubber. And thats definitely not at all what it feels like.
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Other rec c is more rubbery/grippy/slightly spongier like on the alpha regulator, basic series etc.
The tnt15 and i assume free rein had a harder/more plasticy feeling version of res C
The DT-12 has more of the classic Res-c feel. When the TnT-15 came out a few complained of the new, harder feel, Jerry had to explain that it was because of the longer blade. The Scrapizashi (Scrapyard Sword) was wrapped, because they hadn't figured out how to deal with the torque with classic Res-c.
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For the record, I like them both. On my TnT-15, it was a pleasant surprise. It makes it feel and look better, IMO, than the smaller knives' Res C would on it. But on the smaller (up to the 13" on the Bolo), the feels more rubbery works great.
Thats interesting to know it has 2 different feels to it. I think the handle feels great the way it is. The whole sword overall just feels nice and nimble in hand. It has just enough weight to actually feel like when you hit something it isn't going to tickle lol. But not so heavy that you would feel fatigued after using it as a brush sword in the yard or wherever. I can't wait till others start getting theirs to see what they think.
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Nice! I’m in Canada aswell but still waiting for the ding. Just curious did you pay full amount at the beginning or just the partial? Curious if people that paid full amount are getting shipped first? Lol just really excited to finally get it. Congrats on yours!!I have no idea how mine got here so fast, but my free rein just came via ups. And im in Canada. So thats darn fast considering i only got my notice like a day and a half ago. And shes a beauty. I'd send a pic but i have no idea how to on here. It never works when i try.
Yes I paid it in full.
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Just received mine and it's glorious!!! Balance and weight are perfect. I plan to wrap my handle with leather the same as I did my omg15 which helped grip and controllability for my gorilla sized hands a lot.
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Bend test is impressive
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No one seems to know they are back on the website and I do not see a post regarding this 
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No one seems to know they are back on the website and I do not see a post regarding this
You were nearly an hour early.
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Email came out about the same time Anton posted.You were nearly an hour early.
Free Rein SR-3V Performance Videos!
The Swamp is happy to finalize these performance videos for your consumption. A lot of time and effort has been put into testing and tuning our SR-3V steel (CPM-3V steel with our proprietary Heat Treat protocol) and the results speak for themselves! Check out these videos when you get a...
Should be very close to the TNT-15. Free Rein is a tad longer, but is also fullered.