Contrats on the new knives!
The Woodsman was made by people who knew the more subtle things that people would want in such a knife making it a great multi tool of a blade. Which it was intended to be I believe to be an all round Woodsman's Multi-Tool.
The nice sized choil lets one get up close for the FFG to do its slicey things, the 90 degree spine for shaving for ferro rod striking or scraping pitch off your limbs (warning it will shave a bit also and some skin), and other things and such I probably can't think of.
All this multi-tooling capability aside, the Woodsman to me seems its a Knife that can Chop. I mean its good in short heavy machete duties but the blade seems to want to slice and cut more than chop. But that is the GOOD thing about the Woodsman, it can do more tasks and be the multi-tool it is since it can slice and cut, and chop finer and better than a dedicated chopper say like an SP-51. The Woodsman looks like the SP-50 when it comes to woods processing, but of which both knives can do better I think than most other knives that can chop due to their 5160 steel and construction. A few can do better of course but few in the OKC price area. My other OKC Multi-tool large blade are my RD9s, if I don't forget them and have to grab that SP-10 again, they are not as slicy but then I don't use them to food prep with but they seem to be a bit better heavy wood working tools.
Some have issues with the handle, if your a user and not a wall hanger an athletic tape or tennis tape will fix that with a lanyard. Just don't leave the knife sitting near the kitchen when dinner is being prepped, or it will be drafted in to duty and your family will be asking if you brought the knife that slices and dices and cleaves busts up frozen foods so well!
The Woodsman was made by people who knew the more subtle things that people would want in such a knife making it a great multi tool of a blade. Which it was intended to be I believe to be an all round Woodsman's Multi-Tool.
The nice sized choil lets one get up close for the FFG to do its slicey things, the 90 degree spine for shaving for ferro rod striking or scraping pitch off your limbs (warning it will shave a bit also and some skin), and other things and such I probably can't think of.
All this multi-tooling capability aside, the Woodsman to me seems its a Knife that can Chop. I mean its good in short heavy machete duties but the blade seems to want to slice and cut more than chop. But that is the GOOD thing about the Woodsman, it can do more tasks and be the multi-tool it is since it can slice and cut, and chop finer and better than a dedicated chopper say like an SP-51. The Woodsman looks like the SP-50 when it comes to woods processing, but of which both knives can do better I think than most other knives that can chop due to their 5160 steel and construction. A few can do better of course but few in the OKC price area. My other OKC Multi-tool large blade are my RD9s, if I don't forget them and have to grab that SP-10 again, they are not as slicy but then I don't use them to food prep with but they seem to be a bit better heavy wood working tools.
Some have issues with the handle, if your a user and not a wall hanger an athletic tape or tennis tape will fix that with a lanyard. Just don't leave the knife sitting near the kitchen when dinner is being prepped, or it will be drafted in to duty and your family will be asking if you brought the knife that slices and dices and cleaves busts up frozen foods so well!
