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Hi every one. I’m new to these forums, and it’s going to be my first review of a knife so please forgive me if I miss anything.
First of I’d like to give everyone a bit of my background.
I live and work all around Mexico, I was born in Tijuana Mexico, and raised by my family in San Diego, California for most of my childhood, when I was of age I joined the Mexican military service wear I spent 5 year working all over Mexico fighting in the drug war that to this day is still going strong. Some time ago the federal government sent a lot of military officers like me, to form and supervise regional operational groups all over the country in more of a police role. Fighting the cartels, anti kidnapping operations and some executive protection operations, are what I have been doing recently. Most of the trying we get is from foreign military, like the Israeli military and of course the US military and Navy. It is on one of my trips to the US that I got to learn from some very great people from the Navy, one of them carried o version of the knife that I will now review.
Winkler Knives II Belt Knife.
The specs are:
Over All Length:.....9"
Blade Length:........ 4 3/4"
Steel:....... 3/16" steel is 5160 with a no-glare finish
Handle:.............. Curly maple
Sheath:....... Kydex lined leather sheath ( can be worn vertically or horizontally for right or left hand draw with simple adjustments)
Designed by:..........Daniel Winkler
The knife is very beautiful, and simple. The Caswell finish on it is very nice and it has held the edge on it for the few weeks I have been using it. I use it mostly as a utility knife and back up weapon should the need arise. I have tested it on a Second Chance IIIA body armor vest, it penetrated all the way trough (something that I always look for in a knife)
The sheath system is made to be held on your belt by tightened the screws on it to fasten in on, I find this time consuming, soy a added two strips of nylon, to use as belt loops, they work very well an make taking the sheath of and on a lot faster. The leather on the sheath is very nice. All and all a very durable sheath.
Mr. Winkler really makes very good tools and this knife is a perfect all around knife for the work I do.
Mr Winkler is a great person to deal whit and his products are of the best quality- I highly recommend this knife.
Thanks for your time.
First of I’d like to give everyone a bit of my background.
I live and work all around Mexico, I was born in Tijuana Mexico, and raised by my family in San Diego, California for most of my childhood, when I was of age I joined the Mexican military service wear I spent 5 year working all over Mexico fighting in the drug war that to this day is still going strong. Some time ago the federal government sent a lot of military officers like me, to form and supervise regional operational groups all over the country in more of a police role. Fighting the cartels, anti kidnapping operations and some executive protection operations, are what I have been doing recently. Most of the trying we get is from foreign military, like the Israeli military and of course the US military and Navy. It is on one of my trips to the US that I got to learn from some very great people from the Navy, one of them carried o version of the knife that I will now review.
Winkler Knives II Belt Knife.
The specs are:
Over All Length:.....9"
Blade Length:........ 4 3/4"
Steel:....... 3/16" steel is 5160 with a no-glare finish
Handle:.............. Curly maple
Sheath:....... Kydex lined leather sheath ( can be worn vertically or horizontally for right or left hand draw with simple adjustments)
Designed by:..........Daniel Winkler
The knife is very beautiful, and simple. The Caswell finish on it is very nice and it has held the edge on it for the few weeks I have been using it. I use it mostly as a utility knife and back up weapon should the need arise. I have tested it on a Second Chance IIIA body armor vest, it penetrated all the way trough (something that I always look for in a knife)
The sheath system is made to be held on your belt by tightened the screws on it to fasten in on, I find this time consuming, soy a added two strips of nylon, to use as belt loops, they work very well an make taking the sheath of and on a lot faster. The leather on the sheath is very nice. All and all a very durable sheath.
Mr. Winkler really makes very good tools and this knife is a perfect all around knife for the work I do.
Mr Winkler is a great person to deal whit and his products are of the best quality- I highly recommend this knife.
Thanks for your time.
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