Okay, so having carried it for a few days, I’ve got some thoughts.
It’s perfectly comfortable to wear around my neck all day long. It’s light and thin, and it can basically disappear under my shirt. It pops out of its sheath with a quick tug and goes back in very easily. Sheath feels nice and secure. It’s nice and sharp, and can easily be used to slice open small packages or sharpen pencils. As an ergonomic experience, I have no complaints.
Here’s the issue: It feels less like a tool for the jobs that I do, and more like a very small weapon. The back of the blade is wider than my CIVIVI Chevalier, but the blade itself is shallower, which means that it gets thicker, faster, which means that it’s less suitable for use as an extra fingernail when I’m trying to scrape things up. The edge at the tip is straight, rather than curved, so when I’m trying to scrape at things, I’m trying to place that entire flat surface against the target, rather than the outer edge of a curve, as on the Chevalier. Again, as an extra fingernail, it’s not great.
Overall, I like the knife, and I’d feel fine about taking it camping. I didn’t do any batoning, but I believe it could be used for some light camp duty without any problems. If I was Roberto, and I wanted a handy little backup stabbing knife, then this would be great. But for my specific uses, it falls a little bit short. The Chevalier still reigns supreme in my collection.
Thanks for the follow up notes! My personal favorite neck knives are the Esee Izula (with paracord wrap) and CRKT Minimalist. The Izula is obviously more robust and tool-like and can be swapped to a hip sheath (and made even more robust with accessory scales) , but both work well around the neck.
Okay, so having carried it for a few days, I’ve got some thoughts.
It’s perfectly comfortable to wear around my neck all day long. It’s light and thin, and it can basically disappear under my shirt. It pops out of its sheath with a quick tug and goes back in very easily. Sheath feels nice and secure. It’s nice and sharp, and can easily be used to slice open small packages or sharpen pencils. As an ergonomic experience, I have no complaints.
Here’s the issue: It feels less like a tool for the jobs that I do, and more like a very small weapon. The back of the blade is wider than my CIVIVI Chevalier, but the blade itself is shallower, which means that it gets thicker, faster, which means that it’s less suitable for use as an extra fingernail when I’m trying to scrape things up. The edge at the tip is straight, rather than curved, so when I’m trying to scrape at things, I’m trying to place that entire flat surface against the target, rather than the outer edge of a curve, as on the Chevalier. Again, as an extra fingernail, it’s not great.
Overall, I like the knife, and I’d feel fine about taking it camping. I didn’t do any batoning, but I believe it could be used for some light camp duty without any problems. If I was Roberto, and I wanted a handy little backup stabbing knife, then this would be great. But for my specific uses, it falls a little bit short. The Chevalier still reigns supreme in my collection.
Thanks for the follow up notes! My personal favorite neck knives are the Esee Izula (with paracord wrap) and CRKT Minimalist. The Izula is obviously more robust and tool-like and can be swapped to a hip sheath (and made even more robust with accessory scales) , but both work well around the neck.