What’s the brand?
Kershaw Dune
Thank you! Hope your holidays have been good so far!
How do you like it so far? They seem like neat little knives
I just got it today, but I’ll be wearing it to work tomorrow. At first glance, I’d say that it certainly fits better as a neck knife than the Morakniv Eldris I just picked up; much slimmer profile, doesn’t take up as much space in front of me, easy to forget about. It’s very slim in the hand. Not uncomfortably so, but I’ve basically got it gripped in the first knuckle of my fingers, as opposed to really having a firm grip on the thing, like with the Eldris. It almost feels like an X-Actor blade. It comes from the maker quite sharp; I was using it to a bit of amateur surgery around a finger tip and it handled that tiny job just fine. Haven’t had much of a chance to do any serious cutting with it, so that’s all the impression I’ve got so far.
That sounds pretty sweet indeed!
Let us know how it batons
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.
Katiny.
I just got one too.
