Pendleton Lite Hunter

Das Messer erfüllt alle (meine) Erwartungen. Es ist leicht, sitzt bombenfest in der Plastikscheide (nicht die abgebildete, sondern die andere für dieses Model), und es kam immens scharf, also "out of the box" hier an. Man kann damit nicht nur super einfach und mit einem Strich alle Haare vom Arm abrasieren, sondern man kann sich auch richtig damit rasieren. Also den Bart im Gesicht. Ich habs ausprobiert. Nass, versteht sich. Kein Problem für die Klinge. Und das ist genau das, was mich wundert. Denn ich besitze noch das Cold Steel Modell "Survival-Edge" mit der gleichen Stahlsorte, dem Krupp-4116. Aber dieses Messer will einfach nicht scharf werden. Und was habe ich schon daran herumgeschliffen. Keine Chance. Es wird einfach nicht scharf. Das Lite-Hunter ist dagegen ein Killer, hat aber doch (laut Angabe) auch nur den 4116. Ich habe daher etwas Angst, daß ich es nicht wieder so scharf bekomme, wenn es mal stumpf wird. Aber so wie es jetzt ist, ist es genial. Meine Empfehlung: Kaufen, solange noch welche da sind und bei dem Preis am besten gleich zwei. Es lohnt sich. Versprochen.

樹脂のグリップはややチープな印象だが握りやすく剛性は充分です 肉厚でよく切れるブレード、樹脂だが頑丈なシース さすがにコールドスチール、コストパフォーマンスに優れた良いナイフです シースがかなり硬く、ベルトにつけたまま抜くのは危ないかもしれないです ベルトから外して、体の前で抜くのを推奨します

Se siente barato, y lo es, pero su calidad es indudable, la sensación al tacto genera desconfianza pero cumple a cabalidad su propósito, le de dado un uso. Desconsiderado y solo es cuestion de limpiarlo y afiliarlo para que quede como nuevo

Perfecto para uso diaria en el monte. Muy afilado, queda perfecto en la mano. Una maravilla por el precio.

I've noticed something I'd have to call a "knife fashion cycle" over the years. Because knives have so many uses, they take countless forms. Because many people buy knives not to use them, but to simply have them (the way certain wonderful women collect shoes), their designs wander in many far-from-practical directions. Often because what looks interesting isn't necessarily the same as what is actually useful. When I first handled this knife, I admit I was coming from the position of skepticism relative to the overwhelmingly favorable opinions people have of it. Some background would make my review make more sense. I bought this knife because I wanted something to fill something like the fashion niche of the Bear Grylls-style "survival" knife. I wanted something with a one-sided finger guard that could be pushed into wood-craft service in a pinch (when I'm serious about this function, I use a KA-BAR Heavy Bowie, which has a single bevel and is almost 1/4" thick and wears like magic). I wanted a short-blade hunting knife that would do all the things the woods might want without requiring a second thought before leaving the house. It also happened that I wanted a light knife for roughing wood carving projects- something I've been using the KA-BAR to do before switching to power-tools (like the Merlin.) I needed something for finer work that had a comfortable handle- something I could manipulate close to the point. Finally, I wanted something, unlike the beautiful S30V blade on my Leatherman, that I could ask horrible things of without feeling guilty. A real utility knife. A mechanic's knife. An "I shouldn't be using a knife for this" knife. I realize now that I bought this knife with the thought that it would serve all three. First, because it's the right shape. Second, because it's the right steel. Third, because it's the right price. What I've decided, after just beginning to put this knife to use in exactly such ways, that it transcends "knife fashion." I feel like I'm only beginning to appreciate the potential in this thing. For instance, because it's practically weightless, this is the knife I'll take with me on minimalist cross-terrain trips (mixed hiking and solo rock-climbing). Its kitchen-like sensibilities will guarantee that it sees service on backpacking trips. I even think I might attach a small float to it's lanyard hole, giving it just-over-neutral buoyancy, and call it a diving knife (I'm really tired of losing diving knives by having them fall out of their quick-release sheaths). I feel like it's that light. And if I do lose this knife, or even give it away, I won't feel that bad. I think I'll probably just buy a new one. *UPDATE: I did give it a way to a girl who was hitchhiking back to CA after being denied access to her summer internship at the Quebec border for having a 2-inch pocket knife. **UPDATE: And I did buy another one :) It's true. I don't think any knife could live up to the hype this thing has surrounding it (which I feel like I'm adding to with my review- which you're reading because thinking about this knife is just kinda fun). About the steel, when I got this knife, it was hair-shaving sharp. As promised. After a day of rough and dirty use, it isn't. It's more like a dull razor. Still "razor" sharp. Still shaves. But not nearly as well. As a kid, it seemed perfectly reasonable to build a submarine-helicopter-jet-spaceship-tank out of legos. As an adult, I do genuinely appreciate that some functions cannot be served by compromise with others. And I don't believe a "perfect knife" exists, or ever will. This one, however, is superior to its type, and, as farmer Hoggett once say, "That'll do."