TESTIMONIALS

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Knife: 1.0 in D2

WOW! Hi Kyley- Just wanted to let you know I received my d2 1.0 , strops,steels and pocket sheath yesterday and all I can say is THANK YOU and wow!...the ergo's on this one are amazing...litteraly could not put it down for an hour or so just walked around with it my hand looking at it...what a marvelous piece of work.  What really comes through here is this is a knife that is meant to be used for anything and designed by someone who actually uses knives...not just making them look pretty. Holding it I feel that I can lever the world right off it's axis if need be...it's that strong. And the sheaths!!!-wow the standard one with the thumb ramp-amazing-great idea on pocket sized knife-and with the strong retention will assist with getting it off the belt to draw...pocket sheath- outstanding-nice and slim-and the slight forward cant of the blade in relation to the handle means the handle "leans back" in your pocket for an even more comfortable pocket carry-thank you for that!!!..so compact so powerfull..even better than i hope-expected. -and it looks great-really like the look of the micarta against the polished blade-very nice first uses...got a college bill for my daughter  in same mail batch as knife came in...used knife to open envelope-not expecting it to be the most efficient tool for the task given the thick powerful blade-surprised me -sliced cleanly...went back out to get more mail from the box and noticed the railing by my mailbox was covered in ice(had big ice storm here) and that mailman would need to grasp it to get up my stairs...looked at the 1.0 and thought- why not? Flipped over to  grip handle backwards to hit the sharp side edge of the spine against the ice to chip it away and immediately thought 2 things-how comfortable and secure handle was still in my hand held this way-and what an efficient tool it was for this task-snapping my wrist with each blow i could feel the weight-good weight- help the momentum of my swing even in such a short blade.. Hitting thick hard ice and holding blade backwards i knew the torque of the blow would try to wrestle the blade from my hand-but-rock solid-no movement due to great handle...used the blade to scape the now broken ice off the railing-worked great. Stopped to think that a workhouse blade like this may often be used for scraping and having that sharp edged spine(ie not rounded) - was almost like having a second blade built into the knife...and the thickness of the blade really made this "scraper" very powerful and useful. Phone rang and got on a 45 min call and had put the knife down covered with ice melt-thought no worries-its d2 of course I used it to cut every damn thing the rest of the night...used to slice hard cheese and hard salami for a snack had also done the day before with a BM 940...amazing difference...even with shorter blade MUCH easier with the 1-0  .convex rules and strong handle set up made it work better...poked through heavy plastic laundry detergent bottle to test point-and MUCH better than expected with the thick blade-great blade geometery...stabbed and sliced the thing into nothing in seconds....reached into fridge for a beer in a packed fridge with a hard cardboard sixpack box that would have required me to wrestle the whole box out of the fridge instead of yanking one out of the top-1-0 comes to the rescue-just sliced down the side edge of the six pack holder using only the belly of the blade and pulled beer out sideways  rather than up and out-save the day, quenched my thirst! my son was over and we need to cut some relatively thick copper wire cables...he grabbed for an old "OTHER KNIFE" that was hanging on the workbench...I handed him the 1.0 instead...he looked at me funny...I just smiled...he cut through it like butter and felt the power of the short ,sharp heavy dutty blade...he smiled...had him cut some more with the srk so he could see the difference...could not get through it with the srk at all-which i had guessed...had him put all his weight on the srk and then on the 1.0 into the thick wooden edge of our workbench..he saw how much more powerfull the shorter, better designed 1.0 handle and stout blade were at transfering power than the longer bladed,longer handled srk was...had to put some old broken glass window pains in the trash but need to break them down further...put on a pair of gloves, sheathed the 1.0, choked up on the grip, turned my back to the glass and  and used the pommel extending  and inch or so beyond my hand to break the glass-easy-safe...used spine again to scrape all the broken edges from the sash-again thankful for the sharp,thick, spine edges As you can tell, I like the 1.0- like it alot - thanks for such a wonderful design!!! Scott Frantz

Knife: 8.5" Forrester Camp Knife in O1 Tool Steel

Hi Kyley, Just a quick note to let you know my forrester arrived. Awesome blade, I couldn't be happier with it. First impressions: much lighter than I was expecting, great for the backpack. handle is really solid, micarta feels fantastic in the hand, little slippy but the handle shape keeps it in the hand. The spot you left on the spine for me works a treat- throws massive sparks off the ferro rod Super sharp from the start, absolutely lasered through anything I put in front of it. I did some free standing cuts on a few fern fronds, about 2cm diameter but very green. I was surprised to see that the edge had some visible rolling in several places. I was a bit surprised as there didn't seem to be any resistance when cutting through them, the blade went through them like butter. I got out the pad and 400 grit, then took it up all the way to 2500 grit, finished with green compound on the leather strop. It was SCARY sharp in about 15mins, edge fully restored, fantastic steel. I then prepared a full dinner, veg, fruit, meat and performance was amazing. Processed a heap of cardboard, and some A4 for fun, still shaving sharp. Then I took it outside and cleared about 15m of hedge including several tree branches up to 15cm diamater and then cut the whole lot down again to uniform size for the hell of it. Still shaving sharp, edge flawless and still able to slice through a rolled newspaper no problems. Now that is performance. I wish "SOME OF MY OTHER KNIVES" performed half as well- and they are more than double the price. Gave her a few swipes on the strop once more before putting her away, ready for the next task, hair popping sharp. Thanks again for an awesome tool. GETSOMEKAYAKING (Youtube) Australia

KNIFE, 1.0 in D2 Tool Steel

Kyley,  I received your 1.0 in D2 steel and I think that is perfection in form and function.  I have been using it for numerous tasks and it has not let me down, ever.  The blade remains sharp longer than any knife I have ever had. I saw a YouTube review about a rough spot on someones blade.  Mine is perfect, both grind and edge could not be better.  I really love this knife.  It goes with me everywhere now.  Thank you for your outstanding skills.  Anyone looking to upgrade to a remarkably high performance tool will be astounded by the 1.0's ability to handle any task within its designated use range.  In short it is about as close to perfection as it gets from a man made tool.  Truly outstanding and thank you for creating it.  Looking forward to the next amazement,  Ken C. Retired L/Cpl USMC Reserve USA

Knife: 6.5" O1 Prototype Utility Bowie

Hi Kyley, Just got back from an epic trip to Mt Everest Base Camp. In all my years of hunting, fishing and camping I�ve never experienced such harsh conditions. Extreme cold, no vegetation, just ice, rock and snow, with 50% less oxygen than at sea level it was a battle just to breathe at times.   While we might have struggled at 1800ft, the CKC I carried with me (everyday for 22days), didn�t even flinch. The awesome blade was beautiful just to hold and admire.  The Sherpa guides were certainly impressed with this �little� blade even in comparison to their massive Kukris especially after we cut through enumerable zip ties and after a few strops on my compound loaded leather belt, the blade popped hairs again, they had never seen anything like it. Although several of them pointed out that they had cut off the head of a buffalo with one swipe of their kukri according to ceremonial tradition, something my blade couldn�t do�   I didn�t get to use the knife as much as would have liked to up in the thin air as all the cooking was done for us, there is no wood for fire making, just dried yak crap and the national park rules meant I couldn�t build a survival shelter with it and sleep out in -10, something I was really looking forward to. But being such a solid blade, it gave me comfort more than anything just knowing it was always within reach should any situation arise.   I used it extensively in my kitchen before leaving and despite the thick stock it worked very well on all sorts of foods, yes even tomatoes. Even though designed as a combat blade, I would use it and recommend it to anyone as a general camp knife as it cut so well, but certainly has the metal to get more �serious� tasks done, should they need doing. It also excelled at penetration tests on 5cm thick felt pads which I use as targets for my compound bow. It got well into the target, almost as deep as my carbon arrows which penetrate a fraction more, despite coming out of a 75lb weight compound bow.  However I did feel that as combat blade , the tip could have been a little thicker for prying tasks, yet with that comes reduced penetration efficiency so it�s a hard call.   The handle and sheath system was easy to deploy and use even with three pairs of gloves on, the handle slabs insulated my hands well enough when not wearing gloves. The only other major recommendation I though of was a longer finger guard and perhaps a double guard for further hand protection in extreme thrust and slash cuts, this was seconded by father and uncle who both served extensively in Angola and Rhodesia with the South African Army.   I�ve included some pics of the knife, including a few of it buried in the Khumbu Icefall at Everest Base Camp, surrounded by the iconic summit tents and standing on the ice flow at the foot of Mt Ama Dablam.   I�m fairly certain it is now officially the highest a CKC has ever been carried? It was a pleasure to take with me and I�m very sad to part with it having had it with me for so long in such an extreme place.   Great knife Kyley   Cheers Matt GETSOMEKAYAKING (Youtube) Australia