Columbia SA40 Bowie
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:03 am
I have seen this knife on FeeBay quite a bit and the price is low ..
yeah , that's a low price alright ! Story time !
This knife looks amazing ! It really looks
And I thought , no way is this knife that nice in the flesh . So I coughed up some money just to find out what $45 ozzi bananas gets you shipped to your door . I mean , how bad could it possibly be ?
The grind was probably the only thing worth complaining about , it was not the best . The sheath is complete rubbish , maybe some one spent one dollar on it ? . But you know what , ill take it .
No , not the sheath - The knife !
I put a 22deg 180 grit guided diamond cut edge on the knife and to be honest I did a bit of a Mikey Mouse job of it cos the grind was a little ?
I may have been a little generous with the paper test , but I had been cutting a lot of rope that morning . I had not eaten anything and this was the last knife being tested , so my hands were some what fatigued . Controlling such a sizable knife was challenging in the circumstances . So call it where you want , thats why I do video . I stopped at 300 as thats where the knife no longer wanted to slice paper .
I have since put a fresh edge on it with the whetstone grinder / knife sharpener and the factory grind was very questionable . So hopefully soon I will cut rope again . As is , I think I got a lot of knife for my money .
Before I forget , what steel is this ?
( Actually I am happy about that )