Utility of stout Civi/Matriarch style blade?
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feed_the_animals
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Utility of stout Civi/Matriarch style blade?
Any promise in a Civilian shaped blade with a more robust tip for utility or EDC tasks? I love my Tasman but I wonder if a belly could be useful as well. Maybe Dodo or Cricket owners have some insight. And, in that vein, what would a Large or XL Dodo be like?
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bohica1998
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A Tasman-sized mini-Matriarch? Definitely on the "would get" list! :D
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's and counting so far... Current Inventory: C14SBK Rescue SE - C14SBL Rescue SE - C14PBK Rescue FG PE - C14SBK Rescue FG SE - C10PSGRWBK Endura USN CE Emerson Opener/Black Blade - LBK3HB Ladybug Hawkbill SE - C12SGY Matriarch SE G10 modded - C78PSBK Native 3 SE - C78PBK Native 3 PE - C41SBK Native 4 SE - C41PBBK Native 4 Black Blade PE - C41PSBBK Native 4 Black Blade SE - C77PYL SpyderHawk H1 PE - C106PYL Tasman Salt PE - C122GP Tenacious SE - BY22SBK Meadowlark Hawkbill SE - LGRP3HB USN Ladybug Hawkbill PE - LGRS3HB USN Ladybug Hawkbill SE
Something in the middle ground of a Cricket and a Matriarch would be pretty cool. :D
A 3" S-curve blade. :cool:
A 3" S-curve blade. :cool:
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Despite owning 3 matriarchs in various iterations, I don't consider it to be a useful blade shape for any form of utility. If you want to eviscerate a roast, cooked turkey etc while hanging from a meat hook it may be useful. I prefer the wider cutting shape and size of my Tasman and spyderhawk more. They have blade strength that I don't think the civi/matriarch blade has.
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yablanowitz
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In general I find the belly portion of my reverse-s blades to be a waste of steel. Either the belly gets in the way for hawkbill tasks or the tip gets in the way for skinning/scraping tasks where the belly would be useful. In trying to be both, it does neither well. That's just my experience, yours may differ.
And for the two people who don't know yet, I've carried and used the heck out of knives with blades half the thickness of the original Civilian tip for many years without breaking them.
And for the two people who don't know yet, I've carried and used the heck out of knives with blades half the thickness of the original Civilian tip for many years without breaking them.
I don't believe in safe queens, only in pre-need replacements.
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Ala Lorena Bobbit doc?Dr. Snubnose wrote:Only one purpose for this knife....something to do with mushroom picking... :p Doc :D
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