is it a skinner or something like this?
thanks for your help
cheers jerome
why the captain ?
why the captain ?
is someone can tell me what is the specific use of the captain
is it a skinner or something like this?
thanks for your help
cheers jerome
is it a skinner or something like this?
thanks for your help
cheers jerome
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it seems alot of the big "monster" knives have liner locks, for example dosn't the Military have a liner lock? wonder why as they are percieved to be weaker.
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If I remember the explanation at the A'dam show correctly, I think it is indeed a hunting design, so skinning would be one of the intended chores.
I think it would be a great food prep folder, with the 'tanto-like' tip touching the plate while keeping the curve sharp.
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I think it would be a great food prep folder, with the 'tanto-like' tip touching the plate while keeping the curve sharp.
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I can only assume because of weight. If the Captain were a lockback, it would weight somewhere in the vicinity of 25lbs :eek:dedguy wrote:it seems alot of the big "monster" knives have liner locks, for example dosn't the Military have a liner lock? wonder why as they are percieved to be weaker.
Ok, I'm exagerrating, but it would be heavier than a linerlock.
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haha! :Dsmcfalls13 wrote:I can only assume because of weight. If the Captain were a lockback, it would weight somewhere in the vicinity of 25lbs :eek:
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It looks almost like a hawkbill with a beefy, skinner tip. As such, I'd imagine one could find a myraid of uses for it in utility alone. The blade style itself isn't all that new (although the paticular shape of the Captian seems distinct to my limited knowledge) as one of the DDR Gun Hammers has something similar, and the Tom Brown Tracker have paved the way for blades with dual grinds that aren't tanto.
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Handled one at the A'dam show :D
I really loooove the ergo's of the knife, only too bad they don't make one with a serrated curve
I really loooove the ergo's of the knife, only too bad they don't make one with a serrated curve
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A properly made linerlock is not a "weaker lock". The main problem with linerlocks is the tab slipping off the tang's ramp or accidental unlocking due to enlarged lock wells.
Spydie linerlocks all engage concave ramps and the Captain's locking liner/tab is well hidden beneath the handle. Looks very interesting.
I remember the blade being between 3 and 3,5 inches long.
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Spydie linerlocks all engage concave ramps and the Captain's locking liner/tab is well hidden beneath the handle. Looks very interesting.
I remember the blade being between 3 and 3,5 inches long.
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The design was originally a custom piece made/created by Jason Breeden (and now a collab with Spyderco). I emailed Jason asking this same question so we could pull together a press release. The blade shape was designed to suit him personally and what he wanted for outdoor use. Excuse the cut and paste portion of the press release but this might answer a bit:
"All eyes were on knife designer Jason Breeden’s knives at a recent knife show; hypnotically drawn to a folder with a blade shape unlike anything knife enthusiasts has previously seen. The lower half of the blade was curved like a Hawkbill blade but its tip was bulb-like, perched on top the curved portion like a head on a neck. When someone asked the designer about it, he replied, “My designs are born from need I have experienced. I live in the Appalachian Mountains and am regularly outdoors or in water. A recurve blade has cutting advantages in water but I also wanted a strong tip for outdoor applications.” A Spyderco Round Hole was added and the Spyderco/Jason Breeden Captain came to be. The blade’s unusual shape in effect creates two opposing cutting angles one curving inward, one out. The inward curve holds onto what is being cut keeping it in contact with the sharp edge, ideal for downward and pulling cuts such as rope and line. The outward curved cutting edge bulges out at the blade’s tip for close in controlled cutting like skinning, whittling and horizontal slicing moving the wrist."
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"All eyes were on knife designer Jason Breeden’s knives at a recent knife show; hypnotically drawn to a folder with a blade shape unlike anything knife enthusiasts has previously seen. The lower half of the blade was curved like a Hawkbill blade but its tip was bulb-like, perched on top the curved portion like a head on a neck. When someone asked the designer about it, he replied, “My designs are born from need I have experienced. I live in the Appalachian Mountains and am regularly outdoors or in water. A recurve blade has cutting advantages in water but I also wanted a strong tip for outdoor applications.” A Spyderco Round Hole was added and the Spyderco/Jason Breeden Captain came to be. The blade’s unusual shape in effect creates two opposing cutting angles one curving inward, one out. The inward curve holds onto what is being cut keeping it in contact with the sharp edge, ideal for downward and pulling cuts such as rope and line. The outward curved cutting edge bulges out at the blade’s tip for close in controlled cutting like skinning, whittling and horizontal slicing moving the wrist."
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so sounds like it was designed to be a good all around utility/outdoors knife?
oh and on the subject of liner locks. i wasn't trying to say they where weaker locks (on Spyderco knives in particular) but that they are percieved as being weaker. i personally just don't much like them as i have to get my hands in the way of the blade to close 'em.
oh and on the subject of liner locks. i wasn't trying to say they where weaker locks (on Spyderco knives in particular) but that they are percieved as being weaker. i personally just don't much like them as i have to get my hands in the way of the blade to close 'em.
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