#Crkt minimalist custom scales upgrade
#Crkt minimalist custom scales series

Batoning: For the larger, stronger knives, we tested how well they would baton through seasoned ash.

We made feathersticks to test each knife’s carving finesse.

Tent Stakes: We carved tent stakes with a pointed end and a birds’ mouth notch.

Cardboard: We cut 15 feet (15, 1-foot cuts) of double-layer cardboard that was 6.5mm thick.

Poor slicers would crack and split the apple, making it harder to cut.

Apple Slices: This test revealed a lot about blade geometry.

Leather Cuts: Push cuts on 3.25mm cowhide leather.

Harness Cuts: Again, no slicing or pulling the knife through, just pressure with the knife at a slight angle.

Rope Push Cuts: This involved no slicing, just straight down pressure on the knife, to see how many pieces each knife would cut through at once.

We did the following to test edge retention, ergonomics, blade geometry, and overall cutting performance: I wanted to keep this test about knives that do knife stuff, so big choppers and super thick “sharpened pry bars” were left out. Some are small for easy carry and concealment, and some are larger for light chopping and better reach. Some are beefy so they can handle heavy use and emergency situations, and some are designed to be amazing slicers or ultralight for backpacking and hunting. Drew Conoverįixed blade knives are made to cover a really wide range of tasks and obviously have big design differences because of that.

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How We Tested the Best Fixed Blades Each knife underwent a series of cut tests for testing.

Best for Meat Processing: Montana Knife Company Stonewall Skinner.

Best for Ultralight Backpacking and Hunting: Montana Knife Company Stoned Goat.Best Overall: Montana Knife Company Super Cub.

#Crkt minimalist custom scales upgrade

But, if you’re searching for an upgrade or a fixed blade for a specific task, these reviews will point you towards some of the best the market has to offer. So, if you’re a knife enthusiast, you’ll most likely be mad that one of your favorites didn’t make the list.

I could have easily tripled the number of blades on this list and still not have covered all the great knives available today. With the help of some friends and fellow knife nuts, I picked the best fixed blade knives to showcase top options and I put them through a series of cutting tests. The fact is that there are dozens and dozens of good fixed blade knives out there. Which one do you get? Where do you spend your hard-earned money? What features do you need? Of course, that includes all color and steel variants for a given model, and not all are in stock, but still, that’s a lot of blades. Shopping for a fixed blade knife presents a huge hurdle: There are over 10,000 options on just one of the online knife retailers.