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It finally arrived. This is the GP knife I originally settled on. A Fallkniven F1 survival knife. Not a huge knife like most of the GP knives shown on Youtube but just a very nice sized knife. The blade is made from VG10 laminated stainless steel hardened to 58Rockwell. The blade has a black ceracoat protective coating that I am not very excited about as I am sure it will wear off but only time will tell that. The sheath is a nice quality leather sheath the fully encloses the knife when closed but even if left open the likelihood of the knife falling out is near nil. Not too keen on the handle but that is what it comes with. I am a firm believer in a nice wooden handle but wood seems to be a thing of the past.
I will dig out a couple of my hand made knives with nice wooden handles (made by me ) and post some images and you will see how lovely a wooden handle can be and these are far from exotic timber. Things like walnut, Mirboo, Jarrah. All hand stabalized and hand fitted.
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