Clay Kesting
11-18-2004, 11:57 PM
Some time ago I started <a href="http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4525&page=2&pp=15&highlight=camp+cooking+knife">this thread</a> about my search for a knife for camp cooking. I ended up buying an "Mini Outdoor Cooking Knife" made by G. Sakai, the top knife in the attached photo. Here are the details:
Name : Outdoor Cooking Mini with Scale tear
Material of the handle : Soft plastics
Material of the blade : 440 Stainless steel
Full length : 224mm
The length of blade : 110mm
The thickness of blade : 2mm
Weight : 85g
Those who know me on this forum will know that I am totally one-eyed about :spyder: knives. I just don't buy anything else. However the :spyder: fixed blades are just too thick for my use as a camp knife. I just hate cooking with a thick knife. For instance, the other night I started to dice some potatoes with my Chinese Folder but stopped after the first cut to search for my small utility knife. The spine of the "Mini Outdoor Cooking Knife" is wonderfully thin, only slightly thicker than my beloved Santoku. As a result the knife slices and dices as well as any kitchen knife.
The blade shape will ring a bell with Calypso and Manix fans, and it performs as well as they do. I was not expecting to use the fish scaler on the spine but the kids caught a brace of small whiting when we were staying by a lake. The scaler worked exceptionally well and the blade's sharp point and thin blade opened them up as though they were fitted with zippers.
The steel is 440, not the high tech steels I'm used to, but perfect for this application. It sharpens easily, takes a keen edge and I don't worry too much if it spends the day lying around in the botttom of the boat.
The handle is molded plastic as is the sheath. Both perfect for a knife that may not get looked after as well as it should.
I bought the knife from www.hamonoichiba.com. I don't know if Naohiko Hasegawa is still there, but he is great to deal with, extremely helpful and efficient.
BTW in the meantime I've had a kydex sheath made for my Santoku by Chiro over at Bladeforums. Now there's a camp cooking knife :D.
clay
Name : Outdoor Cooking Mini with Scale tear
Material of the handle : Soft plastics
Material of the blade : 440 Stainless steel
Full length : 224mm
The length of blade : 110mm
The thickness of blade : 2mm
Weight : 85g
Those who know me on this forum will know that I am totally one-eyed about :spyder: knives. I just don't buy anything else. However the :spyder: fixed blades are just too thick for my use as a camp knife. I just hate cooking with a thick knife. For instance, the other night I started to dice some potatoes with my Chinese Folder but stopped after the first cut to search for my small utility knife. The spine of the "Mini Outdoor Cooking Knife" is wonderfully thin, only slightly thicker than my beloved Santoku. As a result the knife slices and dices as well as any kitchen knife.
The blade shape will ring a bell with Calypso and Manix fans, and it performs as well as they do. I was not expecting to use the fish scaler on the spine but the kids caught a brace of small whiting when we were staying by a lake. The scaler worked exceptionally well and the blade's sharp point and thin blade opened them up as though they were fitted with zippers.
The steel is 440, not the high tech steels I'm used to, but perfect for this application. It sharpens easily, takes a keen edge and I don't worry too much if it spends the day lying around in the botttom of the boat.
The handle is molded plastic as is the sheath. Both perfect for a knife that may not get looked after as well as it should.
I bought the knife from www.hamonoichiba.com. I don't know if Naohiko Hasegawa is still there, but he is great to deal with, extremely helpful and efficient.
BTW in the meantime I've had a kydex sheath made for my Santoku by Chiro over at Bladeforums. Now there's a camp cooking knife :D.
clay