Grayman knives

I read an article on these knives in the latest Tactical Knives mag. They have some cool shit, I was looking at the Ground Pounder with teeth but don't want another 1/4" thick blade again. They have some other sick designs that may work well for in the field use as well though.

http://www.graymanknives.com/available2.html

Some of the designs are pretty cool but using 1/4inch steel on most of those blade lengths is kindo of silly IMO.

I thought so too but the article explains they are not for whittling sticks and small camp chores. He said that a bigger knife can be used to do most of the things a small knife can do but not vice-versa, it makes sense to me. I kinda do prefer a large knife and if I had to choose between large and small for one knife only, I'd go big.

Kaiser wrote:

I thought so too but the article explains they are not for whittling sticks and small camp chores. He said that a bigger knife can be used to do most of the things a small knife can do but not vice-versa, it makes sense to me. I kinda do prefer a large knife and if I had to choose between large and small for one knife only, I'd go big.

I disagree, you can have a long blade that is on the thin side and it will still chop and slice OK. You take the same blade length and double that thickness and yeah it will increase your chopping ability but your slicing ability is shit now.

I agree with you on that for a camp/woods knife. He is saying that these knives are for heavy duty use "Grayman knives are primarily designed as primitive skills tools: knives that are designed for chopping, hacking, skinning, digging and if need be, as a weapon." Same as most other combat knives.

They have a full double bevel grind or a high single-bevel grind on the 1/4" steel. Apparently they are made primarily for operators in Iraq and Afganistan. I still carry both, a big blade and a smaller one, why not?

I am looking at the Darfer Defender.

Nice....real nice. Pricey though huh?

Tree of Liberty wrote:

Nice....real nice. Pricey though huh?

I did'nt think they were too bad, he has a great warranty and will sharpen it for free anytime. I have a couple TOPS and want to try something a little different for around $200. I am thinking about getting that Darfur Defender for hard duty/fighting, I liked some others but don't want a single beveled edge.........just yet

I still need to find another woods knife with a 4-5" blade, undecided right now.

I like his sheaths, they are no nonsense unlike some makers.