Andrew Wyatt
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Dad got one from a friend a few years ago, who picked it up 15 or 20 years ago.
has anyone actually used one?
Calling Sam Cade... (Al Mar Pathfinder)
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Dad got one from a friend a few years ago, who picked it up 15 or 20 years ago.
has anyone actually used one?
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Brilliant knives, but some of them didn't work as a machete very well since that hollow grind and thin edge will chip/break when used on heavy materials. Big fast scary fighter, though.
Brilliant knives, but some of them didn't work as a machete very well since that hollow grind and thin edge will chip/break when used on heavy materials. Big fast scary fighter, though.
Sam Cade
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Yup. What hso said. They are a bit of a glass cannon.
I came across one in fairly rough shape at the Crossville Jerky Show a few years ago and used it in the woods a bit before passing it on.
It was stainless, the HT seemed pretty hard and it chipped badly if you let it get into the dirt.
You could use it for incidental machete type tasks if you were very careful with it but attempts to use it as a hard use tool would soon end in tears I think.
I came across one in fairly rough shape at the Crossville Jerky Show a few years ago and used it in the woods a bit before passing it on.
It was stainless, the HT seemed pretty hard and it chipped badly if you let it get into the dirt.
You could use it for incidental machete type tasks if you were very careful with it but attempts to use it as a hard use tool would soon end in tears I think.
Andrew Wyatt
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were there two different models? i've seen some that are double edged as well.
Sam Cade
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That I do not know.
There was a Schrade branded semi-clone sold till recently that was double edged.
There was a Schrade branded semi-clone sold till recently that was double edged.
Yes, there was the Pathfinder and the Quest versions, but Al Mar would make different initial test batches tinkering with the design and materials so there will be variations on both the Pathfinder and the Quest.
Sam Cade
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..and that is why we keep hso around. 
Quest:
Schrade/Taylor Speshul Forces Bowie:
Quest:
Schrade/Taylor Speshul Forces Bowie:
Deltaboy1984
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Cool Knifes.
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