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The plastic sheath on the OK4 features a fabric belt loop and ferro rod holder. It is well thought out and carries the knife safely and quietly. There is a drainage hole at the bottom, which is a must for any knife and doubly so for a carbon steel blade with large exposed Scandi grind bevels. To aid in extraction there is an excellent external thumb nob to push off from. The angle and placement of the nob are a perfect foil to the tight grip the sheath keeps on the knife. None of the cucumber slices exploded away into the kitchen. The front half with that pronounced belly curve is better at food tasks that one would expect. I have been using it almost daily now for a bit over 3 months, so no box opening review here. Rather a 'long first impression'. The finish of the spine is rough, but it scrapes fairly well - good enough for construction work. I filed mine a bit to make it sharper and cleaned the rim at a very shallow angle with a stone, like a microbevel on the spine. Better on naked thumbs like that. The sheath attaches to the belt by a 3 inch loop of high quality nylon webbing that is single stitched. The elastic band on the midsection is also the home of the ferro rod holder. The knife and FS Fire Steel carry well; the set up dangles and flexes comfortably as you move about. Both the plastic and fabric sections have both held up to my use with no noticeable wear.
This blade is too short for any serious work" - Meaningless unless specifing what is meant by "serious work". But I'm gonna jump to conclusions and advice Rambo to get an axe or machete to complement his belt knife. The cutting edge has a scandi grind for superior sharpness and is easy to resharpen. A protective electrophoretic deposition coating (EPD) for best rust protection.Yeah I get that it was a joke, but it also came across as an unfair and uninformed description of the OK4. The OK4 is a partial tang knife meaning that the blade steel only goes about two thirds of the way through the handle. As we describe in our Survival Knife Guide, this is not as strong as a full tang design, but here it is substantially longer than most partial tang knives. The knife did not fail in our testing, even with aggressive batoning. The short blade only spans small two or three inch limbs, but the OK4 split kindling with ease. The only damage the OK4 took was to the coating on the 90 degree spine, where the impact of the baton chipped the finish off. Though to be fair with that coating removed the OK4 scraped sparks from the Hultafors Fire Steel FS much better than when fully coated, so I can’t complain. The OK4 is a durable outdoor knife with friction grip suitable for tough tasks in the field. The blade has a scandi grind and is made from Japanese knife steel, 3.0 mm carbon steel that has been hardened to 58–60 HRC and has a rust protective electrophoretic deposition coating to withstand corrosion. The ground spine of the blade is designed for starting a fire with a fire starter. Jaur I'm pretty sure he was joking but thanks for the additional video. I couldn't find any in English when I went looking.
Ever since Hultafors started making knives, we have strived to offer unique solutions to match specific needs in various crafts. Bushcraft is no exception. When discovering that our craftsmen’s knives had become favorites with the outdoor crowd as well – we got inspired to develop knives especially suited to their needs. The result is a range of knives dedicated to bushcraft and outdoor life. Outdoor Knife OK1 - For tough tasks in the field
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The GK has not gone really blunt on me yet, btw, nor has it suffered damage from things like unfortunately hitting an embedded nail in a former fence pole log I was debarking.
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