This is my review of the cKc Pathfinder prototype that was made by Kyley in New Zealand. I had this fantastic blade for a couple of weeks now and it's never stopped to uprise me. I went to the park and chopped some wood, did a quite fun cutting test (see other vid) and mostly played around swurving it above my head like a Roman sword :). The balance is great, the steel choice is adequate for the use intended and the grind is unbelievable. It's a heavy convex "scandi" rind that allows the blade to cut through almost everything with a lot of authority. The protorypes were all made by hand (stock removal) and come with Kwila handles and home made mosaic pins. There is a sand blasted finish on the blades that gives a very nice look and protects it a bit better against minor corosion. The LE versions are water cut but still hand-ground. Part of the privilege of owning a prototype is also conntributing to the end design by providing feedback to the knife maker. The only remark I made to Kyley was that after repeated use chopping wood my hands were starting to fatigue and I was struggling to keep hold of the knife. Turned out that the handles were a little bit on the large side. Kyley's hand are quite big and mine quite small and we came to the conclusion that the LE version might have to be trimmed down slightly to accomodate most users. As a result Kyley went back to the drawing board and made the necessary modifications. I cannot recommed this knife enough to you guys. I think it was a sprint run of 6 numbered and Limited Editions available and 4 are already gone. You might want to hurry if you want to put your mits on one of the remaining two.
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Salut MFL.. et merci pour cette nouvelle découverte. Moi qui suis adepte du fonctionnalisme (en architecture comme dans le design au sens large) j'apprécie tout particulièrement quand la fonction prime sur la forme, lui donnant justement cet esthétique intemporelle. Question : le manche, hormis son épaisseur n'est il pas un peu court? ou du moins ne manque t il pas un appui sur l'arrière??
74Leman 1 year ago
@74Leman Pareil, j'ai qq couteaux qui sont bien finis et pas mal mais pas exceptionnels en termes de fonctionalité et/ou durabilité. Les cKc c'est du bien concu pour durer longtemps en restant efficace. Manche pas court pour moi du tout, meme sur mon ami avec ses grosses paluches il ne semble pas trop court. Je ne suis pas sur de comprendre ce que tu veux dire par appui sur l'arriere par contre.
MonsieurFromLondon 1 year ago
A enfin voila la bete!effectivement il est enorme ce "couteau" je pense qu'il a ete fait pour etre utiliser en boucherie nen??tu n'etait pas un peu barbare dans une autre vie?:-)
RASEMOTS 1 year ago
@RASEMOTS Je ne sais pas trop, lol. C'est clairement la plus grosse peice dans ma collection ... pour l'instant ;)
MonsieurFromLondon 1 year ago
c'est fou le RC-6 est minuscule a coté lol! avec sa dans la jungle a mon avis on est au top! excellente revue MFL.
Amberjack2b 1 year ago
@Amberjack2b Merci Amber, tu as raison c'est une belle bete, il serait bien dans la jungle, meme si je pense qu'une machette serait sans doute encore mieux :)
MonsieurFromLondon 1 year ago