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Comment by Billy Oneale on September 13, 2012 at 22:22

Toby, I always get one of Atlanta Cutlery's catalogs and wondered how good the Windlass products are. I have thought about getting one of their Kukri's. Your review helps me get more of a feel for their products. That's a nice replica. 

Comment by Tobias Gibson on September 13, 2012 at 10:54

Atlanta Cutlery's (Windlass Steelcrafts's) V-42 replica. 

The dimensions are correct and it is actually pretty decent.  I'm actually liking it more, the more I play with it.  At first I thought the skull crusher cap was a just  thin aluminum cap.  I started by whacking it into cardboard and stopped once I put a dent into a 2x4.  Much tougher than it looks.  The blade is sharper near the tip than by the cross guard.  The blade seems pretty good.  They say it is blued 1095 Carbon Steel. It easily punctures heavy cardboard and foam core and other materials.  Very pointy.  The thumb print on the ricasso could be better.  It has no markings whatsoever other than the thumb print. (Its made in India, however)

(The pictures don't  do the leather handle justice.  It looks like plastic but is pretty decent leather. It actually looks better in person.)

The sheath is okay.  The leather isn't what I'd consider "top grain" but it is better than that used on most other globals and many American made knives The real issue is the brads along the side are decorative and not functional.  Bummer.

Knife goes for about $50.  That's cheaper than the CAS Hanwei. I'm not sure if it as good as the CAS Hanwei or not.  I've read many good and bad reviews on that replica.  I will say, I think it is leaps and bounds ahead of the Colt and/or the United Cutlery copies.  I'm happy I spent the extra $15-20 on this knife rather than settling on either of the Colt or United versions. 

Windlass Steelcrafts makes the kukri for the British Army Ghurkas and also makes authentic  blades as movie props for Hollywood

Prepping for the Zombie Apocalypse.

KnifeMaker Comment by Blazing Blade on September 13, 2012 at 9:56

Robert Burris I understood...And also have ask Steven about it..

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on September 11, 2012 at 13:56

Those are nice knives, Blazing Blade. I think there's a rule against advertising but there is section and place on here to put up knife you may want to sell. Talk to Steve "Hog" Hanner about the right way to go about it. Please understand, I am just trying to help you.

KnifeMaker Comment by Blazing Blade on September 11, 2012 at 13:32

Yes Dear Thompson these knives are from Pakistan...

Comment by Smiling-Knife on September 11, 2012 at 11:12

Thanks for comparing the two knives Toby. I like the pattern.

Comment by Clint Thompson on September 11, 2012 at 9:25

Toby...

Nice collection. Are the Blazing Blade pictured from Pakistan?

Comment by Billy Oneale on September 10, 2012 at 23:17

Nice knife, Toby. 

Comment by Tobias Gibson on September 9, 2012 at 20:53

I got my Frost made BSA 100 anniversary "fountain" knife.  Its pretty nice.    I like it more than the H&R 165 Anniversary bartender knife.

Knife with Case.  The case is a silver finish plastic clam box.  I'm not sure how the stenciling will hold up.

The foam padding is about the same as you see in most other imports that come with "collectors" tins.

The knives are built on the same old fashioned stanhope frame. But the small  blade bumps out more on the H&R.

Upon opening, you see the H&R has a traditional label cutter blade.  However the BSA knife has a combination blade that acts as can opener and bottle opener

The spear master and pen blades are also reversed on the two knives. The H&R has the Spear master in the back, the BSA in the front.

I really like the can opener on the knife.  I'm not sure if this is really a feature of "soda fountain" knives or if this was just a name change to make it acceptable to sell a bartender for Boy Scouts.  I'll need to look into that.

Comment by Jan Carter on September 8, 2012 at 18:28

Tobias,

That does look like a workaholic machete.  The stone must be made for something else though LOL!

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