Woohoo, Victorinox new soldier

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Nice one

[sardauker]

Well, problem solved.  A week ago I had a hard time deciding which one to get and thinking there is no way I'd get both, but here I am, keeping the soldier NIB and going to EDC the OHT.

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[Benner]

 

 

[jzmtl]

Yeah yeah yeah, I need more self control. 

[BIG-TARGET]

FYI, there was a mini-review article on page 19 of Nat. Geo. Adventure.  It gave the new Soldier high praise!!

[Mr. Whippy]

Well, problem solved.  A week ago I had a hard time deciding which one to get and thinking there is no way I'd get both, but here I am, keeping the soldier NIB and going to EDC the OHT.

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Looks like a microbiology research article there. 

[jzmtl]

Looks like a microbiology research article there. 

Haha, good eye, didn't think anybody would notice. It's a paper on Genbank that I printed out a while ago, since it's on my desk so just grabbed it for background.

[jzmtl]

Used it to cut down a tree yesterday, the saw go through green wood nicely, but get clogged too. The hump on blade does affect ergonomic while using saw.

Tried to sharpen the OHT, grind is not nearly as acute as the blade on spirit. None of the preset sharpmaker slot will work so I had to do it freehand. Steel is really soft, I've already created burr in time that won't even scratch super steels with the white rod. I can't seem to get it as sharp as my other knives, not sure what's going on  here.

[islander]

If i may jump in on this conversation, I ordered mine two weeks ago, got in the mail last week, now its in my brothers hands. Why? didn't like the blade. It's cut for right handed use, i'm a lefty. Every thing else is great. I liked the thumb hole for opening, the saw is really neat, every thing else is really good. I'm just not comfortable with blades that way. Why they cut it that way Who knows. its frustrating. Now to look for something else to play with.

[jzmtl]

Well does it actually affect the cutting performance? I bet it's all in your head. Most serrated blades are cut the way you want but rightys has no problem with them.

[Mr. Whippy]

Well does it actually affect the cutting performance? I bet it's all in your head. Most serrated blades are cut the way you want but rightys has no problem with them.

Big difference. When you cut with the grind down/toward you, the cutting process is fairly imprecise.  It's the same complaint I had about the CRKT MAK-1.

[islander]

Thanks Mr. Whippy and your right. Also, it was hammered into the thick skull long time ago, never never, ever cut towards the body, always away. with grind on that side, it is more difficult to control.

[django.cj]

Used it to cut down a tree yesterday, the saw go through green wood nicely, but get clogged too. The hump on blade does affect ergonomic while using saw.

Tried to sharpen the OHT, grind is not nearly as acute as the blade on spirit. None of the preset sharpmaker slot will work so I had to do it freehand. Steel is really soft, I've already created burr in time that won't even scratch super steels with the white rod. I can't seem to get it as sharp as my other knives, not sure what's going on  here.

I'm surprised you're having difficulty. Using the sharpmaker's white rod corrner on the 40 degree setting gets me a wicked razor edge.

[jzmtl]

Used it to cut down a tree yesterday, the saw go through green wood nicely, but get clogged too. The hump on blade does affect ergonomic while using saw.

Tried to sharpen the OHT, grind is not nearly as acute as the blade on spirit. None of the preset sharpmaker slot will work so I had to do it freehand. Steel is really soft, I've already created burr in time that won't even scratch super steels with the white rod. I can't seem to get it as sharp as my other knives, not sure what's going on  here.

I'm surprised you're having difficulty. Using the sharpmaker's white rod corrner on the 40 degree setting gets me a wicked razor edge.

40° setting is only 20° per side, and it's not enough to hit the edge unfortunately.