Are those available in N. America yet?

[al888]

Cause they are already selling overseas

[Mr Blonde]

Where did you see them being sold? In case you didn't know, the pic you are showing is from a show, they're prototypes.

Wouter

[JspyEDC]

Those are some big-ass fixed blades......

I can't wait to eat a big T-Bone when my Forrester arrives!!

[Thalestin]

those blades look very similar to the blades on the benchmade skirmish--which i like=)

[TazKristi]

None of the Hossom Collaborations have started shipping yet, so they shouldn't be selling/shipping anywhere.

Kristi

[peacefuljeffrey]

I like the way they look, BUT, I HATE RECURVE, and I would not consider buying one of those unless it was offered with a non-recurve blade. Ugh! :(

[clovisc]

i'm curious -- what are the pros and cons of recurve?

never used a recurved blade myself... except for the meerkat... and a few cutting tests with a matriarch... but then, that's a whole different kind of recurve...!

[Th232]

i'm curious -- what are the pros and cons of recurve?

never used a recurved blade myself... except for the meerkat... and a few cutting tests with a matriarch... but then, that's a whole different kind of recurve...!

I'm guessing you're interested in both recurves and reverse-S blades, so...

The way I see it, a recurve allows for a hawkbill type area, so that you can hold whatever material you happen to be cutting, while the belly area allows for normal slicing and chopping. That said, it can be harder to grind/sharpen than other blade types. Oh, and unlike hawkbills, they have a point which you can thrust with (duh!).

As for reverse-S blades, that's not really my area, unfortunately:o .

[Firefighter880]

Personally, I like the recurve on this type of knife. Thats a plus for me.

I don't always like recurves, but for a heavy-duty outdoors knife, I think it helps.

:spyder:

[jaislandboy]

Take for example the Reverse-S blades of the Cricket or Dodo.....the recurve helps improve cutting efficiency IMO, esp. with drawing/pulling cuts Or with chopping stuff like with a Khukuri or one of those big Hossum fixed blades.....if the cut is begun near the tang of the blade then when u pull the "big belly" through the material....not only is there more "cutting edge length" but the different shearing force (vectors?:eek: ) presented to the material being separated...allows for superior "particle separation"......:rolleyes:.....something like the explanation for why the Spyderedge is a superior slicer if it doesn't get hung up on the material....
I guess the weight distribution of a Khukuri is also blade heavy....biased towards the belly / tip of the blade, enhancing chopping power as well...
I guess the Gurkhas knew what they were doing when they used Khukuris to behead their adversaries....:rolleyes:
Those Hossum's look like they'd chop real well, the design of the butt of the handle looks suited for chopping...

[kbuzbee]

None of the Hossom Collaborations have started shipping yet, so they shouldn't be selling/shipping anywhere.

Kristi

Thanks Kristi, last we heard was Feb. Does that still seem to be right??

Thanks!

Ken

[Jenner 515]

They had them on display at the SFO today...I guess they were for sale.??

[kbuzbee]

They had them on display at the SFO today...I guess they were for sale.??

And you didn't buy them???????

Ken

[Dannyvi]

Looks like my Kershaw outcast!

[*Cho*]

the 2 smaller ones remind me of the Kershaw Outcast but with nicer handles. They look cool.

[Jenner 515]

And you didn't buy them???????

Ken

Well,

I didn't have an extra grand on me at the time...which is what all of the Hossom's and the Perrin Street Beat I was looking at would have probably totaled up to.

[peacefuljeffrey]

Post #10's explanation of the pros of recurve was pretty good and thorough.
I won't dispute those points.

My principal objection to recurve is about having to sharpen it.
Just like I don't appreciate knives I cannot disassemble to service (even if it's just being able to take the handle scales off a fixed-blade knife because they're pinned), I don't like a knife I can't effectively and efficiently sharpen.

Give a blade recurve, and a large, flat slab of a stone is not able to sharpen the inner curve. Think about it: when you try to lie the blade's edge against the flat of a stone, you're dealing with an arch that you cannot get the inside of the stone to reach! You have to use more of a rod, or a stone that does not lie flat on the table. Even if you set up a Sharpmaker to sharpen such a knife, you will have to use the corners of the stones and won't really be able to use the flats on that inner curve.

I have had a Sharpmaker for years and years, but I stopped using it pretty long ago when I got good enough at sharpening freehand on a Spyderco ProFile, and then a Spyderco Ceramic Bench Stone. The ProFile can do recurve (fortunately) but the bench stone cannot.