The Don

Hi Kyley here are a few pics of your Pen Knife next to my Don knife! I hope imitation is the best form of flattery because I wanted to make something like yours...

I made this in the Sugarcreekforge build along and was very happy with it. For those of you who do not know of the sugarcreekforge build along it was a youtube event where we all learned how to make our first knife out of files and hand tools. My knife was made out of 1095 and Kyley's is made out of O1 tool steel with a more sophisticated heat treat to 60-61RC and cry treated.

About me...I am Don...a legend in my own time...I used to have a you tube channel but had to take it down because I started a new job and did not want people to know I am a knife crazy awesome guy. So I had to keep that part of my life quite since I live in a sheepish society in the State of New Jersey! I really like my CKC knives...I really like knives and I even like se my CKC knives a lot in the kitchen. My CKC pen knife is my primary garlic cutter. My CKC streamline is my traveling kitchen knife when I go anywhere. 

I will do more knife related pics with the streamline cooking or doing stuff to trees. Stay tuned YouTube

~Don from NJ

Pennfootball71

Hi Kyley

Just wanted to tell you that I brought the 1.0b off-shore fishing today and it was a good trip. It was used for cutting up bait and off course eventually cleaning, gutting, and cutting up the catch.

This knife was used to cut through the sting ray, gut the snapper and barramundi, de-scale the fishes as well as fillet the catfish.

After that, I tested it on paper and it was still very sharp with 2 small micro-chips.

It was fairly hostile environment, as it was exposed to salt water and hot sun for 8-9 hours.

It was very fun using this knife and would just like to tell you that.

Cheers,
Mikesoonster (youtube)

cKc 2.2 D2 Knife Hunting and Fishing

Mike in NZ Acquired a 2.2 model outdoor knife in D2 from the first run of the knives. I'd sold them all but agreed to let him have my personal one i made for myself.

The 2.2 is really a good knife. The design's beautiful ( everyone who sees it wants to pick it up and is drawn to it) and the D2 holds a good edge and the stain resistance is good for me because I'm nearly always in the wet or getting the knives bloody and it's hard to clean and keep them oiled in the bush. I've attached a picture of the 2.2 butchering a deer last week. 

 The 2nd photo is of a fish caught, then butchered and cooked using the 2.2

cKc Fusion Chef Knife Chops!

Kyley- really like the 5" fusion
-does it all
- wanted to see what I could do in 30 minutes
-29 Minutes from starting with veggies in bag from grocery store,including washing and getting out plastic bowls and taking photo...
4 bell peppers,3 cucumbers,3 zucchini,2 red onions, 10 radishes, 5 jalapeños, 1 portobello mushroom, 3 thai eggplants
- oh yeah, and one fusion!

Scott Frantz - Washington

Forrester 3XL Owner Feedback

View Original Video by DBear723
Final Score: Forrester XXXL - 1, Oak Tree - 0

Once I held this knife in my hand I was filled with ambition as this was the largest knife I had ever seen, let alone owned. The balance and the heft made me feel like I was holding the knife world's answer to the ax, so I decided to see if I could cut down a tree. But not some small tree that I could probably push over with my hand, I went after a nice sized Oak tree that needed to come down. With about 30 minutes of actual chopping, probably 45 minutes of total time including rest breaks, and I had taken the tree down. The diameter of the trunk where I cut was 10.5 inches.

My overall impression of the knife is that it has superb balance and incredible cutting performance. The handle was a pleasant surprise, the appearance of the thin micarta slabs sandwiching the thick stock looked like it might be uncomfortable, however, the handle was so well shaped that the grip was comfortable throughout the chopping process. The blade design is incredibly forgiving, even when my strokes were not delivered at the proper angle, there was minimal shock transmission and the knife still cut. The edge retention is out of this world, after cutting down an Oak tree I wiped off the sap and was able to cleanly slice paper without and hone-work or stropping.

I grade this knife 10/10.