Panacea X Firefly Fowler Mini Fixed Blade

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£109.95

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One knife to doit all

Posted by Alec on 18th Jul 2023

After 30 years of wood-craft, military service and extended extreme wilderness travel 9including a number of 'unfortunate' experiences), I have gradually been using smaller and smaller knives (as experience, skill and reality have gradually replaced wishful-thinking and, let's be honest, posing/bragging-rights) , but this is ridiculous. Considerably smaller and lighter than I expected, such that you can (literally) forget you are wearing it. Yet, even as someone with size 11 hands, it is as easy, comfortable and capable as any knife I own. From carving to shelter/hide/etc-building it's performed flawlessly. Excellent quality, material and manufacture, to the extent I could not find a single fault in blade or sheaths on delivery (note I replaced the paracord with a break-loose cord). Blade geometry is perfect, easy to sharpen, and the sheath holds positively yet offers easy one-handed withdrawal. Just like the small paring blade is the most used knife in a kitchen (because it does the job easier/better), with only the rare specialist task needing anything else, 'this' is possibly the only blade you will need 99% of the time, and it's tiny. After a couple of weeks (daily, constant) use I now no longer even consider adding a larger blade (to my edc SAK or multitooll) when heading out into the woods. This (and a Rogan RPT, because, as someone who views those who batten with their primary survival tool as idiots who've never been in a real survival situation, I 'like' the impossibility of using this to do so) are all I now carry. If I 'knew' I was going to be in a survival situation I'd like something bigger, but that's the whole point, and this is unobtrusive, easy to carry and ultimately quite capable enough - and crucially you'll probably have it with you ...when'. If that's not a recommendation, i don't know what is.

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One knife to doit all

Posted by Alec on 18th Jul 2023

After 30 years of wood-craft, military service and extended extreme wilderness travel 9including a number of 'unfortunate' experiences), I have gradually been using smaller and smaller knives (as experience, skill and reality have gradually replaced wishful-thinking and, let's be honest, posing/bragging-rights) , but this is ridiculous. Considerably smaller and lighter than I expected, such that you can (literally) forget you are wearing it. Yet, even as someone with size 11 hands, it is as easy, comfortable and capable as any knife I own. From carving to shelter/hide/etc-building it's performed flawlessly. Excellent quality, material and manufacture, to the extent I could not find a single fault in blade or sheaths on delivery (note I replaced the paracord with a break-loose cord). Blade geometry is perfect, easy to sharpen, and the sheath holds positively yet offers easy one-handed withdrawal. Just like the small paring blade is the most used knife in a kitchen (because it does the job easier/better), with only the rare specialist task needing anything else, 'this' is possibly the only blade you will need 99% of the time, and it's tiny. After a couple of weeks (daily, constant) use I now no longer even consider adding a larger blade (to my edc SAK or multitooll) when heading out into the woods. This (and a Rogan RPT, because, as someone who views those who batten with their primary survival tool as idiots who've never been in a real survival situation, I 'like' the impossibility of using this to do so) are all I now carry. If I 'knew' I was going to be in a survival situation I'd like something bigger, but that's the whole point, and this is unobtrusive, easy to carry and ultimately quite capable enough - and crucially you'll probably have it with you ...when'. If that's not a recommendation, i don't know what is.