Notice Immler's comment that these are bushcraft knives, as opposed to survival knives. As I've mentioned before, any knife can be used for survival purposes to some degree, but a survival knife is a knife which is designed to withstand tasks and stresses for which knives are not intended. Nevertheless, the 3.2mm blade thickness and a full tang mean that these knives are not delicate.
The additional tools- the sharpening stone, ferro rod, tweezers and a 20mm drill honor the tradition of the Swiss Army Knife.
The hex head in the pommel is a great idea and you are not limited to just the one tool included for use in this socket, but you would need long-shank tools. It looks like smaller hex bits would not work.
Pair up this knife with a hatchet and a saw and you'd be all set for the woods.
I saw that today. It looks like have a L & S model. I'm liking the 4" L model. They do make some very nice knives.
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Posts: 726 | Location: Wyoming | Registered: September 30, 2012
Here we go again down the rabbit hole. Having seen the guy’s videos of him making things with the regular Swiss Army knife, I’m expecting him to make a row boat and oars with this knife.
Posts: 12018 | Location: SWFL | Registered: October 10, 2007
Reading the thread title, I imagined something like the Mora Lok. Looking at the thumbnail made me think “that is the most Swiss-army fixed blade knife ever.”
Posts: 10081 | Location: Woodinville, WA | Registered: March 30, 2004
I just saw that a good friend of mine has one for sale on BladeForums. Not sure if it's a good deal but Gary is known for his excellent tweaks to knives.
Originally posted by djpaintles: Looks like both have the std version. I think I’m going to hold out for the Pro version with tweezers and fire steel in the sheath……
Thanks for the links!
Knife Center is now showing that they have all three colors of the Standard Venture in stock, and the fire steel. The Pro, and the Pro kit are still pre-order, delayed by manufacturer, etc. Might get a Pro myself a bit later.
Posts: 3484 | Location: Fairfax Co. VA | Registered: August 03, 2015
Showing my utter ignorance once again. You watch something like "Forged in Fire" and see the work it takes to produce a quality blade, from actual forging of the steel to shaping it and creating the finished product. How do high output manufacturers streamline this process and produce identical blades time after time? Is a rough product made and hand finished or what?
**edit** Watched some You Tubes, laser cutting!This message has been edited. Last edited by: Ripley,
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Posts: 8664 | Location: Flown-over country | Registered: December 25, 2008
It's not my kind of knife, but, if they can't be readily found, I can vouch for the guy on Blade Forums, Gary Graley, as a friend and as a VERY honest guy in his dealings. I've done lots of deals with him and had him do a number of things to my knives to tweek them to my liking.
He makes a swivel for the sheath so that the knife can swivel forward or backward when one sits.
Bob
Posts: 1711 | Location: TampaBay | Registered: May 22, 2009
Spotted this the other day at Knife Center (I was looking for Swiss Army knife replacement toothpicks, seriously); the Venture Pro fixed blade in black and pro kits are in stock.
First with your Gerber knife in the truck and now this one… At least they have a reasonable MSRP on them.
