Hultafors 380270"Ok4" Outdoor Knife - Green/Black,Alloy Steel

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There are three series of knives from Hultafors that are of interest to someone doing bushcrafty stuff. The lightest and thinnest one is the Craftsman, the typical competition to the Mora Clipper or Companion. It has a slim and fairly thin blade that is very useful for carving and finer work - and it’s still made of SK5 tool steel. The basic Craftsman with a hard plastic handle goes for about 5 euros, the ‘luxury’ HVK-GH version with a grooved rubberized handle costs about 7 euros. It is a little short on the blade when compared to a lot of the knives favoured by members here but I rarely use anything more then 3-4" The OK4 is a partial tang knife meaning that the blade steel only goes about two thirds of the way through the handle. As we describe in our Survival Knife Guide, this is not as strong as a full tang design, but here it is substantially longer than most partial tang knives. The knife did not fail in our testing, even with aggressive batoning. The short blade only spans small two or three inch limbs, but the OK4 split kindling with ease. The only damage the OK4 took was to the coating on the 90 degree spine, where the impact of the baton chipped the finish off. Though to be fair with that coating removed the OK4 scraped sparks from the Hultafors Fire Steel FS much better than when fully coated, so I can’t complain.

For the above grab-and-go tasks I used my Mora HD (with a seriously reprofiled convex grind) for years. I now use the Hultafors GK instead. It does everything I used the Mora HD for, but does most of them them better.Oproti jiným křesadlům se jedná o tlustý a dlouhý kus oceli, který dlouho vydrží. (po odříznutí poutka použijete i druhou stranu) Broušený hřbet čepele můžete využít při rozdělávání ohně s pomocí křesadla a na čepeli vygravírované měřítko můžete zase využít při orientačním měření vzdáleností na mapě. Ever since Hultafors started making knives, we have strived to offer unique solutions to match specific needs in various crafts. Bushcraft is no exception. When discovering that our craftsmen’s knives had become favorites with the outdoor crowd as well – we got inspired to develop knives especially suited to their needs. The result is a range of knives dedicated to bushcraft and outdoor life. Outdoor Knife OK1 - For tough tasks in the field

Hultafors has its knives made in Taiwan, using Japanese steel. The GK is made of SK5. It’s a good, tough, midrange high-carbon tool steel that one also finds in for instance the Cold Steel SRK; 1080 with whiffs of alloying elements sprinkled in. It can of course rust, just a tad slower than a non-alloyed carbon steel like 1095. Clean and dry the blade at the end of a work session, wipe it with a cloth stiff with old linseed oil and you’ll have no rust problem. I assume it will get a patina over time but have not seen it yet. It is not highly polished, more brushed and that fits the rough function of the blade fine.The GK has not gone really blunt on me yet, btw, nor has it suffered damage from things like unfortunately hitting an embedded nail in a former fence pole log I was debarking.

The handle is fitted with a Santoprene friction grip for extra control. The cutting edge has a scandi grind for long-lasting sharpness and is easy to re-sharpen if needed. The grinded spine of the blade is designed for starting a fire with a fire starter.To withstand rust and corrosion the blade has a protective electrophoretic deposition coating (EPD), as well as an engraved scale. The grinded spine of the blade is designed for starting a fire with a fire starter. I'm really impressed with the feel and quality of this knife. Feels great in the hand and cuts well. For the price it's an absolute bargain. Comes with a nice stealth and belt loop.