BTW, sorry all for the slightly overexposed picture quality in this video. Still dialing in some of my settings for outdoors stuff as opposed to studio recording.
Aaaaaawsome vildeo. I too was under the illusion of the "its gotta have a scandi grind". I thought i would get a saber ground knife one time. I used it hard in the same way you are describing using the 143. It worked awesome. I started doing bushcraft things with it. I loved the weight, strength versatility of it. I totally quit using my scandi blades. Ive done a whole lot less sharpening and worrying about the delicate edge. Its been so freeing. Ive never bought another scandi edge anything since then. I dont miss them at all. Agian great video. Thanks for being honest and good luck. You have just earned another fan/subsriber!
@@4673962 That's reassuring to hear others have had a similar knife journey, so to speak. Thanks for the kind words, and for the sub. Hope to see you around again in another video!
I agree that the 143 is a great knife. Eafengrow makes some surprisingly good knives for the money. Some of their handle and blade designs can be a bit different, but there are some more conventional ones as well. I have 3 myself. The ef 131 is more along the size of the flissa 9. The 143 of course. The newest is the ef 148 which is more along the lines of the 143 but even bigger, very much like a Junglas 2. I did take off the teklok and added an aftermarket dangler to the bigger knives to make the carry much easier. Otherwise no complaints about any of them.
Good recommendation on the dangler. I'd not ever used one myself until recently when checking out the Joker Campero, and liked it more than I thought I would. I'd bet that would be helpful for a knife as big as this one also to sit it lower. Thanks for the feedback!
I tested my flissa to open a can of tuna. It rolled the edge. I was able to hone the damage out of the blade. I feel that the flissa d2 need to be hardened more.
@@martywatkins1398 Cool. I did cover that a little in this video: th-cam.com/video/WU69vkg-hxI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2zx8f-Ka_cV11KXj But can definitely plan out a more dedicated sharpening video.
BTW, sorry all for the slightly overexposed picture quality in this video. Still dialing in some of my settings for outdoors stuff as opposed to studio recording.
Aaaaaawsome vildeo. I too was under the illusion of the "its gotta have a scandi grind". I thought i would get a saber ground knife one time. I used it hard in the same way you are describing using the 143. It worked awesome. I started doing bushcraft things with it. I loved the weight, strength versatility of it. I totally quit using my scandi blades. Ive done a whole lot less sharpening and worrying about the delicate edge. Its been so freeing. Ive never bought another scandi edge anything since then. I dont miss them at all. Agian great video. Thanks for being honest and good luck. You have just earned another fan/subsriber!
@@4673962 That's reassuring to hear others have had a similar knife journey, so to speak. Thanks for the kind words, and for the sub. Hope to see you around again in another video!
I recently purchased the 143. I haven't put it through a lot so far. I appreciate this video. It's making me feel better about my purchase.
I agree that the 143 is a great knife. Eafengrow makes some surprisingly good knives for the money. Some of their handle and blade designs can be a bit different, but there are some more conventional ones as well. I have 3 myself. The ef 131 is more along the size of the flissa 9. The 143 of course. The newest is the ef 148 which is more along the lines of the 143 but even bigger, very much like a Junglas 2. I did take off the teklok and added an aftermarket dangler to the bigger knives to make the carry much easier. Otherwise no complaints about any of them.
Good recommendation on the dangler. I'd not ever used one myself until recently when checking out the Joker Campero, and liked it more than I thought I would. I'd bet that would be helpful for a knife as big as this one also to sit it lower. Thanks for the feedback!
Where did you get the aftermarket dangler?
@ off-grid knives sells them on Amazon for $17
I tested my flissa to open a can of tuna. It rolled the edge. I was able to hone the damage out of the blade. I feel that the flissa d2 need to be hardened more.
same i have the flissa and its edge is easily chipped, the eafengrow is very tough
How about doing a video on knife sharpening
@@martywatkins1398 Cool. I did cover that a little in this video: th-cam.com/video/WU69vkg-hxI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2zx8f-Ka_cV11KXj
But can definitely plan out a more dedicated sharpening video.