00:00 - START 00:17 - PHOTO-SHOW 01:56 - WRITTEN SPECS. 02:19 - INTRO TALK 08:41 - GOING OVER THE SPECS + DESIGN 16:24 - THE SHEATH 19:34 - OVERVIEW OF THE FIVE NEW AURORA III's (no commentary) 25:32 - OVERVIEW OF THE FOUR OLD AURORA III's (no commentary) 30:39 - SHARPNESS TEST OF THE FIVE NEW AURORA III's (no commentary) 32:52 - SHARPNESS TEST OF THE OLD AURORA III's (no commentary) 34:19 - CUTTING A TOMATO (no commentary) 37:17 - CUTTING MINI TOMATOS (no commentary) 38:50 - CUTTING A CUCUMBER (no commentary) 41:05 - CUTTING A SNACK PAPRIKA (no commentary) 42:16 - FEATHERSTICKING (no commentary) 45:12 - ADDITIONAL FEATHERSTICKING (no commentary) 47:13 - MAKING A POINTY TIP (no commentary) 50:32 - CARVING & NOTCHING (no commentary) 57:56 - BATONING (no commentary) 1:01:31 - FINAL THOUGHTS & CONCLUSIONS 1:12:43 - OUTRO 1:12:50 - END SCREEN
Excellent!! I absolutely love mine. They’re super versatile and I personally love the look of them. Would love to see an old school PG10 limb chopping as you mentioned. Cheers!
Thank you, Jack! I just love the look and the feel of the Aurora III. I'm 100% certain that there'll be a lot of negative comments on this video, stating that this is just a "thick kitchen knife", "glorified kitchen knife", useless design, generic look etc., but for those of us that own the knife, or that have gotten the chance to mess around a little with it, we know it's more than what meets the eye. I think this video would have benefitted from some more hard use, since most of the things done here could be done with, let's say, the Aurora II (super light knife). But that being said, it's nice to see a large knife being capable of such fine precision work as well - while still being a monster in the woods. Finally, this knife could do slme serious work as a pig sticker. Just sayin'. 😎💪
Thanks for another excellent video, your earlier video on this model got me interested in this design and I bought two of them from the recent drop, one in Hackberry and one in Rams horn. Both beautiful knives.
Beautiful set of knives, Fredrik. Quite versatile and impressively sharp, too. Your description of "field kitchen camp knife" is perfect. Thanks for showing us those wonderful knives. My favorite is the one at 24:17 What is that handle material? Some type of epoxied maple burl?
Thank you, Rick! Despite being a semi-large and heavy knife, one sure can do some fine, detailed precision work with it. You'll ofc fatigue a lot faster than if you were using a smaller knife, though. About the scales of the knife you mentioned: There're some epoxy-fillings of sort, dark areas, but the light blue/turquoise is not a resin, but in fact some sort of dye. I'm not really sure how the scales were made. All I know is that I like them a lot. 😎💪
I did mention that issue in the video, and I also referred to both DBK and Sharp Ends. I guess most of the knvies in this batch have the "belly issue", but some have it to a (much) less degree (when I look at mine) than others . I also did compare these new ones to my 1st Production Run Aurora III's as well, which are also shown in the video, and they don't have the same issue. I'll say, though, that this is not a dealbreaker in any way for me, personally. And it's the one issue that I've noticed, when I've inspected all of my knives. With that being said, would I have loved the knives to be perfect in every way and aspect? Of course!
00:00 - START
00:17 - PHOTO-SHOW
01:56 - WRITTEN SPECS.
02:19 - INTRO TALK
08:41 - GOING OVER THE SPECS + DESIGN
16:24 - THE SHEATH
19:34 - OVERVIEW OF THE FIVE NEW AURORA III's (no commentary)
25:32 - OVERVIEW OF THE FOUR OLD AURORA III's (no commentary)
30:39 - SHARPNESS TEST OF THE FIVE NEW AURORA III's (no commentary)
32:52 - SHARPNESS TEST OF THE OLD AURORA III's (no commentary)
34:19 - CUTTING A TOMATO (no commentary)
37:17 - CUTTING MINI TOMATOS (no commentary)
38:50 - CUTTING A CUCUMBER (no commentary)
41:05 - CUTTING A SNACK PAPRIKA (no commentary)
42:16 - FEATHERSTICKING (no commentary)
45:12 - ADDITIONAL FEATHERSTICKING (no commentary)
47:13 - MAKING A POINTY TIP (no commentary)
50:32 - CARVING & NOTCHING (no commentary)
57:56 - BATONING (no commentary)
1:01:31 - FINAL THOUGHTS & CONCLUSIONS
1:12:43 - OUTRO
1:12:50 - END SCREEN
Bellissimo!!
Excellent!! I absolutely love mine. They’re super versatile and I personally love the look of them. Would love to see an old school PG10 limb chopping as you mentioned. Cheers!
Thank you, Jack! I just love the look and the feel of the Aurora III. I'm 100% certain that there'll be a lot of negative comments on this video, stating that this is just a "thick kitchen knife", "glorified kitchen knife", useless design, generic look etc., but for those of us that own the knife, or that have gotten the chance to mess around a little with it, we know it's more than what meets the eye.
I think this video would have benefitted from some more hard use, since most of the things done here could be done with, let's say, the Aurora II (super light knife). But that being said, it's nice to see a large knife being capable of such fine precision work as well - while still being a monster in the woods.
Finally, this knife could do slme serious work as a pig sticker. Just sayin'. 😎💪
Thanks for another excellent video, your earlier video on this model got me interested in this design and I bought two of them from the recent drop, one in Hackberry and one in Rams horn. Both beautiful knives.
@@Dandenongkelly - Thank you! It sounds like you picked two beauties up for sure! Enjoy them to the fullest! 💪
Beautiful set of knives, Fredrik. Quite versatile and impressively sharp, too. Your description of "field kitchen camp knife" is perfect. Thanks for showing us those wonderful knives.
My favorite is the one at 24:17 What is that handle material? Some type of epoxied maple burl?
Thank you, Rick! Despite being a semi-large and heavy knife, one sure can do some fine, detailed precision work with it. You'll ofc fatigue a lot faster than if you were using a smaller knife, though.
About the scales of the knife you mentioned: There're some epoxy-fillings of sort, dark areas, but the light blue/turquoise is not a resin, but in fact some sort of dye. I'm not really sure how the scales were made. All I know is that I like them a lot. 😎💪
@@PinkG10 I'll share with my knife buddies. 🙂
looks like a "survival kitchen knife".
@@svartaska - A actually like that term a lot! SKK - Survival Kitchen Knife! 😎💪
Yours also has the belly issue DBK talked about. I start to think that all of them have it. Kinda disappointing.
I did mention that issue in the video, and I also referred to both DBK and Sharp Ends. I guess most of the knvies in this batch have the "belly issue", but some have it to a (much) less degree (when I look at mine) than others . I also did compare these new ones to my 1st Production Run Aurora III's as well, which are also shown in the video, and they don't have the same issue. I'll say, though, that this is not a dealbreaker in any way for me, personally. And it's the one issue that I've noticed, when I've inspected all of my knives. With that being said, would I have loved the knives to be perfect in every way and aspect? Of course!