Terävä jääkäripuukko review
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I do miss the thumb extension for unsheathing the knife that is on the Skrama sheath, though. Why is the newer SRK not as good as the original Carbon V?"
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Plainly speaking, the newer SRK in SK5 is just not as robust as the original Carbon V or as easy to sharpen.
Performance-wise it competes quite well with both, but is a fair bit cheaper than both.
Again, like the Skrama, it has a double bevel grind, meaning it has a small, second bevel close to the edge. I don’t really use it though as the knife is quite secure as it is. Apart from the brute Hukari nothing like this was available on the Finnish market.
This steel is surrounded and protected by a slightly softer steel, further enhancing the Varusteleka Jääkäripuukko’s rugged durability. And be sure to subscribe to our Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube channels. But you would be hard pressed to find such a versatile knife, with this amount of strength and finesse, at such a low cost.
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Varusteleka Terävä Jääkäripuukko Review
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As someone who has spent countless hours in the Great Outdoors and served in the military conducting combat reconnaissance missions, I have come across my fair share of knives.
This piece was extremely difficult to split and some of the pieces literally broke off rather then just splitting. The SRK has an enclosed stick tang that runs the length of the handle.
The Terava's tip is noticeably thicker than the current SK5 version of the SRK. The original Carbon V SRKs had much thicker tips (like the Terava).