Does anyone have any experience with LT Wright knives?
I don't have any of his stuff, but I had a Blind Horse that was really nice.
I've never heard anything but great things about LT wright knives and I've been looking hard at their new 5" genesis. I'm a big fan of kephart style knives and that's where they seem to own the buy once, cry once market.
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All the sites that have the gen 5 are still at the $240 range. I'm going to have to wait a bit. Lots of brown boxes showing up this week that I have to come up with excuses for already.
From what I've seen they only come in scandi or saber grinds. Of those two I'd take the saber. I like a scandi when it comes to wood work, but hate when I have to sharpen it. Ideally I'd like to get it in a flat grind because that seems to bite into wood like a scandi but sharpen back up pretty easily. Personally, I'm really tired of super thick 3/16 knives because I was ant a knife and not a pry bar. I like thinner blades closer to the 1/8" side of things. I'm also a sucker for anything in green so the handle part is easy to decide.
The bark river looks like a nice one, but I recently picked up a SRO Kephart and it's almost identical blade length wise. The different grind would be nice, but I think LT will eventually get a flat grind out of their new Gen 5. It's just a matter of time and they just released the new model. I'm not running low on sharp and pointy things so I should be in great shape now and into the foreseeable future.
So I did wind up buying a couple of LT Wright's knives. A scandi Gen 5 in A2 steel, and a Bushcrafter HC. I have been using the Bushcrafter on a daily basis since it arrived, snd it is growing on me, but I am crazy about the Gen 5.
Great choices! Which handle materials did you choose?
I wish they'd do the Bushcrafter HC in 1095 instead of 1075. I'd rather had a little harder edge in lieu of some of the toughness and I doubt if the productions costs would be much more.
Now you have me wanting a small Northern Hunter . . .
The Gen 5 has black micarta scales with toxic green liners. The Bushcrafter HC has red burlap micarta. Next on my list will be an LTWK Overland Machete.
The Gen 5 has black micarta scales with toxic green liners. The Bushcrafter HC has red burlap micarta. Next on my list will be an LTWK Overland Machete.
Was that the campcraft special edition?