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The Outdoor Master blazed to 190 crunching cuts
but had a very small nick in the edge—most likely
from too high of a Rockwell hardness.

for several cuts. The handle was Master bit deep but suffered another

comfortable, though the 90-degree small nick in the edge. The Lucy
thumb rest was sharp on my thumb. Th e chopped deep too but with no edge
Outdoor Master sliced the material very damage.
aggressively. The cardboard twisted

because of the blade’s Scandi grind. SIDEWINDER STYLE
Plastic board was next on the docket. It was hunting season and since I was

The Outdoor Master cut great with lucky enough to have harvested a
smaller cracking of the board. Th e whitetail deer, I could use both knives
Lucy cut the same but produced larger in a real field scenario. With my trusty

cracking. The 90-degree angle on the dog, Bella, supervising, the skinning
finger notch was uncomfortably sharp began.

on my finger. (Note to self: My plastic The Lucy penetrated the deer skin

board might be getting old.) easy and was controllable. Th e Outdoor
Jumping to the sisal rope for a Master was very sharp but I had to
sharpness/edge-retention test, the raise the edge up to get the cut started.
Lucy was up first. I crunched to 76 cuts I skin sidewinder style with my thumb

before the edge started to slide. Th e on the middle of the blade to rotate it

sharp finger notch again was an issue, sideways. Care had to be taken with the
as well as the heavier edge geometry. Outdoor Master as it sliced through the
The Outdoor Master blazed to 190 hide quickly. I lost my grip three times.

crunching cuts but had a very small Some handle texturing would improve
nick in the edge—most likely from too the Outdoor Master’s grip. The Outdoor Master carries in a Kydex
high of a Rockwell hardness. The Lucy worked great. Th e thicker sheath with a Tek-Lok attachment and

includes a fi re starter with lanyard.
Next was the 2x4 chop. The Outdoor blade was more controllable and the

The Outdoor Master bit deep into the 2x4 but suffered a small nick in the edge. The Lucy chopped deep too but with no edge damage.

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