The 440C, Nippon Necker, is an interesting 3inch bladed true tanto, rather than double pointed American Tanto. The scales are G10 and it looks like a really solid choice for an EDC fixed blade. Good lines!
The MTT, is what I refer to as a 'Scalpel-style' knife. The blade is very short in comparison to the grip. It really looks like a great multi-purpose knife with a highly controllable tip. I could see someone using this one a lot as a fixed box cutter or as a hobby knife. Also, featuring G10 grips and 440C steel.
A little more bizzare is this Karambit inspired, Newton Martin K-Bit. This is a classic claw style. Claws are great for opening boxes, cutting lines, and hurting goblins. The ring on this differs from the popular LaGriff-style claw knives, in that the ring is for the middle or the ring finger depending on normal or reverse grip. 440C here again too.
Boker is making a lot of nice small knives these days. I wish they'd use better steels sometimes, but many of today's neck knives are made of sub-par steels and have poor fit and finish so I don't feel I have a lot of room to complain. I look forward to the reviews on these. The K-Bit might be just the thing to replace my poor lost Emerson LaGriff.
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Really nice, I like that MTT a lot! I've been playing around with a Boker Vox BOB, and while it's expensive, it's a nice knife and pretty well done. Wouldn't mind adding any of those blades to my collection!
I have the MTT and very impressed. The handle has the look of a rush job. I don't mind only having one side of the knife with a handle scale, but the handle has a very dingy look to it. No polish at all, maybe a step was forgotten?
Also the sheath is a total wash. Again a rush job. Hold it upside down and the slightest shake and it will fall out. My plan was to take it on hiking trips. Not going to happen till I have a better Kydex sheath made. I would hate to need it, reach down to my belt and find out it fell out somewhere down the trail.
So basically what you get is a great piece of steel the will need a handle fix or entire replacement along with sheath replacement. I have priced the new sheath at 50.00 with a tec loc and the handle at 25.00 for 2 scales plus my time. As you see you may end up spending the same price as the knife to bring it up to a useable knife. I hope this is not the things to come from Boker.
Sorry auto correct not working . I wa not very impressed.
Actually, if you watch the youtube video posted by Jesper Voxnaes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crm9DaB_KP8) about the MTT he talks about how the handle was made that way on purpose. Supposedly made that way so that it could work on a flat surface and use it as a woodworking tool. I like it myself although I can see a new sheath in order for it.
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