Gentleman – thank you for the feedback. I guess I could have prefaced that I have been using the original wicked edge commercial Series for years. But much like Marc brought up, I typically use a new knife and only sharpen it once it truly needs it. And I’ll touch up my EDC KNIVES with a couple of strokes on a 1600 grit once every couple of months and I have not found that I need to go any finer than that. If I thought the new knife was sharp enough to gut and quarter an elk I would use it as is… but I don’t think it’s up to the task. When looking at it under a USB microscope, I’m just not impressed with the edge from the belly to the tip to use this as my only knife.
On a side note, I would normally just take two knives, but this year I am going to forego actually hunting and take a disabled veteran hunting… and I’m trying to save as much weight and room in my pack to carry some of his gear.
… and thank you for the link. My plan is to sharpen it just like Clay mentioned in that article and then carry the knife and use it as an EDC for the next couple of months to get a feel on how well it is going to hold and edge. Worse case senario I just throw in my Old tried and True Falknieven F1
Thanks again to the both of you.
