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Bradford Knives Guardian 4 Fixed Blade Knife
Yakka
5
Jul 14, 2017
Has anyone recieved their blade? What's opinions on it?
chtgrubbs
5
Aug 1, 2017
YakkaI received mine yesterday and I think it's terrific. The handle fits my hand beautifully and is very comfortable and gives excellent control. It was shaving sharp right out of the box. The sheath is very well made and holds the knife securely. I think is is going to become my #1 knife.
cnsodom
28
Aug 4, 2017
YakkaIt's a fantastic knife. The handle is very comfortable. The blade came very sharp. I sheathed the knife in the dark and sliced a part of the sheath on accident.
Tigerman
412
Aug 23, 2017
YakkaOverall, very nice!
High point for me is black Nimbus finish with black carbon fibre handle. It's one of the coolest knives I've seen.
Workmanship is very good. It's not easy to make a knife so well. The carbon fibre has no scratchy bits, unlike every other carbon handled knife I've tried. You can feel the care that's gone into it no matter what edge or corner you look at.
The design seems solid, although I haven't had time to use it much. I like that the choil is wide enough to keep your first finger away from the sharp edge. I do find that the handle a bit too hollow under the middle fingers. The ESEE 4 has a swell there which fills the hand better. The 3D scales make up for it a bit though, because they make the handle wider at that point. They make the handle really really round and comfortable. I do think the circular cutout around the lanyard hole looks a slightly clumsy relative to the rest.
Low point for me is the sheath - it's pretty average, although no worse than most other knives, and better than coming with no sheath. If you have ESEE sheaths then you're spoiled.
The carbon fibre handle is not very grippy. I was sort of seduced by it's appearance, and now a part of me regrets giving up the supreme practicality of micarta. But no... it looks so good, I don't look back. The weathered black on black is like some kind of post-apocalyptic dream.
Any negative points are minor, and only relative to the high benchmark set by the rest of the knife. Since I haven't used the knife much yet, it hasn't really passed the most important test of all, but you can rest assured that this knife is has had a lot of good craftsmanship put into it; it's made of good materials; and the shape is so simple and sensible that I don't think it'll go too far wrong when I get to using it.
DukeOfVandals87
90
Sep 26, 2017
TigermanThe black on black has me reaaaally tempted, too. It would absolutely be irresponsible for me to dunk so much with bills due, but damn. It's so beautiful...
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