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has not been a requiring task, the edge has immersed into the material and cut large pieces of wood. I have had to make greater effort to lumber a hard, dried beech branch although this time there have neither appeared any special problems. The cutting edge has remained untouched, only a few delicate scratches have appeared on the cuts. The knife has seemed not to lose particularly in terms of its sharpness so it has whittled a few more sticks. While it is per- fect for an ordinary sharpening (with a little momentum you can cut sticks ends by it), but more precise works go at a me- dium level even when you use a choil. It is obvious that it is not a pocket-knife for making whistles, but this is visible at the first glance. Considering a continuously dropping temperature and an af- ternoon time of the next trips, which lengthen to the dark, clod night, fires have become an inseparable element of the forest wandering. On the lake shore which is situated at the edge of the Bydgoszcz Forest the Salvator has been awaited by the further battle inoculation. Apart from lumbering beech branch- es, which it has managed equally well as previously, I have in- tended it for dividing dry ash tree meadows. Its wood has been so hard, that a Hultafors hunting axe has slightly slipped on it and I tell you the truth that I have tried to baton it with this knife with my heart in my mouth. The blade has slowly gone into the wood and at the beginning a work has been hard, but at the end I have managed to divide an arch for the kindling without damaging the cutting edge ( I suppose that is due a non-excessive hardening). Batoning has left only a trace on the blade in a form of the not too deep, vertical scratches. Only this test has managed to convince me about an endurance of the Salvator. I have calmly chopped some pine and bird cherry convinced that it has been developed for such tasks. The knife is rather heavy (540 g) and balanced for its blade (it gravity center is more or less 5cm above the crossbar), and addition- ally thanks to an application of the recurve it has a considera- ble belly, worthless when it comes to chopping. Having prepared firewood I have had only to enjoy myself heating in the warm fire under a sky full of stars. On the peace- ful surface of the lake have slowly gone down dense fogs, over the reeds has risen the Moon, and the Salvator has lied quietly nearby, reflecting a glitter of the flames on the firing wood and patiently withstanding playing a mouth harp by its temporary user. Summary The Salvator decidedly stands out among big outdoor knives, first and foremost, by a sophistication of its execution. To a certain degree it negatively influences its utility properties, first of all the handle. The smooth ebony wood looks very elegantly, but in the wet hand it has become slip, and no hollow for a line makes that there is no protection against its sliding out from the hand. Despite this, you can work with the Salvator very comfortably and it is probably worth to scarify these practical details for an aesthetic effect which in this case is very good – a weapon has an outstandingly stylish appearance. While working or playing for a longer time with cuts, you begin to feel a knife mass, but it is a natural consequence of its size and (maybe even first of all) a blade thickness. Nevertheless, massiveness and dimensions of the Salvator, which make an impression that we use a small sword are rather a source of the greatest fun from using it. The Sullit's works are a pleasant variation of the survival drop points furnished with micarta. These knives have their soul and character, sophisticated and original, and at the same time capable of hard work. KNIVES

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