Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/739629
SHEATH A stiffened, polyester sheath in Coyote Brown, fastened with snaps. In a small pocket in front of it you can place one of the smaller knives without the liners, available in the KA-BAR offer. The sheath offers a possibility to attach without taking off a strap, thanks to a wide loop fastened with a clip-closure and a strong Velcro hook & loop. The sheath is MOLLE-compatible. IN USE The KA-BAR BK39 is the knife clearly developed for heavy outdoor works. While feeling a relieve I could not peel apples, but threw the KA-BAR to my backpack and simply set off to the forest. Without any rifle. *** It was 2016. The forest smelt with resign and wet undergrowth. I moved at a quick pace along a well- known path, jumped over a small channel and I entered a clearing at the lakeshore. The surroundings had already the summer livery, grass became full of color, and the willows were in deep green. It was vacation time what was also certified by the other changes in the landscape of this place. On the tree trunks appeared sprayed markings, and after a shed built at the beginning of this year was left only a sorrowful small heap of reed. I take off the knife and moved towards a pine tree blew down by one of the storms which came over the neighborhood... I chopped off six sections with a diameter circa 6cm from the long tree limbs. The tree was not still dried out so the work went swiftly. The blade entered very deeply and due to a fact that the pine wood was rather soft, I allowed myself to jerk the knife sideward a few times, forcing out the pieces of wood. The subsequent task consisted in hewing the cut out studs. The BK39 is balanced for its blade (its center of gravity is less or more at the height of the thumb ramp), so without any problem it could be done without NOŻE