Frag Out! Magazine
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In use After a preliminary visual inspec- tion my skepticism related to the performance of the knives decreased slightly and I willingly replaced my ordinary eDc with centauros. the centauro cf mini easily found a place in my pock- et – it's more compact and I prefer the plain blades that those semi-serrated. the knife is very light, with a length of 187 mm it weights only 83 grams. the blade could be slightly longer, but it works in everyday activ- ities such as opening beer for a breakfast or preparing the bread rolls for the evening (or inversely – I do not remember). the thin cutting edge and full grind ensure very good cutting parameters and a rather large thick- ness of the blade turned out to be quite unnoticeable. the knife does not chips, but cuts smoothly fruit and vegetables (and in a point of fact flows through them like a scalpel), it has no problems with meat although in the latter case the larger version is more convenient. the centauro cf mini is also a good companion for the camping, planning the sticks is very efficient and thanks to a narrow tip you can prepare a quite elegant fork for the sausage (although taking out mustard from the jar is no longer so easy). Throughout approx- imately 2 months, the the centauro cf mini accom- panied me nearly on an everyday basis and performed the tasks typical for the folding knife, etc. beginning from opening the packages through cutting holes in the cardboards (guard, which is created by the flipper arm in the unfolded position protects against a risk of slipping the hand onto the blade), preparing food, cutting tripwires, etc. It also happened to me to use it for cutting paper, self-adhesive film or felt and I must admit that it worked as a tactical kiridashi quite good. Despite a lack of any ramp or undercuts, you can com- fortably lean a finger on the spine while performing the precise works, in order to lead the cut evenly and precisely. I cannot tell that I find so many uses for the Centauro Srn as for its younger brother. both its dimensions, and the combo blade excluded it from any cut-outs, which require accuracy and ensuring regular edges. the remaining activities proceeded correctly although during planning I clearly felt a lack of smoothness, the serrated elements momentarily wedged on the small knags or harder tree branches. the larger mod- el suits better for the tasks, which require increased www.fragoutmag.com