If only the blade was one millimeter thinner. That 1mm kills the knife. When I see people praising a thick scandi blade, even thoough they know, that all scandi grind blades, should be maximum 3mm, I already know, that they are collectors and not users. There is a reason Morakniv, Mors Kochanski, Rod Carcia with his Skookum, Rob Evans with his version of Kochanski's knife and so many other makers, all of them use 3mm stock blades on their bushcraft knives. That's one main rason, their knives are considered the "Best" bushcraft knives out there. That one less millimeter, that this knife doesn't have. Scandi grinds are perfect, near 3mm, however a bit more than that, and the knife can't work properly. I've used any kind of thickness scandi grind blades, even though, I would say the thinner the better, I liked the knives between 2.5 to 3mm more, than any other. And that's where all people who actually use those knives, like them to be.
@@greekveteran2715 True with very good strong points ! I don’t baton any knife I own through a log filled with knots , I have two small forest axes for that purpose! I own two Mora blades and like the thinner blade ! For some tasks they do cut/slice better ! Food prep mostly but feather sticks too!! Since I’ve owned the Casstrom I don’t find it much slower for cutting /slicing tasks , it does very well , it’s just thicker than it needs to be but I can deal with that !! I own two knives that are over 0.177 which is really for heavy duty use but the 0.177 blade is a full flat grind and works well and is one of my favorite! More along the side of processing firewood and or cutting poles for camp set up my two blades that are 0.250 really shine at the task , weight and blade grind are great !!
Casström must have had quality issues in the past with heat treatment, lots of chipping and rolling on blades, they even started sending the knifes out with thorough instructions on " Do's and don'ts ". I like the design and handle, but I wish they could have stayed at 3,5mm thickness and decreased the grinding angle, let's hope Sleipner is faring better then O2... I find it strange that Casström is not explaining themselves on the move, when doing my " let's relax a bit and do window shopping online" I came across an offer for the Fält Knife in Sleipner and thought they had mixed different products, but no, it was correct.
Update: the Casström Fält Knife in Sleipner has a slight increase in performance over the O2, but the heat treatment is still off if you compare it to the supposedly same Rockwell hardness as a Lionsteel Sleipner. On the Lionsteel I can achieve a much finer and stable edge, the Casström Sleipner is somewhat soft and sticky...
Soslan1812 No, the 14c28n by Casström is still heat treated to lower Rockwell apparently , its creeping below its potential. The Fält Knife in Sleipner steel performed noticibly better, but again, compared to the heat treatment by Lionsteel for example, the Casström lost lots of potential, and the Sleipner Fält increase in performance was just due to the use of Sleipner. I ended up having a Custom build Fält knife in AEB-L steel because I love the design so much, lets see how that goes. Cheers!
Sleipner wins all day. k720 is swedish alloy similar to O1 Tool Steel. Sleipner is a kind of unique steel. It's Tougher than A2 (and A2 is about 200% as tough as O1) and it has Wear Resistance somewhere just shy of M390. And Corrosion like D2.
Excellent review. I would love to have one....
Very nice. Dream knife.
Way to Thick and the tip Also sadly. Ali knives are About batoning now days..
I ordered this model after watching several test videos, I like everything I see in the design!!
If only the blade was one millimeter thinner. That 1mm kills the knife. When I see people praising a thick scandi blade, even thoough they know, that all scandi grind blades, should be maximum 3mm, I already know, that they are collectors and not users. There is a reason Morakniv, Mors Kochanski, Rod Carcia with his Skookum, Rob Evans with his version of Kochanski's knife and so many other makers, all of them use 3mm stock blades on their bushcraft knives. That's one main rason, their knives are considered the "Best" bushcraft knives out there. That one less millimeter, that this knife doesn't have. Scandi grinds are perfect, near 3mm, however a bit more than that, and the knife can't work properly. I've used any kind of thickness scandi grind blades, even though, I would say the thinner the better, I liked the knives between 2.5 to 3mm more, than any other. And that's where all people who actually use those knives, like them to be.
@@greekveteran2715 True with very good strong points !
I don’t baton any knife I own through a log filled with knots , I have two small forest axes for that purpose!
I own two Mora blades and like the thinner blade ! For some tasks they do cut/slice better ! Food prep mostly but feather sticks too!!
Since I’ve owned the Casstrom I don’t find it much slower for cutting /slicing tasks , it does very well , it’s just thicker than it needs to be but I can deal with that !!
I own two knives that are over 0.177 which is really for heavy duty use but the 0.177 blade is a full flat grind and works well and is one of my favorite!
More along the side of processing firewood and or cutting poles for camp set up my two blades that are 0.250 really shine at the task , weight and blade grind are great !!
Casström must have had quality issues in the past with heat treatment, lots of chipping and rolling on blades, they even started sending the knifes out with thorough instructions on " Do's and don'ts ". I like the design and handle, but I wish they could have stayed at 3,5mm thickness and decreased the grinding angle, let's hope Sleipner is faring better then O2... I find it strange that Casström is not explaining themselves on the move, when doing my " let's relax a bit and do window shopping online" I came across an offer for the Fält Knife in Sleipner and thought they had mixed different products, but no, it was correct.
Update: the Casström Fält Knife in Sleipner has a slight increase in performance over the O2, but the heat treatment is still off if you compare it to the supposedly same Rockwell hardness as a Lionsteel Sleipner. On the Lionsteel I can achieve a much finer and stable edge, the Casström Sleipner is somewhat soft and sticky...
Gregor S. What about their 14c28n heat treatment, do you know if it’s good? Thanks
Soslan1812 No, the 14c28n by Casström is still heat treated to lower Rockwell apparently , its creeping below its potential. The Fält Knife in Sleipner steel performed noticibly better, but again, compared to the heat treatment by Lionsteel for example, the Casström lost lots of potential, and the Sleipner Fält increase in performance was just due to the use of Sleipner. I ended up having a Custom build Fält knife in AEB-L steel because I love the design so much, lets see how that goes. Cheers!
@@gregors.5734 thanks, I ordered Casstrom SFK Blue in full flat grind.
@@soslan1812 Where are you located? I might sell my SFK in Black soon, but I guess Germany is not in your neighborhood?!😅
Awesome knife! Recomend you to get the Nieto Terrano Scandi in stock as well.
thank you! :)
K720 vs Sleipner?
Sleipner wins all day. k720 is swedish alloy similar to O1 Tool Steel. Sleipner is a kind of unique steel. It's Tougher than A2 (and A2 is about 200% as tough as O1) and it has Wear Resistance somewhere just shy of M390. And Corrosion like D2.
@@DarkBluePaperHatsAll true what you wrote, except k720 is made by bohler which is from Austria.
@@andreasmuller7746 oh, yes you're right, I'm mistaken.
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