Ontario Knives SP2 Field Review
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Nice blade. I know all about filming in a walking park. I do that really often. You will get WTF looks and probably have to talk to a ranger if people see you beating a knife through wood
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I have the USMC 7" Ontario and this one. Two years of use and occasional abuse have not harmed them in any way. Lots of batonning work. The 7" works better of course, because I can get a better whack on the longer blade, but both split wood easily. Normally, I don't have to smack them very far, as the blade width does the work. I just get them styarted and give the handle a twist.
Lots of people rag on Ontario for being a "cheap" knife. This is unfair, IMO.
The SP-2, and all the Ontarios are rugged, utility grade tools - not $250 ESEE's or some other finely crafted "bushcraft" knife. And certainly not the custom necker I'm wearing right now. Too many blade snobs compare the two and expect to get the same - I don't know - inner glow? These aren't Orc detectors.
For $40, this is what you get. So, what DO you get?
You get:
1) A knife that needs "tuning" and enough knife that you won't wreck it in doing so.
2) Indestructible rubber handle that orients to your grip in darkness by being semi-rectangular and has a belly.
3) you will never break it unless you use it for a step to climb a tree. Who does that? Or stake it into the ground and tie your stuck Jeep to it and try to winch it out?
4) Go ahead. Abuse it. For $40, who cares.
Alright, let's go back to #1 above: Fine Tuning.
When I got mine, it was so-so sharp and the edge finish was obviously a grinding wheel job, done with a pass and that's about it. I expected that.
Into my garage I went, and abourt 20-30 minutes later, I emerged with a shaver that to this day has been exemplary in use and toughness. I have never had to dress out any chips. I just re-strop when I get back from a campout.
I suggest the following:
First, grind or file a choil. Everything starts with that.
Then, use progressively finer diamond hones, available at Harbor frieght in three packs for about $10. Glue them to a piece of wood so you can hold them in a vice.
Aggressively lay back that primary angle until you are just brushing the top of the secondary. Be patient and go for as flat a grind as you can. The margin of the factory primary angle is about .050". You need to widen that to about 3/16" Once you get that, you'll get good sheering action off the edge and can do some pretty delicate work, as well as vastly improve on any tough work.
I ground off the serrations. I'll never need them to cut my way out of an airplane. That brought the back right to the edge of the fuller, greatly improving spark.
I also ground the recurve to a straight line which brought the tip to the centerline of the knife for better control if used for drilling, and, it strengthend the tip somewhat.
The last thing was to grind down the oversize hand guards and the pinky hook. I left enough, but greatly reduced the over all bulk of the knife.
As to spiking with it: I don't know the width of the blank going thru the handle, but I have applied a magnet, and it indicates full length steel all the way to the tip of the pommel. If someone wanted to find out, they could use a small drill and probe the end to locate the limits of the steel blank, then decide whether to cut open the pommel to bare steel.
To conclude: if this knife had come to me the way I have modified it, it would have cost at least $100. For the small amount of very easy labor I put in, I'm perfectly happy to have done it and I'm sure it will outlast me.
Thats a mouthful. Lol. Check out my last short of the sp2. Its well used no coating on it. 20degree edge and cuts paper like a champ.
@@KnivesSurvival They are good tools, and you won't cry too bad if something happens to it. Just get another. Buy three and youre still ahead of the game in some cases compared to the boutiques.
The pilot knife 499 is pretty good it has the blunt back
Is it better than a ka bar