MotorbikeMan
04-04-05, 10:06 PM
I was very pleasantly surprised to arrive at work in the morning to find that one of Lord Farquhar's MK2 Larcen's had arrived in the post for me to do a review on. This is just the initial impressions of the knife with a fuller review to follow.
I've not had a chance to take any pics yet, but you can take a look at Lord farquhar's thread here (http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8529&highlight=larcen) and I'll post some more as soon as I can, here's the spec :
Overall (length) is 8.5inches. 4.25inch handle and 4.25 inch blade. Its made from O1 steel @ 3.4mm thick aprox. Full blade quench with a hard angled back. The handle is made with maple burl with quarter inch mosaic pins and a 6mm lanyard hole.
The first impression is that it looks really, really nice. The Maple Burl has a lovely warm colour to it. Lord Farquhar told me that the blade hadn't had a final polish and so was unfinished, but I actually like the finish, with a slightly rougher texture on the top half of the blade. If he hadn't have told me, I would never have guessed it was unfinished. Lord Farquhar also sent a sheath with it which, considering it's only his 7th sheath (I think) it is superb. He's left the sheath the natural light tan colour which works very well with the knife.
The knife is quite shallow top to bottom but that isn't really a problem for my big hands and would work very well for smaller hands as well. The belly of the handle has quite a deep swell to it with relatively deep finger grooves which gives for a very secure grip, even in my hands :D this also allows for a range of different grips that certainly feel comfortable and with the length on the blade, it can even be used as a succesfull draw knife if the need should arrive. I'll write more about the different grips and usability once I've had a chance to use it in anger.
Lord Farquhar intends this as his interpretation of a bushcraft type knife and I can see how it would work well in this roll. One of the important things to be able to do with a bushcraft knife is use a ferro rod. I had a go with mine :yikes: even after a warning from Lord Farquhar, I very nearly set fire to the carpet!!!! this thing really does send an entire firework display from a ferro rod, even using it with the slow, controlled technique rather than the fast pull away from he knife technique. Very satisfying.
All in all, straight out of the box, ten out of ten :D I'll write more and post photo's as soon as I get the chance.
Thanks for the chance to have a play with this Lord Farquhar :biggthump
I've not had a chance to take any pics yet, but you can take a look at Lord farquhar's thread here (http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8529&highlight=larcen) and I'll post some more as soon as I can, here's the spec :
Overall (length) is 8.5inches. 4.25inch handle and 4.25 inch blade. Its made from O1 steel @ 3.4mm thick aprox. Full blade quench with a hard angled back. The handle is made with maple burl with quarter inch mosaic pins and a 6mm lanyard hole.
The first impression is that it looks really, really nice. The Maple Burl has a lovely warm colour to it. Lord Farquhar told me that the blade hadn't had a final polish and so was unfinished, but I actually like the finish, with a slightly rougher texture on the top half of the blade. If he hadn't have told me, I would never have guessed it was unfinished. Lord Farquhar also sent a sheath with it which, considering it's only his 7th sheath (I think) it is superb. He's left the sheath the natural light tan colour which works very well with the knife.
The knife is quite shallow top to bottom but that isn't really a problem for my big hands and would work very well for smaller hands as well. The belly of the handle has quite a deep swell to it with relatively deep finger grooves which gives for a very secure grip, even in my hands :D this also allows for a range of different grips that certainly feel comfortable and with the length on the blade, it can even be used as a succesfull draw knife if the need should arrive. I'll write more about the different grips and usability once I've had a chance to use it in anger.
Lord Farquhar intends this as his interpretation of a bushcraft type knife and I can see how it would work well in this roll. One of the important things to be able to do with a bushcraft knife is use a ferro rod. I had a go with mine :yikes: even after a warning from Lord Farquhar, I very nearly set fire to the carpet!!!! this thing really does send an entire firework display from a ferro rod, even using it with the slow, controlled technique rather than the fast pull away from he knife technique. Very satisfying.
All in all, straight out of the box, ten out of ten :D I'll write more and post photo's as soon as I get the chance.
Thanks for the chance to have a play with this Lord Farquhar :biggthump