New Knives @ Kirkwood Plaza Knife Sharpening Stop

I just received several new knives yesterday, and today being the day I take my knife sharpening hut to Kirkwood Plaza — I will have the new knives on display.

RAT Folder, SOG Twitch II, Kershaw Antelope Hunter (and a Cleaver)

The picture above shows — starting from the bottom — a Kershaw Antelope Hunter and sheath, next (clockwise) is a RAT 1 folder with a satin steel blade, next is a RAT 1 with a black finished blade, then we come to a wooden handled cleaver, and in the middle is a SOG Twitch II.

I really like the two RAT knives. They are rather large, so they fill the hand nicely. They open with a thumb stud, and the carry clip can be relocated. Made in Taiwan.

I also like the SOG. It is smaller, easier to carry, and has an elegant (rather than a rough and tumble like the RAT knives) look and feel. It is an assisted opening knife, has a thumb stud and a flipper to open, aluminum handles. Assembled in the USA.

Antelope Hunter is a fixed blade complete with a leather sheath. Good knife for the out of doors.

And a cleaver.

I mention locations like a local. Kirkwood Plaza is located in Campbell, California, Northern California, South Bay Area, Silicon Valley, San Francisco Bay Area for the non-local readers. Whew!