My Secondary Knife: Chisel Knife Review
Like any important element I like to have a secondary knife with me should something happen to my Primary knife. Yet to avoid total redundancy I want a secondary knife that is different than my Primary and has different strengths and weaknesses. The knife that caught my eye was a Mastercraft chisel knife. Mastercraft is not a well known knife manufacturer and generally make other tools like wrenches but so far mine has held up well. The knife is stainless steel, has a Mora style clip on plastic sheath. The handle is a rubbery plastic material and seems to fit well in the hand and takes a bit of abuse from hammering it when using the chisel. It is a fairly heavy knife (4 mm thick) and has handled all the batoning and prying that I have done with it and I have been using it for about 2 years now. It seems to handle most basic carving tasks and I even managed to whittle a spoon with it. The spine of the knife works well for striking a ferrocerium rod and has nice 90 degree corne