You asked, you whined, now here it is: Kato passaround

[Zwiefel]

Thanks Mr. Good!

Funny thing is I read all of those before but didnt remember the product....

[kalaeb]

Sooooooo.......what makes the kato special?

I have to agree to some extent, call me a cynic, arrogant...whatever, but when the wheel is re-invented and something new hits the market and is immediately praised as the best thing since sliced bread a little objectivity goes a long way.

I am not saying the knife is not great, (I have never held or used one)and I greatly appreciate the 2 reviews so far, but really I almost think at this level of the game it is not so much the item, as any knife in this range or above sure as heck better perform, as the relationships made during the process. Whether the communication with custom makers or the help and communication with the phenomenal vendors such as Maxim, Jon etc that make or break the experience.

I am really looking forward to some reviews and I hope they all make me put my foot in my mouth.

[pitonboy]

Knife arrived from Australia this morning, so we are ready to go. Here's the list:


JMJones
brainsausage
heirkb
Jmadams13
EdipisReks
GlassEye
chinacats
Chifunda
PensacolaTiger
Daveb
tk59
markenki

Pitonboy (me)

Tba later due to international shipping: Cutty Sharp and cookinstuff

[pitonboy]

Please insure for $600

[tk59]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to it!

[heirkb]

Great! Thanks for running this passaround!

BTW, how long should each person expect to keep the knife? The only reason I ask is because I'm travelling around Thanksgiving, so I'm hoping that my turn doesn't come up right around that time (Nov 21-25).

[markenki]

Yey! Thanks a lot for doing this, Ben.

[pitonboy]

Keep it for about a week but Holidays can mess that up. It's OK

[brainsausage]

I had one of these on hold from Maxim, but some ****head smashed into my car late night about a week ago. Cleaned out my savings doing repairs. So this is very appreciated on my part Ben!

[heirkb]

Keep it for about a week but Holidays can mess that up. It's OK

Thanks again, Ben! This is very nice of you.