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I didn’t go super high in grit or even strop it, but it was back into paper-cutting shape within a few minutes. I did some quick and dirty touching up with a Worksharp on the area of the edge that was having trouble. The good news is that this grind is incredibly easy to sharpen, even with D2 steel. It just got rough on the paper test afterwards. The Caiman broke the box down like a champ, no question. It’s the kind of thing that would dull almost any knife, but the Caiman felt a little flatter than I was expecting based on my experience with the Off Grid Rhino or the Black Mamba, both of which keep an edge like magic.
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It did an okay paper test when I first opened it up, and then I did a number on the edge by breaking down a hefty cardboard box that a TV had come in, which is a tall order. But the grind on this is fairly shallow compared to other Off Grid folders, so the angle on the secondary bevel rises pretty quick. It has a sturdy edge, which is a common feature with Off Grid, and the edge geometry lends itself to a pretty smooth cutting action. You could cut yourself easy enough with it, but it doesn’t have a biting edge. This has the typical hard-use folder problem of being a little thick behind the edge. This really feels like a tool for every occasion, so long as the edge stays decently sharp.Īnd as to that. This punctures really easily, it’s thin enough to work in between materials, and it’s thick enough to do a little bit of prying. But the point on this is vicious, which has come in pretty handy for cutting up boxes and cloth. The shape alone is enough to win me over, because the aggressive point sitting at the end of an edge with a good ratio of flat and curved real estate has endless uses to me. It’s almost mystifying how this blade manages to have such a long, thin tip coming off such a tall blade within the breadth of three and a half inches. There are a lot of knives out there with clip point blades, but none of them clip like the Caiman. Specifications Overall Length:īowie-style point is really useful on an EDCĮdge retention not quite on par with other Off Grid knives The Off Grid Caiman is awesome, but you should probably take this review with a grain of salt. Yes, I got this knife for free, and yes I say a lot of good things about it and very few bad things about it. Overall, this has turned out to be a personal favorite EDC. Not because it’s bad, but because Off Grid set the bar pretty high for themselves with knives like the Rhino and the Tracker X. The edge retention also fell a little below my expectations.
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There are a couple small things with the way the factory edge cuts, and either the pocket clip has a slight snagging issue or I’m a gigantic idiot (my money’s on the latter). Check Price on Off-Grid Knives Check Price on Amazon The Caiman is the Bowie style pocket knife we didn’t know we needed.