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Linder Crocodile Hunter - actual use experience?

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Hello,
First things first, Im Finn and my german is slightly rusty.. well, non-existent! I'd love to learn the language though someday. So I apologize for not being able to talk with your mother language.

The reason why I dwelled here is to gain some information about Linder knives generally, specifically the croc hunter (being carbon steel). I couldn't find much useful info at other forums.

So, the question is: is there anyone here who has actual user experience of linder croc hunter and/or other bowies they make? I really like the looks of them, but Im a bit concerned with their structural integrity for chopping things.

So how is the tang? Can it take beating?

I reckon the stainless steel (440) blades are a bit too fragile for pounding? If not, please correct me.

Again, sorry for invading the forum with my english.
I appreciate your time, thanks! :super:
 
Hi A.L.,
First of all, wellcome to our forum :D! Unfortunately, I don't have any personal experience with any of the Linder Bowie Knives. However, there has been quite a positive review of Linder's Mark2:
http://www.messerforum.net/showthread.php?t=39236&highlight=linder+mark
Furthermore, here's a ittle video on the Linder Kentucky Bowie (also in German - sorry):
http://www.odoo.tv/Linder-Kentucky-Bowie.319.0.html
The balde's fulltang and 5mm thick, so I wouldn't worry about using it for chopping.

Hope this helps despite me not being able to offer own experience.

Cheers
Jollo
 
I've seached the forums a bit and tried translators.
Im a bit concerned how 440 would perform with chopping since stainless teels tend to be a bit brittle (generally ofcourse, and carbon steel being a bit more resilent while softer).

Thanks for the reply!
 
Hello, hope you would understand my english. So I have a croc hunter and can tell you it is avery good knife. The 5mm blade is very sharp and solid, the wooden grip can also be used with bigger hands. The tang is fixed with a srew in a solid brass cap. I tried it on some pieces of oak wood and it works good, no hints on the blade. Don´t know what you want to beat, for heavy beating I would prefer an exposed full tang.Hope this will help you, jablo
 
Hello A.L.,

The Linder Crocodile Hunter's I've found are made from high carbon steel...
About 440:
440 Is a very good "allround" steel - no outstanding attributes but equally no outstanding weaknesses...
440A is similar to AUS-6 (6A), 440B to AUS-8 (8A)[1.4112] and 440C to AUS-10 (10A)[1.4125]

Hope this will help a little..
 
jablo schrieb:
Hello, hope you would understand my english. So I have a croc hunter and can tell you it is avery good knife. The 5mm blade is very sharp and solid, the wooden grip can also be used with bigger hands. The tang is fixed with a srew in a solid brass cap. I tried it on some pieces of oak wood and it works good, no hints on the blade. Don´t know what you want to beat, for heavy beating I would prefer an exposed full tang.Hope this will help you, jablo
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Hi Jablo, your english is great! :super: Better than my german! :steirer:
I suppose I could give the most "abusive" and dirty work for something more economical knives, and let the croc hunter do more "ceremonial" tasks. The itch with this one is so big, that I might just go for it!

Thanks all for your replies!
And if anyone has experience, keep 'em coming! :super:
 
Hello,
shure the croc hunter will take a beating, narrow tangs are not a bad thing, and this kind of knife has seen loads of use, as the famous Marbles Trailmaker, Hubertus has a similar design.
Just use it as a cutting tool and not as a prybar.
My concern would be the 500gr. that will pull down your pants.
If you like the design and don't want to take it on long hikes, get it.

Regards
surfer
 
Hi there...some years ago i wanted to buy the crocodile hunter, and went to a shop....the salesman there showed it to my but he also said that the quality isn't very good! i was able to bend the blade , not only a little bit, and it wasn'T very sharp too.....my advise would be : don't buy it!

if you want a really large bowie knife for a reasonable price, take a look at the cold steel laredo bowie SK-5 steel
 
Hi A.L.,

I own a Croc Hunter by Linder and have used it for some time. I like the looks of the knife, thats the reason I bought it a few years ago. For bushcraft purposes the blade is simply too long, but I liked to use the knife for processing firewood - in combination with a folding saw and a decent baton. Throughout the (ab)use of the knife for splitting logs I noticed neither rolling or chipping of the blade nor damages because of the narrow tang.
I changed the angle of the edge near the handle (about 10cm) and applied a more narrow angle of 20° there. This way I improved the Croc Hunter for bushcraft tasks like making feathersticks or small whittling tasks: cutting notches etc.

For really heavy woodwork, the blade ist still a bit too light, i would prefer a ColdSteel Trailmaster or Ontario RTAK2 - if I would use a knife for that. 200g more weight and you can take a Gransfors small forest axe with you. :ahaa:

I like the Crocodile Hunter but don´t use it very often anymore, because I don´t have to do a lot of wood processing. Today some smaller knife will do, so I take my RAT-7 and my EKA Folder with me.

Hope that helps.
Redaums
 
Hey guys and thanks for the answers. Sorry for the slow response, I kind of lost this thread for a while. :D

I didn't end up buying the croc hunter after all. Instead I bought something that really had attracted me for a long time with it's old style looks: Svörd Von Tempsky Bowie. I've never seen anything chop like that, and it's quite versatile for the size. Here's a photo I took:

tempsky02.jpg
 
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