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Equipment & Gear => All Other Gear => Topic started by: elkrack on June 06, 2020, 01:30:05 PM

Title: Tyto knives
Post by: elkrack on June 06, 2020, 01:30:05 PM: Have any of you made the purchase? Been eyeballing them for awhile does anyone have pluses or minuses on them? Thanks for any input :tup:
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: Antlershed on June 06, 2020, 02:28:10 PM: I have been using the 1.1 the last two seasons and I really like it. I like it better than the havalon because you don’t have to deal with meat/hair/fat getting stuck in the folder, but blades aren’t any easier to remove. I carry a micro leatherman for that though.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: emac on June 06, 2020, 06:07:12 PM: Never heard of these so I looked them. Look like a havalon with different handle. And they are pricey. I would just get an outdoor edge and you will be happy

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Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: Bango skank on June 06, 2020, 06:14:09 PM: Quote from: emac on June 06, 2020, 06:07:12 PM
Never heard of these so I looked them. Look like a havalon with different handle. And they are pricey. I would just get an outdoor edge and you will be happy

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I use the outdoor edge because im not worried about losing a finger changing blades like the havalon, but having used both i do feel the havalon is sharper and stays sharp longer.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: KFhunter on June 06, 2020, 06:35:08 PM: cold half numb fingers and havalon's don't mix well
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: elkrack on June 06, 2020, 06:50:22 PM: Quote from: Bango skank on June 06, 2020, 06:14:09 PM
Quote from: emac on June 06, 2020, 06:07:12 PM
Never heard of these so I looked them. Look like a havalon with different handle. And they are pricey. I would just get an outdoor edge and you will be happy

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I use the outdoor edge because im not worried about losing a finger changing blades like the havalon, but having used both i do feel the havalon is sharper and stays sharp longer.

Good point on not being worried about losing it! On the Gritty spring bear Hunts Lampers wears it around his neck :o. I’d end up impaling myself
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: emac on June 06, 2020, 07:36:35 PM: Quote from: Bango skank on June 06, 2020, 06:14:09 PM
Quote from: emac on June 06, 2020, 06:07:12 PM
Never heard of these so I looked them. Look like a havalon with different handle. And they are pricey. I would just get an outdoor edge and you will be happy

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I use the outdoor edge because im not worried about losing a finger changing blades like the havalon, but having used both i do feel the havalon is sharper and stays sharp longer.
I agree the havalon does stay sharper but like you I hate changing the blades and the havalon blades seem to snap easily if you put any pressure on them at the wrong angle.

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Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: TriggerMike on June 07, 2020, 10:25:03 AM: Love my Tyto. I've quartered 4 animals with it so far and it's been great. Specifically like how it has more handle than the havalon and how it feels in the hand. Had a havalon for a couple years before that and probably did close to a dozen or more animals between mine and my family/friends. Ive never cut myself changing the blades (knock on wood), and don't really understand how people do, but I've cut myself due to the folding ability of the havalon and that's what made me switch to the tyto. They take the same blades but the blades you get straight from havalon are sharper and a little thicker than the ones you get from tyto. I also have an outdoor edge and it's significantly less sharp than the havalon/tyto blades. Whichever you choose, make sure to the get the blaze orange handle and sheath. Last thing you want is to put a knife that sharp down somewhere and not be able to find it, especially in the dark. I broke quite a few blades the first season using a knife like these ones but once I got used to letting the sharpness of the blade do all the work I stopped breaking them.

Neck knives are the dumbest thing ever, 100% for guys trying to look cool.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: elkrack on June 07, 2020, 11:25:59 AM: Thanks for the replies guys :tup:

Neck knives :chuckle:
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: MtnMuley on June 07, 2020, 11:51:11 AM: Another option you might look at, is the Kestrel Mountain Scalpel. I have the Tyto, several Havalon's, and the Kestrel. I prefer the Kestrel personally. It's orange as well, which is nice.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: Reinsurance shooter on June 13, 2020, 05:32:49 PM: I have a tyto Ti. It has a little metal flap that forces you to be a smidge safer when replacing blades - forces you to push out on the ridge side of the blade vs the knife edge when taking them off . I watched a buddy couple years back stab his havalon in blade into a chunk of wood to help pull it/change it. I wash shocked how well that worked even though he had broken the blade before the change. With a little practice (out of his sight- can’t let him have the satisfaction), that is how I do it if there is wood around - pretty safe bet when we are hunting in the woods. Absolutely love it the tyto though - always in the bino harness.

Picked up a benchmade altitude and have had good luck there lately. Holds an edge crazy well... it is in the same boat as the kestrel and some other skinny non replaceable blade equivalents.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: MtnMuley on June 14, 2020, 10:16:18 AM: Quote from: Reinsurance shooter on June 13, 2020, 05:32:49 PM
Picked up a benchmade altitude and have had good luck there lately. Holds an edge crazy well... it is in the same boat as the kestrel and some other skinny non replaceable blade equivalents.

I picked up an Altitude last year as well. I think I have all the non-replacable blade, crazy light Kestrel knives, and none can hold an edge close to the Altitude. Dropped into a hole last year on an elk hunt and we left the packs in the truck like idiots. Luckily I threw the Altitude in my pocket as we leaving. Ended up killing a bull and breaking the entire animal down with use of a cel phone light and that Altitude. Couldn't believe how well the edge help up even after caping out the head for a euro mount. Also being cerakoted in orange is another great feature.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: Reinsurance shooter on June 14, 2020, 11:32:26 AM: Quote from: MtnMuley on June 14, 2020, 10:16:18 AM
Quote from: Reinsurance shooter on June 13, 2020, 05:32:49 PM
Picked up a benchmade altitude and have had good luck there lately. Holds an edge crazy well... it is in the same boat as the kestrel
I picked up an Altitude last year as well. I think I have all the non-replacable blade, crazy light Kestrel knives, and none can hold an edge close to the Altitude. Dropped into a hole last year on an elk hunt and we left the packs in the truck like idiots. Luckily I threw the Altitude in my pocket as we leaving. Ended up killing a bull and breaking the entire animal down with use of a cel phone light and that Altitude. Couldn't believe how well the edge help up even after caping out the head for a euro mount. Also being cerakoted in orange is another great feature.

Unfortunately I saw it on sale and ended up with black coated one. Figured for 90 bucks on savings I would gladly tie red reflective paracord to the handle. Wish the orange had been on sale though- that is definitely the ticket to prevent tears for yet another lost knife swallowed by the woods floor
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: T-Dozzer on July 11, 2020, 09:36:47 AM: They are cool, but not sure the price pencils out for me. Other than the tyto not being a folder, it doesn't beat out a plain 'ol havalon.
For their fixed blade, its cool, but again, not a ton better than an Esee Izula at 1/3 the price. The Tyto is D2 & the Esse being 1092 may sway folks one way or other. Both are super light.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: Igottanewknee on July 11, 2020, 11:54:25 AM: Quote from: KFhunter on June 06, 2020, 06:35:08 PM
cold half numb fingers and havalon's don't mix well
:yeah:
I hate to admit it, but I've manage to cut myself working on almost every animal I've gutted out or butchered. Kind of a joke with the people I hunt with. But I do enjoy a super sharp knife.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: Stein on July 11, 2020, 12:11:00 PM: I have a Havalon Baracuta and the blades are super easy to change, I don't even use pliers. :dunno:

Maybe it's the smaller blades that are hard to change?

I agree, neck knives are a youtube invention, the thought of having to point a knife at my throat to sheath it while I can't see it seems beyond crazy.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: Jonathan_S on July 11, 2020, 12:17:12 PM: I've never come close to cutting myself when installing or removing a Havalon blade. Even with bare fingers, do it properly and it is impossible to hurt yourself.

This is coming from a bonafide disaster machine who could ruin anything.
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: Dan-o on July 11, 2020, 02:05:15 PM: My son cut a finger pretty good with his Havalon last year.

Does it make me a bad dad that I laughed really loud when he showed it to me and said:

"This finger with my Havalon."

They are wicked sharp.
I use Havalon's and am on 100% attention to task during blade change!!!
Title: Re: Tyto knives
Post by: wadu1 on July 11, 2020, 03:49:19 PM: No problems here using Havalon's. I do carrie a Leathermans and Havalon blade removers, they hold the old blade so you don't sit or kneel on them.