BY ARMANDO BASULTO
A great knife may not be great in every situation. The rural workman’s fixed blade with gut hook may look out of place in the glass-walled boardrooms of the big city, and a city slicker’s 3-inch gentleman’s knife with fine alabaster scales may not stand up to the farmhand’s daily job duties. Likewise, it’s even harder for a blade to fill the bill of being a competent woods companion and a trusted battle blade. However, the Amtac Blades Northman, like its Viking namesake, can just as easily handle cutting through mountains and fjords on route to razing and fighting in the town square, as it can slice through cardboard boxes in the office mailroom.