Comparing the FKMD PARUS with the FKMD RIMOR

Comparing the FKMD PARUS with the FKMD RIMOR and more info on the FKMD RIMOR


About  couple of years ago FKMD in Italy released the funky looking FKMD PARUS. Funky as it looks, the PARUS is a hardcore survival tool/knife, come light weight hatchet; big on functionality when it comes to chopping and cutting fibrous materials (with that large recurved section); make no mistake about it. I love mine and it gets used a LOT when I really don't want to carry a hatchet.

FKMD PARUS, sporting that big recurved blade. Love it or hate it.

But where the Parus is some sort of "survival tool", the FKMD RIMOR (FX-9CM07 OD) is truly a "survival knife" see my definition in an early blog on this subject.

The FX9CM07 OD has a much thinner (laterally) front end and different finger gimping placement.

Some just don't like that big funky recurve section of the Parus. However, this (the recurved blade) has been recapitulated by knife makers for over 100 years and can be seen in the blade designs of stuff you find in museums, knives which fought in battles. Having such a large recurve means that you will probably have to use a rod or a very narrow stone of a belt grinder to get around that curve. The recurved section also means increased functionality.

Personally I do not see this at all as being a problem, the sharpening that is. Whilst the FKMD Parus is great at chopping open coconuts, hacking down small trees, cutting reeds as if made from nothing; being able to bang ground stakes into hard earth; it's more of a "survival tool" than a straight out and out knife. The Parus simply isn't a tool for cutting up food on extended trips or skinning big game or medium game or filleting fish. One can indeed perform these tasks but of course it's not ideal but certainly can do all. The sheath too, which originally came with the Parus, I found could have been improved slightly with it's design-maybe it has already?. Interestingly, the Parus looks bigger and heavier than the RIMOR but in fact they are both the same length and the RIMOR is actually heavier than the Parus by 20 grams (0.7Oz.) and in a straight line, the blade is really only about 155mm (6 inches) from the start of the choil, so the FKMD RIMOR is not a huge knife at all.


Let's start with the blade shape of the FKMD RIMOR, as I would like to address some comments on the internet about the design.

Some have suggested the FKMD RIMOR is a copy of another knife.

ER's Dobermann IV. Note the the blade depth narrows towards the tip on both upper and lower sides. The absence of a finger choil, no gimping, and the swedge starts soon after the ricasso Look just in front of my thumb in this picture). Clearly the Dobermann IV blade doesn't look anything like the FKMD RIMOR.

The FKMD FX-9CM07 OD RIMOR looks noting like the knife above.

Well I own the Dobermann IV and the FKMD RIMOR is in no way shape or form anything like the Dobermann IV. So that here-say is out of the way now.

Who is this for?

The FKMD RIMOR, has been designed in house as previously mentioned. The FKMD RIMOR will suit those who want a strong sturdy outdoor knife with a "tactical" slant to it. The tactical is really the scabbard system, being Molle compatible and can be "pulled apart" as such via the genuine Duraflex buckle, as seen below with the waist belt part disconnected so the sheath can be adapted to a Molle compatible pack or vest etc.

Knife in Tactical sheath mode!

Despite the sheath Molle straps fitting a standard sized tactical belt such as the 5.11 TDU belt (BTW an excellent belt), the FKMD RIMOR can not be easily carried horizontally in this fashion due to some interference of the retaining press stud strap (it could be done but not without some difficulty).
The no nonsense handle is good with the "blood and guts" as it does not readily absorb anything and easy to clean and maintain. Getting the teflon coated version is even more "weather" resistant than the plain stone was against the effects of corrosion.

I find these types of grips to be so well fixed onto the tang that they are essentially "over moulded" and I don't bother to remove them at all, even if I get my knives with this sort of grip wet (eg my FKMD Golok, which gets used pretty much on a weekly basis if not more). This grip too absorbs a lot of vibration if the RIMOR is used to chop wood.

Preparing food, no problems. The only gripe I have is that the rubber inserts forming the separating part of the welt stitching really have some chemical smell about them. Washing does no good (I've done that) and this smell is evident upon the blade when removed and I always wash the blade before prepping food. Other than that, I have no issues at all with the FKMD RIMOR and still think it's a great buy and makes a versatile (more than the PARUS-remember, the PARUS is more of a tool I believe) outdoors knife that can handle many tasks and become a frequent use knife rather than a tool that gets put in the trunk of your vehicle.

PS if you have come here before reading my blog on the FKMD RIMOR see here.

OR if you haven't read my full blog on the FKMD PARUS see here.

Plus I've blogged extensively about the FKMD Parus


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