Wright's of Sheffield and Moonraker knives

[Leshy]

Just wondered if anyone had any experience or dealings with both Moonraker knives and Wrights of Sheffield?

http://www.moonrakerknives.co.uk/wrightsofsheffieldh.html

Would you recommend either or?


Thanks in advance


PS- if generous friends and family are reading this,
I particularly like the stag handled woodlore clone... 😀😜

 

[homesicksteve]

Moonraker have good rep, but ordering is over the phone, rather than on-line.

I nearly ordered from them last year, but they said they were too busy to check if the blade was centered on a Case folding knife....

 

[Kepis]

Never had any problems with Moonraker, good old fashion customer service, i normally email them my order then give them a call with my card details.

I have one of the Wrights Bushcraft knives, not a bad knife once it had had the bevels reground

 

[hughtrimble]

The last time I checked their online prices were rather lower than their actual prices.

 

[Leshy]

Never had any problems with Moonraker, good old fashion customer service, i normally email them my order then give them a call with my card details.

I have one of the Wrights Bushcraft knives, not a bad knife once it had had the bevels reground

Ah , now that sounds like a nightmare.
I only have waterstones , oilstones and diamond stones.
No grinding machines , so I'm guessing it would be a proper p.i.t.a. to get it done manually.

Can you please explain why you had to regrind them ? Asymmetrical bevels? Or wrong angle ? Shallow depth on the bevel?

And above all , was it really imperative that those bevels were corrected?

Thanks in advance

 

[Leshy]

Thank you all for advice and recommendations.

 

[Kepis]

Ah , now that sounds like a nightmare.
I only have waterstones , oilstones and diamond stones.
No grinding machines , so I'm guessing it would be a proper p.i.t.a. to get it done manually.

Can you please explain why you had to regrind them ? Asymmetrical bevels? Or wrong angle ? Shallow depth on the bevel?

And above all , was it really imperative that those bevels were corrected?

Thanks in advance

I had mine reground as the bevel was too steep and it would never hold an edge, so yep, to me it was a job that needed doing, either that or it sat in a drawer forever and a day or i passed it on and made it someone else's problem, I sent it away and got it professionally reground, many of the knife makers will do it for a small fee, the following pics show the bevels before and after grinding, once it had been reground it became and still is a firm favourite, holds a wicked edge now and is very comfortable to use.

 

[monkey boy]

I have been using the A wright knife for over 7 years now and it's still my main user today.
I have never had to have it sent of for a re-grind.
I must be one of the lucky ones who has one with a perfect edge that holds amazingly.
Highly recommended from me

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[Stew]

I feel it definitely benefits from a regrind and I thought the sheath was quite poor too. Had a plasticy feel to it and the thread size to holes wasn't right to my eye.

http://www.stewartjlight-knives.com/2014/09/a-wright-sons-bushcraft-knife-re-grind.html

 

[Leshy]

I feel it definitely benefits from a regrind and I thought the sheath was quite poor too. Had a plasticy feel to it and the thread size to holes wasn't right to my eye.

http://www.stewartjlight-knives.com/2014/09/a-wright-sons-bushcraft-knife-re-grind.html

Lovely figure on that yew burr, nice job there Stew.

 

[monkey boy]

I agree about the sheath, I ended up making a better one.
As for the grind, my one is fine, I showed it to Ray mears at the carving master class and said it's practically the woodlore.

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