The smith finally finished my order that I made 3 months ago.
I was so excited when he finally delivered it to me today!
So here it is, my woodlore clone in S30V steel with desert ironwood scales.
http://imgur.com/a/E7Wlh#0Q5ot
I haven't seen many people experiment with steels on their knives, most of what I've seen here are made from O1 steel.
I did some research and decided to go with S30V, because I wanted a stainless steel.
I was also greatly influenced by uncle Ray and his books, that's why my first knife is a woodlore clone. I decided it was the most basic of all the knives I looked at and could be used as a building block. I had a look at Bushtools, Deval bushcrafters, Fällkniven and EnZo trappers, but none of them looked basic enough. Not too experienced with knife use and probably going with a tried and tested route is good.
Since I received the knife today I haven't had the chance of testing it properly yet, but it performs very well based on some whittling.
My biggest thanks to the smith, he's a second generation Estonian smith called Viljo Marrandi and I recommend him highly. He hasn't got too many years under his belt and hasn't made every type of knife out there, but he is very co-operative and managed to make a very good job of the knife. (www.viljomarrandi.com - he does handmade engraving too, very beautiful!)
It cost me 135€ for the knife + sheath.
I was so excited when he finally delivered it to me today!
So here it is, my woodlore clone in S30V steel with desert ironwood scales.
http://imgur.com/a/E7Wlh#0Q5ot
I haven't seen many people experiment with steels on their knives, most of what I've seen here are made from O1 steel.
I did some research and decided to go with S30V, because I wanted a stainless steel.
I was also greatly influenced by uncle Ray and his books, that's why my first knife is a woodlore clone. I decided it was the most basic of all the knives I looked at and could be used as a building block. I had a look at Bushtools, Deval bushcrafters, Fällkniven and EnZo trappers, but none of them looked basic enough. Not too experienced with knife use and probably going with a tried and tested route is good.
Since I received the knife today I haven't had the chance of testing it properly yet, but it performs very well based on some whittling.
My biggest thanks to the smith, he's a second generation Estonian smith called Viljo Marrandi and I recommend him highly. He hasn't got too many years under his belt and hasn't made every type of knife out there, but he is very co-operative and managed to make a very good job of the knife. (www.viljomarrandi.com - he does handmade engraving too, very beautiful!)
It cost me 135€ for the knife + sheath.
