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forginhill
09-05-2007, 16:23
A question for you hardcore bushcrafters...I made this recently and was wondering how a knife like this would do as a bush knife? Pros? Cons? Thanks for your input. Todd
http://usera.imagecave.com/toddhill/projects/IMG_9730-1.JPG
Looks good to me!
I would have a few issues, however.
There's not really any point on the blade edge where it's straight... which could pose problems with using it like a draw knife (which I do frequently)
I'd also have thought that the blade might dig into the forefinger when carving...
How thick is the blade?
Peace
Eric_Methven
09-05-2007, 17:32
It's a fine knife Todd, but probably more suited to food/game preparation and not too good for carving, whittling or battoning wood. So it'd make a decent hunter's knife, but bushcraft has such a wide spectrum of activities it would fall short of being ideal.
Eric
Biddlesby
09-05-2007, 17:58
And I was thinking this thread was about mathematical calculus, in the bush. Guess I'll go away, then...
Great knife though! Although I like one less wide, for fine carving. And it has a very pronounced curve. Looks more specialist.
A question for you hardcore bushcrafters...I made this recently and was wondering how a knife like this would do as a bush knife? Pros? Cons? Thanks for your input. Todd
http://usera.imagecave.com/toddhill/projects/IMG_9730-1.JPG
Ohh, it's such a pretty knife that one :) . I like the blade shape, perhaps a little more spearpoint to the tip for strength. The round cross section near the integral might make the knife prone to rotating on some of the power cuts typically used in bushcraft, especially as the cutting edge is placed that low (a feature I personally like more and more these days). A deeper, more oval general cross section would be preferable for me.
forginhill
09-05-2007, 19:40
Thanks, guys. That's what I wanted to know. Your comments made a lot of sense to me. Draven, I'm at work so I can't measure but here is a spine shot.
http://usera.imagecave.com/toddhill/projects/IMG_9719.JPG
Absolutely gorgeous!
I would like it better if the first part of the cutting edge was brought down to line of the deep part. Then you have a straight edge that would be useful for cutting notches in fireboards and traps. The only thing I don't think it could then do would be fine carving eg. spoons.
What it would be good for though is, shelter building, making fuzzies (the curve would be great for this), FOOD PREP, and skinning/slaughtering. It looks robust enough to me for battonning as well. That's a lot of stuff it would be able to handle.
Just my 0.02
Chris
I think it depends on what you do when Bushcrafting, if you do a lot of food prep skinning as apposed to carving then great.
But i am sure it would be good for everything!
Very nice!
Enough of this speculation, I'll tell you what Forginhill, why don't you send it to me and I'll test it out for you ;)
It looks fantastic, great work.
forginhill
10-05-2007, 13:03
So you're the official tester, Heath? :)
Thanks for the additional comments.
Todd