Tichbourne „Moose Hunter” with Tom Krein scandi regrind

[PiterM]

Some years ago I received a knife as a gift from a good friend – it was George Tichbourne “Moose Hunter”. It’s a 5” blade knife made of 0.125 stock 440C stainless steel. Cocobolo handle and Northen style leather sheath. I really liked it a lot! It’s a good overall utility knife, with great performance as hunter/skinner and camp kitchen knife.

http://www.guns.com.pl/arch2/tichbourne_2.jpg

However, this last Summer I really understood the benefits of scandi grind so I sent my knife to Tom Krein and asked him to change the gring from convex to scandi. I just got it back and I’m really pleased with it! It started life as Tichbourne “Moose Hunter, but now it’s Tichbourne & Krein “Moose Slicer”:

http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo68/piterm_photos/tich_krein_01.jpg

http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo68/piterm_photos/tich_krein_02.jpg

It was great hunter's knife. But now it's awesome woodsman's tool :]

[Tony]

That's lovely, i really like the whole shape, although some would argue about a scandi grind over convex. If it's what you love to use though then good one you :D

[PiterM]

Yes, after my 2-weeks trip to Beskid Niski this summer with scandi-ground knife I strongly prefer scandi over convex :D

[forestwalker]

Nice knife, for moose butchering work the finger stop is a godsend. And I'm also a fan of the "asymetrical spear point" style blades.

[Hoodoo]

Lovely! George has been making those for a good long time. He deserves greater recognition. The scandi grind over is pretty cool and well done.