Thread: Show me your knives

Attachment 2526 Oops, sorry misread the thread title, knives not knickers!

Hello Folks

Here is my 32 year old Uddstrom knife:
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I was given this as a present when I left high school, it was a custom order to a pattern he favoured. It has dealt with all the deer I've shot, lots of cattlebeasts and probably now in the hundreds of sheep. I've had many different rifles over those years but never another knife that could replace this one for more than 10 minutes or so. I've even made a few knives myself from blanks obtained from Scandanavia, but none have come close.

It is from 3.2 mm D2 steel. I have never been able to take a chunk out of the edge on bone (like you see on many knives) but it did take me a long time to be able to sharpen it quickly. Soon after I got it, it was dropped by a chap having a look at it onto concrete, and about 3-4mm was broken off the tip. I ground the tip down to the edge, and it actually improved the shape a lot, makes gutting a lot easier.

I had a look at the Zedtec knives and its a very similar shape to his skinners, although I think the transition fron the straight edge in the heel to the tip is too curved (as is my Uddstrom), I have seen photos of some Scandi blades that I think have this right (and I have a short kitchen knife that is perfect) but its actually really hard to get just right.

Cheers