Thread: Show me your knives

Originally Posted by Hayden C

It’s A2 steel Tahr. Present from the Mrs….she did well.

If my memory serves me correctly you don’t recommend using steel on them and I presume the same applies to the lansky style sharpening kits?

A steel will work ok on the A2 'cos it's not as hard as 3v. Lansky will upset the convex profile, but will sharpen it ok. Don't worry about it too much. They are made to be used so use the method that best suits you.

If it was 3v I would be saying take more care.
Your "Mrs" made a good choice.

So here a few I made, the blank I designed and scales pre made and ready to go, my go to knife is the mircata handled one, I like it, I was going to start making knives here full time as I used to have a small forge in Ireland while I was there but there's not a lot of money in custom knives for the hours put in.....


The second shot is my A1 Falkvin camp workhorse, it has had a beating over the years and is in need of a cuddle the other is a victory knife, great shape, light weight for the pack as a spare and blue.... Also Swiss army's are great for general camp stuff, I like victorniox hunting knives too, they make 2 great folder droppoint style hunters, I like them.

Go the Victory

Gerber

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Gerber

Rate them as well. Presume yours is the 154CM blade? but it is not produced in the fixed knife. Pity because the folder gets wickedly sharp on our sharpener.

I always wanted some Damascus blades there pretty cool quite well made iv only used 1 to butcher a sheep so haven't really given them a decent test yet.
Handles are made of camel bone , rose wood ,bufflow horn , antler and something else...

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

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I always wanted some Damascus blades they are pretty cool quite well made iv only used 1 to butcher a sheep so haven't really given them a decent test yet.
Handles are made of camel bone , rose wood ,bufflow horn , antler and something else...

I used to import a lot of knives from India and 99% of the them are average at best, they may look nice but trying to get them to hold or take an edge is fruitless.looks to me like a few of them are exactly that, if you want a good Damascus blade you need to spend a few hundred min and often over a grand, it's a pointless steel nowadays, Damascus steel was in the old days the best steel for cutting flesh because of the microscopic bubbles in the steel that acted as a natural micro serration, this created unsurpassed flesh cutting in those days, today there are steels that are far better and cheaper, it's "pattern welded" steel and for my money it's just nice to look at, as a tool for hard work, not really.
the true Damascus art form is lost, they used to make the ingots in the ground and used plant matter of some sort which is believed to have helped the micro bubbles ( so to speak ) you can find true Damascus steel in different places like huge pillars in India that were made from it...... But impossible to Aquire and pretty soft as well, there is a shit load of info on This steel if you look for it, and as a person who used to forge it was an obsession for a while
Nice collection Thanks for sharing.

A free tux knife beat that!!

Originally Posted by BRADS

A free tux knife beat that!!
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It was free for a reason mate

Originally Posted by kiwijames

It was free for a reason mate

Don't hate on the free knife bro it cuts ballage wrap just fine

Originally Posted by BRADS

A free tux knife beat that!!
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It has to be good for bailing twine cutting at least

Mate of mine started making knives about a year ago, I've got some of his early ones and he has recently started listing them on Trademe: Trade Me - Listings from hennyjvv

This is my favorite, its even been to Africa once:

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Originally Posted by Hendrik470

Mate of mine started making knives about a year ago, I've got some of his early ones and he has recently started listing them on Trademe: Trade Me - Listings from hennyjvv

This is my favorite, its even been to Africa once:

I just bought the larger one off him. Will give it a try and report back.

Originally Posted by Tahr

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I just bought the larger one off him. Will give it a try and report back.

Brian and I got 3 deer last night so I gave this knife a work out.
Nothing wrong with it. No chips and steeled up sharp when it got dull. It got three quarters through a cut up and bone out of the first one before it needed a tweak with the steel, which is about what you would expect from a carbon steel like O1. Not chipping when you hit a bone is good sign that the maker got the hardening for the particular steel right.

Sure, 3v and Elmax are in a different league, but you pay more than twice as much too.


Handle and blade shape were fine. I will post a couple of pics when I get home later in the week.
I would recommend this maker for a good value knife,

Originally Posted by Tahr

Brian and I got 3 deer last night so I gave this knife a work out.
Nothing wrong with it. No chips and steeled up sharp when it got dull. It got three quarters through a cut up and bone out of the first one before it needed a tweak with the steel, which is about what you would expect from a carbon steel like O1. Not chipping when you hit a bone is good sign that the maker got the hardening for the particular steel right.

Sure, 3v and Elmax are in a different league, but you pay more than twice as much too.


Handle and blade shape were fine. I will post a couple of pics when I get home later in the week.
I would recommend this maker for a good value knife,

Hi Thar

Thanks for the review! I appreciate you field testing and posting feedback of the knife.

I hope you enjoy it further and that it stays sharp!

If you can provide any additional feedback, it will be greatly appreciated, I am always looking to improve my craft.

Cheers

Henny
Thipa.co.nz