I gave it to you cos you are a good bastard . :thumbsup:
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I gave it to you cos you are a good bastard . :thumbsup:
Had to leave my knives behind when I made the move, the little lady got me a couple of locally made items, company name Mora. The smallest one is a Japanese penknife, a gift from a good mate, thrown in here just for random points.
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that mora in the middle has a blunder nose than our beloved bahcos ( same blade/steel etc)
A ha, good steel by all accounts, a bit brittle apparently. Yet to use it in anger on a deer....
I was given a Hubertus Ranger Solinger Handarbeit. The sheath looks a bit of crap..Anyone know anything about them???.
I have had a few svords, 1 I liked and 2 others I didnt think cut the mustard as far as quality for the price I paid for them.
I really liked the ease of sharpening with the Scandinavian style single bevel blade on the Bahco so I bought a Helle, its been a great knife and I would buy another one if I lose this one.
The folding Buck stockman is good for finer work and holds a good edge.
I like Helle knives, a very practical size shaped blade, good quality as well.
Bark River Drop point hunter.
Nicest Knife I've ever had, blood it up this weekend:)
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Noice!!!
Nice.
Here’s mine.
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Tahr
What I love about your posts is you unconsciously backup your thoughts and observations about knife technology , advancement of steels and just plain old likes with action shots of the knife in question in work mode .
I don't have any of the knives you own but I truly look on with an interest to learn and advance my knife knowledge when you post.
Great stuff :thumbsup:
Ken
Never really been a fan of the scandi grind, I do have a frost, but I actually dug it out of the garden...and that's where it gets used, to dig out weeds.
Some great knives on here, I have nothing out standing these days, used to have puma's which are fine in some respects and not in others.
KH
Just a couple that are more for my own historical curiosity, a Cold Steel brand Dirk and a Von Tempsky Bowie by Svord. Svord concedes that this is their interpretation of the bowie and not 100% historically correct, I personally like it and it does do a bit of machete duty sometimes. Too big for anything other than hacking or thrusting and too heavy to carry around if your not a Forest Ranger using it across your forearm to parry Maori warriors patu. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...0d807fb41a.jpg
Sorry, only just saw this.
@the scudd
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My new bark river, fox river elmax knife the Mrs brought me
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I add a like for your mrs:)
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Nice knife but sheath looks in need of an upgrade...
The sheath is fine.
My advice is not to go grinding at the edge unless you chip it, which is unlikely if you treat it as a hunting knife. I use 2000 and 6000 grit water stones. The factory edge is fine, and if you make it too thin you loose the advantage of the convex grind supporting the edge.
Strop it on the rough side of leather glued to a piece of ply. You rub stropping compound onto the leather (get it from DLT or KSF in the States. I use Black (course) and white (fine) - most people use black and green - green isn't as fine as white). You can buy stropping paddles too. For in the field you can get little stiff leather strops.
Don't use a steel on it.
You have a fantastic knife there and it will give you a lifetime of pleasure.
Elmax is great, and one sharpening will do a few deer.
That's one at the top:
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And embarrassingly, here's another with a blue CTec handle.
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Treat your wife well too, she's a gem. They mostly are. :)
Cheers for the tips mate, yep she's pretty sharp straight out of the box, first thing next year ill be buying some leather stops and compound, I don't mind the sheath it holds the knife nice and tight at the moment.
This is a Buck Master 184, survival knife.
The Buck-184 Buckmaster - The peak of survival knives!
I bought it in a mall in 1996 when working overseas, as you do...
It was just to cool not to have, needless to say its been a closet queen ever since...
Grant
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Hahahaha those are for people who watch to many movies who think they can use their knife as a grappling hook. another name is Buck POS.
Yip, i think oneshot is correct, they could also be of use during a dual with a sword!
They do unscrew so you dont look to tactical with them, haha...
Its solid, if you like fishing no need for a boat anchor.
If you were strong enough to throw it the energy behind it would kill an army.
:)
So just to get my head around this......In tactical theory you would unscrew them and store them in some type of tactical pouch until you had a use for them?
Its called a tacticontainer vc ;)
The end of the handle unscrews, never tried to fit them so would think there is enough room.
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The idea is that you drive the knife into something solid and you thread your roe around the spikes and use them for lowering yourself over a cliff:wtfsmilie:. Problem is you lose your knife
'Taticool' had yet to become a religion when this knife was released ~30 years ago.
:) Grant
Bark River Scandi. 3V steel.
Happy Christmas to me.
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Wow that's a beautiful knife, but I think you might need to check into "Knife collectors Anonymous"
Ooh got an email from KSF they were doing those. Very pretty. I didn't think you were a Scandi man though @Tahr
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The good thing about this James is that the Bark River scandi grind is convex so its not difficult to sharpen with a strop.
The handle is quite thick and will suit bigger hands.
I hope to butcher a deer with it over the next few days :)
Oneshot, yes it is a bit of a fetish. But I can't drink nowadays, so I need something to feed my compulsive personality. :)
Happy new year to everyone!