I sold my big boat with the idea of buying one, but life................and the gorse in my pockets got in the way!
Liked On: 05-01-2026, 01:44 PM
Turned up yesterday from Pointer Knives in Taupo. a very nice surprise. Nothing was too much trouble. Ross Nolan even re-handled another knife I had for me. :D Eventually I might run across...
Liked On: 30-10-2025, 09:22 AM
Thought I would add my 2 cents for whats it worth in this thread as some may find it interesting. I have many years experience working in high end restaurant kitchens both here and overseas, and...
Liked On: 30-10-2025, 09:20 AM
Hardness is often misunderstood/misrepresented. Its a measure of how resistant a metal is to plastic deformation, nothing more nothing less. Basically what it really tells you in a knife sense is how...
Liked On: 22-10-2025, 03:57 PM
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Liked On: 19-10-2025, 03:02 PM
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Liked On: 19-10-2025, 01:41 PM
If you study the picture in your initial post you can see it has been done with a short, elongated punch with about 6-8 close prick points, hand-made and in a slightly random pattern. I have done...
Liked On: 16-10-2025, 12:54 PM
The steel is soft on these. If you’re good with a small ball peen you’ll straighten it back out and then just go to work with a course stone, somewhere less than a 1000 grit and then finish with a...
Liked On: 25-09-2025, 07:22 PM
So i built this little reloading bench when I first moved here out of stuff I had lying around. It's done the job pretty well but with increasing calibers, more reloading crap and loading for mates...
Liked On: 15-06-2025, 12:19 PM
Hi Folks! Haven`t posted a knife in a while. Here is one of my recent efforts: 277648 277649 277650
Liked On: 15-06-2025, 12:17 PM
New frame handle trial on one of my bush butchers. Wanted to make something with a little more positive grip/index for field work. Rwl 34 at 61rc, orange and black g10 flared frame...
Liked On: 05-06-2025, 04:50 PM
I have just returned from a quick trip into Tahr country. In essence it was an explore of an area just on the edge of the usual range, that I hoped might have a few resident old bulls that not many...
Liked On: 23-05-2025, 11:18 AM
I hope to pop down
Liked On: 15-05-2025, 10:01 PM
Simple bunka/chefs for a friend's 40th. Nitro-V and stabilized swamp Kauri. Went a simple classic kiwi knife theme on this one. Love the swamp kauri, these blocks came from a reasonably young...
Liked On: 14-05-2025, 02:31 PM
A small paring knife for Mothers Day. 274673
Liked On: 08-05-2025, 11:09 AM