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Looks good, I usually use linseed oil followed by boiled linseed oil.
Now you just need to put it through its paces!

Best of luck with the move, at least its close to Masterton so easy to get bits and bobs from artisan supplies, and pick your self up a Tuatahi as well!

Nah, he does not use much L6 anymore, except in his big brutes like his Bowie’s and goloks, L6 is actually pretty good for a chopper and he personality heat treats everything himself (as in behind...

I tend to stay away from the 10xx and instead opt for O1, I figure if you are going to go and make the effort you might as well get damn fine small carbides in the process, although recently I have...

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That’s going to take a fair bit or work, will be interesting to see what you can do with it, looks like it’s taken a fair bit of abuse.

There a bloke in the Ukrains makes damn fine looking axes too, sells them on Etsy.

Wire brush or a dremel if you have one, get rid of it, rust begets rust.

I have the same hatchet head, it can get sharp but honestly don’t like it as much as my other axes.
Step one: go and mug a big bottle of white vinegar, put the axe head in a dish, even chop up a 2L...

Mine is one called a jungle hammock, come with built in bug net, and a fly, has a double bottom so you can stick a mat in it without it ending up in top of you, the ropes are a bit poor but easy to...

You might consider getting a decent double sided diamond stone, dmt is a good brand, carbatec sell them, will set you back a couple of hundred for a good 8 inch one but it will never dish or crack,...

They need to make a decision one way or the other, I’m holding off buying one of their camp axes on the basis I may prefer this..l

My next few will be made from this:
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1225 mm of nitrov, my first foray into stainless steel, not a super steel, but not super steel prices either, still a very good steel so should be...

I’ll keep watching with interest, I was about to order the camp axe but I’ll hold off.
I do like the concept and the design, just not sure it’s a survival axe, seems a wee hawk would be a better...

They don’t cast them, they get in steel to their own recipe from Europe, they cut chunks off then forge them with power hammers to shape, grind out the wings if requested, then heat treat and temper...

Sometimes you need to take them apart to get rid of whTs stuck in there, does it have screws that yiu can undo? If not then give it a really good wash with soapy water and then try and blow...

And with the extra leather taken off, just waxing the leather now before a final clean up, never used a leather handled knife before, it feels amazing in the hand, warm and grippy at the same time.
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Cactus ‘nough said (cry once pay once).

Latest couple, always trying something new...

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A leather handled drop point hunter and a sgihn dubh

It’s more of a finger groove than a true Choil, makes for a very secure grip, even with a wet hand.

How does it compare to icebreaker? I have used icebreaker while sleeping in a snow cave at the top of ruapehu and also while kayaking the waimakariri in 2 degree water on the coast to coast, handled...

When is ivory not ivory, when it’s elforyn, a German product made specifically to replicate ivory without the killing of elephants and the yellowing that ivory goes through over time.
Used now every...

There is a new worksharp product that looks way better, fairly cheap and there already a few mods for it, if I was going for cheap, easy and cheerful I would look there, if you want a mirror polished...

I bought a second hand north face one from a film crew that was over here, fell apart, got it fixed, fell apart got it fixed, fell apart tossed it.

When I get my next it will be woe, unless I can...

Side effect of a semi lockdown is that I manage to find some time to do some more work on some knives I have been trying to work on, this one is now almost done, 01 blade, brass guard and pommel,...