I made this knife a few years ago and didn't get around to finishing the shape of the handle so I took it to work the other day and shaped out the handle to fit my hand.
The blade is 4 1/2" long and 2mm thick at the spine,the handle is English Walnut which is one of my favourite woods for knife handles.
I used 2-6mm brass tubes and epoxy resin to fix the handle to the tang.
The blade was made from an old carbon steel saw blade which I anealed,worked,quenched and tempered.
I have tried various thickness of blade for bushcraft knives from 5mm down to 2mm and have to say that 2mm has to be my favourite thickness as it fits itself to fine carving,making fire sticks,cutting and skinning small game and food prep etc.
As some of you may know I bought myself a Mora after giving mine away a few years back,by using the Mora it reminded me how well a thin blade works for me so Im very happy that I found this home made blade.
Now some may think that 2mm is to thin but I don,t plan on using this knife for heavy camp tasks and curtainly won,t be using it to batton with as I have my axe or billhook for chopping and splitting wood.
So it looks like my Mora will go in my pack as a back up knife and my old new blade will be my main user,I need to make a leather sheath for it now and then its ready to go.
I left the original forge patina on the blade as I really like this look,it gives the blade an olde world look.
Here the blade next to my Mora.
Oh and I forgot to mention it works great with a ferro rod.
Actually, 2mm is still pretty strong steel. I should think its stronger than the Mora, because of the full tang. You really would have to mistreat it badly to break it!
ReplyDeleteYep i would also think it would be stronger than the Mora plus i made it myself so will get more enjoyment from using it Joel.
ReplyDeleteI always liked a drop-point like you have there; they're not always gouging things like a drag-point does.
ReplyDeleteThat is very true Gorges.
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