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Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: 4est Trekker on September 15, 2013, 07:03:03 pm

Title: My Bushcraft Knife
Post by: 4est Trekker on September 15, 2013, 07:03:03 pm

I finished this short little bushcrafter up last spring and have been beating the tar out of it since then.  I forged it from one of my old Nicholson 4-in-1's. It's got a 3.75" blade with a mild convex grind. The size/grind don't put it in the standard bushcraft knife category, but I find it perfect for the chores I have around camp.  It's also got a tapered tang and a mild forged finger guard.  The sheath holds my favorite little fire steel/diamond stone/ceramic rod combo made by S.O.G.  The knife is pretty ugly by most standards, the grind is quite tacky, and it's got some field character, but I ain't complanin'!

 (http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/Knives%20and%20Metalwork/9b4a931e8684b44e3e0b0d7943299ca0_zpsef3b494a.jpg) (http://s984.photobucket.com/user/isaacscr/media/Knives%20and%20Metalwork/9b4a931e8684b44e3e0b0d7943299ca0_zpsef3b494a.jpg.html)

 (http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/Knives%20and%20Metalwork/d3c8f3e643a11a870703017fd6a7c7a4_zps9b753fe0.jpg) (http://s984.photobucket.com/user/isaacscr/media/Knives%20and%20Metalwork/d3c8f3e643a11a870703017fd6a7c7a4_zps9b753fe0.jpg.html)

 (http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae321/isaacscr/Knives%20and%20Metalwork/ddeb5fbfb74bb9e09133d55545cc641a_zpsc9e2308a.jpg) (http://s984.photobucket.com/user/isaacscr/media/Knives%20and%20Metalwork/ddeb5fbfb74bb9e09133d55545cc641a_zpsc9e2308a.jpg.html)

Title: Re: My Bushcraft Knife
Post by: KHalverson on September 15, 2013, 07:51:22 pm

nice!
that package is everything a fella needs.

Title: Re: My Bushcraft Knife
Post by: seabass on September 15, 2013, 08:02:04 pm

I like it a lot.great job.

Title: Re: My Bushcraft Knife
Post by: The Gopher on September 15, 2013, 10:00:32 pm

I think it's beautiful! I love knives from files.

Title: Re: My Bushcraft Knife
Post by: RyanR on September 17, 2013, 08:45:30 pm

Not ugly or tacky, I like it.  Did you have to heat treat it?

Title: Re: My Bushcraft Knife
Post by: 4est Trekker on September 17, 2013, 09:45:14 pm

Thanks, gents.  Yes, the heat treat was as follows:

Anneal (bring to critical temp, cool in vermiculite)
Two forging sessions, each with a series of 3 reducing heats at the end
Double quench in oil
Three 2-hour tempering cycles.

Title: Re: My Bushcraft Knife
Post by: 4dog on September 18, 2013, 11:33:12 am

 Is there a how to somewhere for that handle wrap, i tried something like it , doesnt look as good.

Title: Re: My Bushcraft Knife
Post by: 4dog on September 18, 2013, 11:38:20 am

Got this from Bowman53 .