The Ray Mears bushcraft knife. SWC Version.

[m.durston]

i got an SWC bushcraft knife and i love it. be bloody careful about getting the blade wet, my sheath had moisture in it and it left a lovely sheen of rust on the blade lots of autosol and a scouring pad got it off but if you look carefully you can still see the little star patterns in the metal.
annoyed me greatly but it is a user and i put it down to experience.
just keep the blade oiled with carnuba oil and you will be fine.
heres pics of mine, in the closeup you can see the scatches left by the scourer.

 

[Woodcutter]

You may want to have a read over on BB. I've had 2 of these and sent them both back, shrinking scales. Superb knife let down by poor scales material. Can't wait for them to be made with different scales.

 

[HHazeldean]

That's not the Woody in that picture, that's my own knife (click my signature pic). The Woodlore was given to me, it's an antler handled version only given to Head Woodlore Instructors after completing training. I've had it for about six years now. It's one of my most treasured possessions.

The SWC is a very well made knife and backed up by Woodlores excellent customer service. There was a problem with warping on teh scales with a few, but they seem to have sorted that. The good thing is with that knife, if you don't like it, you can easily sell it for almost the same price you bought it at.

I am slightly bamboozled as to how you got an instructors knife from woodlore, if you don't mind, could you please tell me how you acquired such a beautiful knife??

 

[JonathanD]

Charm, charisma, loads of ale and a sack of French porn.

 

[Frazer d]

i got an SWC bushcraft knife and i love it. be bloody careful about getting the blade wet, my sheath had moisture in it and it left a lovely sheen of rust on the blade lots of autosol and a scouring pad got it off but if you look carefully you can still see the little star patterns in the metal.
annoyed me greatly but it is a user and i put it down to experience.
just keep the blade oiled with carnuba oil and you will be fine.
heres pics of mine, in the closeup you can see the scatches left by the scourer.

Thats a very nice knife! I cant wait to get my tomorrow I'll post pictures of it tomorrow as well. Have you ever sharpened that blade? everytime I sharpen a knife with my dc4 whetstone I always get scratches across the blade and it sometimes harms the look of the knife :/ How do you get past the scratches when sharpening ? cheers.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Charm, charisma, loads of ale and a sack of French porn.

I heard you had to smuggle it out along with a Rolex and some letters to the other blokes girls back in dear old Blighty.

 

[JonathanD]

I heard you had to smuggle it out along with a Rolex and some letters to the other blokes girls back in dear old Blighty.

You misheard. It wasn't 'letters to other blokes girls', it was 'half a dozen Taiwanese birds'.

 

[Retired Member southey]

My mates Tai wife just got some bad news










She's got testicular cancer.

 

[JonathanD]

 

[laro13]

 

[m.durston]

Thats a very nice knife! I cant wait to get my tomorrow I'll post pictures of it tomorrow as well. Have you ever sharpened that blade? everytime I sharpen a knife with my dc4 whetstone I always get scratches across the blade and it sometimes harms the look of the knife :/ How do you get past the scratches when sharpening ? cheers.

i assume your talking about scratches on the actual cutting edge and not the main part of the blade! i've never sharpened it properly yet as it keeps the edge really well, i never use the gold side on my dc4 on a knife unless i need to put a new edge on the blade as this takes loads of metal away. when the edge gets a little blunt i usually just give it a few light sweeps on the ceramic side and then i strop it on my homemade leather strop.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

My mates Tai wife just got some bad news








She's got testicular cancer.

I think I just did something 'involuntary'

 

[Frazer d]

Hey guys It just came this morning. Couldn't be more happy and I really like the thinner handle. It came unbelievably sharp also couldn't fault anything at all, it's definitely my favourite knife

Here's a photo

http://s1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff387/frazer15/?action=view&current=IMG_0229.jpg

 

[johnnythefox]

nice one,will you use it or store it?

 

[Retired Member southey]

Brilliant matey, what you gonna cut first? I made a sandwich with my 25th anny woody, it worked very well.

 

[Frazer d]

ahah. I think I'm going to leave the sandwich slicing to another knife I think I am going to use it though, On the other hand I don't know how I would feel If it got scratched it cost alot :/

 

[Man of Tanith]

i have one of these all i can say is
Use it! that's what its for! and you will enjoy using it and any dinks etc will add to the tales you can tell
e.g this nick on my sheath? i had to pull my knife one handed whilst defending myself from an angry badger etc etc
*disclaimer i have never defended myself from a badger

 

[johnnythefox]

i have one of these all i can say is
Use it! that's what its for! and you will enjoy using it and any dinks etc will add to the tales you can tell
e.g this nick on my sheath? i had to pull my knife one handed whilst defending myself from an angry badger etc etc
*disclaimer i have never defended myself from a badger

this is good advice use it, you cant take it with you

 

[Frazer d]

i have one of these all i can say is
Use it! that's what its for! and you will enjoy using it and any dinks etc will add to the tales you can tell
e.g this nick on my sheath? i had to pull my knife one handed whilst defending myself from an angry badger etc etc
*disclaimer i have never defended myself from a badger

Yeah your right, I should use it and I will. Thanks

 

[Retired Member southey]

Brilliant matey, what you gonna cut first? I made a sandwich with my 25th anny woody, it worked very well.

Just to add I was hungry after waiting at the door to mug the postie, it seem logical that the first consideration of any knife destined for travel should be to provide food.