Field Archery Knife

[sxmolloy]

Ka-bar Becker 2 perhaps. Built like a tank, I have one and love it.

http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/BK&T-Knives/Campanion-2nd-Gen/p-92-537-5858/

 

[Nonsuch]

Having broken the tip off a very nice knife digging arrows out, I now carry a chisel for this purpose, which is superb at the job and less likely to attract negative attention.

 

[HillBill]

Very few knives have acute points though, and the ones that do are not designed for digging things from trees or wherever They tend to be precision tools and need to be treated carefully. Kiridashis are really not designed to pry things.

Let me put it this way...... for every 100 knifemakers in the world (handmade or production) i'd say that only 20 of them at most actually know what they are doing. The rest just know how to make knife shaped objects. These tend to break, have bad edge geometry or just be totally over engineered to the point they become useless as a knife.

Why is the tip weaker than any other knife with an acute point at the same thickness?

Still think a big bradawl is the optimum tool for the Job.

 

[Hibrion]

Thats weak tea dude Kiridashis have weak tips.... and only came into existence because makers didnt want scraps of steel going to waste I've never seen the point in one... its waste metal with an edge thats not really designed for a purpose other than scrap = money. I could make over a hundred of those from my scrap bin But i only make knives with a real purpose...

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this about kiridashis.

I'm really surprised someone hasn't come up with a standard design for outdoor archery as it seems to be a common request.

 

[British Red]

A thick bladed wrecking knife would be a pretty good choice for prying I believe


Bahco wrecking knife by British Red, on Flickr

 

[Robbi]

a small fixed blade tanto could be ok i reckon

 

[HillBill]

My new knife had it in mind as bow making is something i've been getting into.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this about kiridashis.

I'm really surprised someone hasn't come up with a standard design for outdoor archery as it seems to be a common request.

 

[mountainm]

A thick bladed wrecking knife would be a pretty good choice for prying I believe


Bahco wrecking knife by British Red, on Flickr

I don't pry mine out. I remove wood from around the point then wiggle it out. Hence the need for something small, pointy, with no blade edge beyond the tip and a decent pommel. Chisel, bradawl or sharpened screwdriver. Digging holes with knives is wrong tool, wrong job territory.

 

[mountainm]

Very few knives have acute points though, and the ones that do are not designed for digging things from trees or wherever They tend to be precision tools and need to be treated carefully. Kiridashis are really not designed to pry things.

Let me put it this way...... for every 100 knifemakers in the world (handmade or production) i'd say that only 20 of them at most actually know what they are doing. The rest just know how to make knife shaped objects. These tend to break, have bad edge geometry or just be totally over engineered to the point they become useless as a knife.

As far as I was aware dashis are supposed to be craft knives. It's more the shape I was alluding too. Very small cutting edge running perpendicular (or near as possible) to the handle angle.

 

[British Red]

I don't pry mine out. I remove wood from around the point then wiggle it out. Hence the need for something small, pointy, with no blade edge beyond the tip and a decent pommel. Chisel, bradawl or sharpened screwdriver. Digging holes with knives is wrong tool, wrong job territory.

Yeah that makes sense - prying would probably trash the arrows . Hard to see how anything would work better than an old chisel for that

 

[mountainm]

I think the ideal tool would be a small gouge that you can plunge in, turn and extract a small core of wood from either side of the arrow until you can free it.

 

[Badger74]

My mate uses a shortened chisel when field shooting.


sent by weird means

 

[Everything Mac]

I would opt for something like this.

http://www.angliatoolcentre.co.uk/h...id38230.html?gclid=CL_u0Oz9rroCFXMRtAodsRcAvQ

Realistically you don't want to be prying with your custom knife. However I can see advantages for the screw driver and a chisel.

Andy

 

[boatman]

Pliers are good if the head isn't buried. Wiggling the arrow shaft will break the arrow but pliers let you wiggle the head out without damaging the tree too much which digging out the head with a knife will do. So a leatherman type tool perhaps?

 

[Damascus]

A small pry bar, with the head ground down to a chisel head, is the best thing i have used, always worry if i use a knife whether i will break the tip.

 

[lavrentyuk]

I am tending towards one of these two at the moment.

http://www.archers-review.com/archery-kit/herbertz-of-solingen-the-perfect-archers-knife

Though Flybow are out of stock right now

 

[ammo]

I use a blackjack model 4 with the thumb guard ground off.
You want a slim blade profile of thick steel stock. Bottom guard is all you need. Also no hollow grind !

 

[lavrentyuk]

Hmmm. Where did you get it, can't find a useful reference in the UK though design wise it looks very useful.

 

[ammo]

Hmmm. Where did you get it, can't find a useful reference in the UK though design wise it looks very useful.

I got it shipped from the US. Then ground the top guard off. It's the knife I use most often.

 

[jimfbte]

How about a Hultafors Heavy Duty Knife model GK for 5.95 GBP?

Cheap adn 3mm thick

http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Hultafors-Knives/Heavy-Duty-Knife/p-92-913-913-6866/

No affiliation to Heinnie, etc.