The best Bushcraft Knife UK vs US. Pictures please!
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It feels a bit of an insult to the crafsmen who have made the other knives in this thread, but as you did request it:
The Mora has become a gardening knife, abused and not looked after, it's in desperate need of some TLC.
The Peasant is my EDC, it lives in my pocket all the time, apart from the week it spent in the garden after it fell out of my pocket. It's never been quite the same colour since. The rust itself seems to have gone, but it's left behind a certain patina. I tell myself it's just adding character to her, but I still feel guilty for letting it happen. I have some ash sat on the living room table to give her a new set of scales. I am studying Arboriculture at college, and the decline of the Ash tree's in the local area due to Chalara Fraxinea has been most upsetting, I wanted to make a pair of knife scales for her in memory of the majestic Ash trees...
Julia
Same here not sure my lovely old Mora blades belong next to these works of art shown previously in the thread but i do love them
A Krang Johan Eriksson which i got a few months back which needs a bit of work on it and an Erik Frosts which is a joy to use
fancy myself one of those Mark Hill blades though after reading all the high praise
A Krang Johan Eriksson which i got a few months back which needs a bit of work on it and an Erik Frosts which is a joy to use
fancy myself one of those Mark Hill blades though after reading all the high praise
First time I've ever heard of doing this,definitely not a British thing, sounds like a daft idea to me and asking for trouble.
There are none in any of my knives either. TBH, I'd never heard of it until this post.
Bingo. If you want one (although I don't know why you would) there's an easy way to eliminate any risk: just leave the sheath on the blade.
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That would also depend on the sheath. Some sheaths have a deep draw and only leave about an inch exposed - so it wouldn't be possible still. Even if you could, sheath or no sheath - pigs will fly before you catch me doing it, just don't get it. The satisfaction I got the first time I made fire by friction and the subsequent times after I think I wouldn't have felt as satisfied had I used a ready made bearing block. I like the antler ones with the bearing inset and I can see them useful for folk who demonstrate it a lot but in knives I think it's no good. Another thing is when the hole shoulders out you are left with a whopping great charred black whole in your knife handle- again just my 2p 
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That would also depend on the sheath. Some sheaths have a deep draw and only leave about an inch exposed - so it wouldn't be possible still. Even if you could, sheath or no sheath - pigs will fly before you catch me doing it, just don't get it. The satisfaction I got the first time I made fire by friction and the subsequent times after I think I wouldn't have felt as satisfied had I used a ready made bearing block. I like the antler ones with the bearing inset and I can see them useful for folk who demonstrate it a lot but in knives I think it's no good. Another thing is when the hole shoulders out you are left with a whopping great charred black whole in your knife handle- again just my 2p
I tend to agree with this - and I love using my nice, comfortably shaped wooden block with its limpet insert ... almost friction free!
Some lanyard holes prove themselves to be perfect bearing blocks. Made a video of the F1 being used as one.
[video=youtube;5czqDEGApeQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5czqDEGApeQ&list=UUMQewx7Ry609esblJN1oy9g[/video]
My fav survival knife is this one
[video=youtube;5czqDEGApeQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5czqDEGApeQ&list=UUMQewx7Ry609esblJN1oy9g[/video]
My fav survival knife is this one
I have two or three Mora knives. Truly from a utilitarian perspective they are hard to beat. I believe everyone should have at least one or two of them. Great knife!
Some lanyard holes prove themselves to be perfect bearing blocks. Made a video of the F1 being used as one.
[video=youtube;5czqDEGApeQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5czqDEGApeQ&list=UUMQewx7Ry609esblJN1oy9g[/video]
My fav survival knife is this one
That is just super smart. I like that idea. I'll be trying that soon!
I have an antler. I also have multiple knives with bow sockets in them. Here is a few. I'll post more later.
The above is how I hood the knife when using it.
A box of knives and hatchets and stuff.
The above is how I hood the knife when using it.
A box of knives and hatchets and stuff.
That's a great patina. Character yes, and also protects the steel.
I've had to use vinegar to get similar.....
I suppose that's true, if you make a lot of fires. But would it be any more trouble than leaving the sheath on so you can hold the blade when you want to hammer with the handle?
TBH I don't see the point either, but then again, I really don't do friction fires either.
That all said, the only knife I have with the deep sheaths you reference are my fileting knives with round handles, and I certainly can't imagine using them in this way. As I sit and think about it, it seems to me that the only knives that would work would have reasonably large handles (the type that normally don't have deep sheaths) Icould easily be wrong though? as I said, I don't have any experience with friction fires.
Do what? If you look at the design of the knives linked in this thread, there isn't really a shape to the handle that would make it sensible to use it as a hammer, let alone any reinforcing of the pommel. Why would you hammer with the knife handle?
By chance is this showing an increased influence of the prepper movement in the US, vs the UK?
Julia
Prepper movement?
No. Different knives? Probably.
Why? Well, because I don't carry a hammer when out and about, nor do I always carry a hatchet. I do however usually carry a heavy knife (not a glorified steak knife) I think you may be misreading just what it is I hammer. Tentpegs come to mind, tapping lids back onto cans, etc; simple, light, non-precision tasks around camp or when doing simple repairs around home or out and about. I have used a Buck 110 as a backing bar to drive small rivets. Laid the knife flat on a table top, placed the work on it (using the brass bolsters under the flush rivets) and dorve the rivets with a hammer from above. Was it ideal? No. Did it work? Yes. Did it mar the bolsters? Yes, so what? It was/is a work knife.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism
Well you can see the knife I carry in a previous post. If I am using metal pegs, I push them in with my foot, if I am using wooden pegs, I just pick up a bit of fire wood or a nearby branch. Wouldn't bother using a knife for that.
Julia
+1 to what Julia said
The only things I've ever used the butt end of my knife for was to crack nuts or to bash along the length of stuff like nettles to break out the fibres for cordage.
M
The only things I've ever used the butt end of my knife for was to crack nuts or to bash along the length of stuff like nettles to break out the fibres for cordage.
M
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