Recent content by Ted Voorde

That looks great! Funny enough, I was thinking about making myself some canvas gear recently. Where do you get your materials and what do you use for stitching? (ps. good to see you yesterday) Ted

Shinken, For field sharpening I was thinking about a couple of days (or weeks) hiking where I would carry a small Spyderco 303MF stone or a Fallkniven DC4 stone. Not three Japanese waterstones like Ray Mears ;)

Shinken, honestly curious...have you asked them? Or have a reference to a good explanation compared to other grinds. Really, I would like to understand. I see some benefits, but I see a major drawback in (field) sharpening with respect to other grinds. Perhaps manufacturing was a reason? Less...

A friend of mine was so good to introduce me to his friend Fred Carter, a US knife maker. My friend knew I was into bushcrafting and asked Fred if he could make such a knife. Fred never heard of 'a bushcraft knife' but was interested in making one. I showed him the obvious Ray Mears...

Yes indeed. What leon-1 said. I might be able to sharpen it myself, but that's about it. :D I also wouldn't mind if the kit included pins and a lanyard tube. :)

Would it be an idea to have blank/bare blades available also (like the Fallkniven F1) ?

Hi Stuart. OK - I've seen that picture before but that clears things up if that is what is beinig referred to here as a scandi grind. I thought a lot of Puuko's were only ground on one side (the right side) like Japanese kitchen knives. My EKA camp-knife is ground on only one side (but has a...

Hi, I'm new here, but am a frequent poster on the Spyderco.com forum where the discussion was started on a Spyderco bush-craft knives. About grinds, I used my Fallkniven F1 for some really hard batonning through pretty hard wood (2.5") to split it up to make fire on my last trip to Scotland...