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I just checked with my Old Timer Stockman’s Spey blade, and it can clean nails. Not good for those hang nails though.

Sailor knives are a special case where rope cutting is way up at the top of the task list. I have read that they lacked points to make it harder for sailors stabbing each other…frayed tempers in confined company. Separately though, cutting looped rope works better with a straight or recurved...

Those have points. Granted, some sheepsfoots don’t have much point, but Wharncliffes are pointier than sheepsfoots, and those ones are designed specifically for cutting people, and you can be 100% certain they are designed to facilitate penetration by the tip. If you want to say that you do...

Another brand that gets good reviews on Hammock Forums and has quilts meeting your criteria is https://www.locolibregear.com/

https://hammockgear.com/burrow/ Haven’t used, but got to look over one of their Incubator under quilts a few years back and it was really nicely designed and made.

@Tony , It may not be listed from the main menu, but New Posts show up, and from there anyone can click on the Chalkenge sub forum at the top of page and see all the threads here.

Lime is noted for being very even grained that can be cut pretty well in all directions. Wondering which side and how your technique differs between sides.

If the blade will shave, it should cut paper…unless there are dinks between the shaving sharp zones. Maybe you are holding the paper and slicing at the wrong angle. Helps to have tension on the paper, so the slice is pushing the paper away from the hand holding it. Another test…news paper...

I have had a nice strop with sub 1mm suede. Harder strops mean you can use more pressure. Pressure helps remove metal. Many here knows of Longstrider’s sharpening reputation, and he swears by plenty of pressure. Tip for sharpening. Get a 400 grit stone…or diamond plate. Gets you to sharp...

For scale, are those one and two pence pieces in the first photo? Never mind. Best carry on key conversation in the new dedicated thread https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/antique-looking-keys-found.167701/#post-2089675

Sharp blade, if you don’t strop, try doing so. Then there are some alternative holds for knife and work to safely work with the grain in a controlled way that minimises the problem further

You should be able to send a private message now. It is a locked feature until you have five posts approved. You have more than that now.

Lovely trip report! Thank you for sharing!

Did you do the Spyderco with regular files or did you need diamonds?

@Alex4849 , Use https://imgbb.com/ To host the picture and post it here. Your post sharing your email has been blocked as this is tantamount to you sharing your email with the entire internet.

Hello and welcome to the forum. I don't know about coppice, but I am curious that birch has been specified for a garden project. Usually people want garden projects to be cheap and/or long lived. Birch isn't particularly strong and rots quickly if the bark is left on. Hopefully someone...

What do you think you would use the 316 steel for? That stuff can only be hardened by deforming it, not by heat and quench, it is not any sort of blade steel. It work hardens on sawing and drilling, it won't be fun to make, and won't repay the work.

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It might help to edit to state that it is a Spyderco Urban Lightweight, and to say what the steel is, since there have been several versions.

I have struggled with this idea too. Black certainly creates darker shade than white cloth, since it absorbs more sun. I thought that was the intent, which makes sense if the cloth or layers are not all that thick or are of loose weave. That some in the Middle East wear black, while lots of...