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Whoever you chose to do the work, be sure that they are familiar with the steel you ask them to work with ;) The correct heat treat is essential for the knife to be of any real use in the long term, no matter how pretty it looks when new. "I stick it in the forge until a magnet won't stick to...

Miyagi : Not exactly tamishigiri... more like a rather ad-hoc demonstration of the skills, blades and techiniques used in BladeSports cutting competitions. I was using my own (own made) competition knife. It's a full flat ground 10" blade of 01 steel. The guys who were there can vouch for the...

IMHO they're a waste of space on virtually any knife. Leave the ricasso really small so that the edge comes back very close to the handle and there's no need to 'choke up' on the knife in use. The only reason I can ever see for 'choking up' is in order to apply more pressure on the workpiece...

Dry ? DRY ? It's Wales mate ! When was Wales last dry for a whole week at a time, I ask you ? :lol:

By far too little mention of liquid calories on this thread. I shall rectify this immediately..... Rum, rum, rum ,rum, rum, rum ,rum, rum, rum ,rum. And sossijiz :) (And bacon ... "Here, Womble Womble Womble" :lol: )

Plenty of them on the Moot site, judging by the way my 'Cadbury's Fuit and Nut' got pinched from under my tarp last time I was there. I kid you not ! :lol: Next night I smoothed the ground off around it and got the little perishers tracks so I know it was a squiggle. Having lost most a big bar...

If the knife is properly heat treated, a file shouldn't cut it well enough to be an effective tool for the job. This is best done with a either a belt grinder, running slowly, and done with care not to overheat the blade (and spoil the temper), or laboriously with something like stones or...

If you want something that you can tote easily in the field, you might like to consider a Double Sided DMT Diafold ;) With a choice of grits, and weighing in at less than 2 ounces you can easily maintain a knife edge and an axe with one of them to a perfectly good standard.

It sounds as if you might be letting the hone 'wander' while you're using it. You need to keep the hone pressed flat on the bevel of the knife (if it's a Scandi grind) at all times. If you've now made the bevels uneven, you'll need to put some work in to flatten them again, or have the knife...

IMO the Estwing is a little too much of a lightweight to be a good all-round axe. The Husky will serve a variety of needs better. A GB SFA is probably the No.1 choice for most bushcrafters. It has the weight of head, and length of handle, to allow for some serious work to be done, 2 handed if...

Fallkniven F1's are supposed to be full convex, but I'm yet to come across one fresh from the factory that is. They all seem to be convexed nicely for about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way back from the edge, where they have a little hollow in them before thickening again to the spine. The hollow is...

It's OK for you guys to snigger .. I once described these abominations as good for 3 things only ... A mud-weight anchor for a boat, a trowel, or a pry-bar (IIRC) ..... .... and now it looks as if I might be getting the job of sharpening this one :lol: I can sharpen them OK. I just can't...

Things to watch out for with the mousemat method are the firmness of the mat and your 'angle of attack'. If the mat is too soft, or you push down on it too hard you're in danger of rounding the edge off the knife rather than sharpening it. This is made worse still if you hold the knife at too...

Can't get in ...... again.

Like Bardster says, it's now far more 'you' Chris. Executed with your normal attention to detail and very nicely done :) You of all people should know that buying drills and reamers from knife supply companies is a hit and miss afair. I have a set of lovely Ti-Ni drill bits that were far from...

Ten flippng mimutes typing a detailed PM .. Hit 'Send' .... and it disappears into the void of the internet-osphere :( BB's been up and down like a .. well up and down a lot ;) for a couple of days for me now.

Please PM me with a phone number I can call you on r.e. the leather. Hopefully we can sort out a deal. My guess is you're in Hartwell if you're right next to Salcey. I'm only a 20 minute drive away near Wellingborough ;) (and grew up with the old 'keeper in Salcey). Edit to add : You CAN take...

I'm now back from the Dutch Knife Exhibition and have sent PM to Grendel. If the knife is holding an edge in it's present form, then there's a good hope that the blued steel was only at the very very edge and he has now sharpened it back into 'good' steel. I can certainly put a decent edge on...

I have it for sale. Black genuine KYDEX in 1.5mm or 2mm thickness. Available in pieces from 6" to 48" by 12". As this is not a sales area of the forum, please contact me via PM for prices etc or go through my sales thread on British Blades. Thank you :)...

It's gone again, hasn't it ?