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It’d certainly be better than a screw. Seeing the back in better detail with that image, I’d say it makes the extra screw look even more dodgy and prone to splitting the wood far more likely than stabilising the area. I did suggest epoxy to him earlier. But I don’t think he liked the idea.

And now I’ve spent far too much time on this. So I’m going to the pub

So from that lot, (and I’ve checked out Bladeforums on the issue). The weakest points are the screw holes causing splitting. Which would suggest putting more in isn’t going to help. So I checked that possibility. So in short. Not a good idea at all to address the problem the OP seems will...

I just had to investigate further. I’m bored. What can a man do.

Is there any documented weakness there? The screw it has is just to secure the handle in and stop it from working its way out during use. Like you said, it’s so tight fitting and stable anyway, so what difference will a screw in that lower position make?

There’s always one. Or two in this case :buttkick:

The wood is so thin there that it will probably just split it and make things worse. I doubt it would make any difference either. Why don’t you just seal the whole handle in there with epoxy. It’s unlikely you’ll ever need to rehandle if it’s cared for.

What did I tell you about using any of the smilies after the first two sections :nutkick:

Yet again. Not the greatest marketing ploy. Sounds like it’s an article about him making a display case for it rather than the knife itself :lmao:

@CLEM You’ve got these magazines haven’t you? There’s one where they’re giving away one of these knives. Maybe there’s a bigger write up in there. So we know there’s at least one person out there that has one.

Looks more like a military knife than a bushcraft knife.

It’s hardly great marketing is it. It’s almost like they don’t want to sell any. One picture that’s absolutely tiny and out of focus. In this day and age you really have to go out of your way to make a picture look so bad.

Hi Tony and welcome back.

Good call. I’m going with brown rat. And fox. As in previous posts and if it’s in woodlands then I’ll rule out domestic cat. Stoat maybe. Buzzard is another good call though. But I’d need to see the area in a larger context to see what grasses where flattened by the predator.

The old CEO of Wilkinson Sword has just been selling off his collection. Some rare stuff with prototypes, production samples etc. I managed to get a couple of rare bits including the original. Mint in box with all the paperwork etc. It’s a lovely bit of childhood memorabilia.

Fine by me. She doesn’t live here anymore now she’s at uni :lmao:

CLEM and I are visiting Stu Mitchell in a couple of weeks. This was the one of the projects I’ll be discussing with him. I’m in two minds whether to get rid of the choil and the blade will have a bit more belly and angle down like the original. Full tang, g10 scales, with Stu’s secare style...

Funny you should ask this. I’ve just been playing with mine. Personally I’d make it as intended. After the edge has been re profiled with a convex grind, it’s a neat little knife and a great chopper. You could just buy the handle and permanently fix it on with resin. Have you got the guard...

Welcome aboard.