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Love the spring tension solution. A very elegant solution to an otherwise complex clamp assembly.

As do I. I just recognise mine as being subject to the right price. ;)

£20m eh? Hmmm. Thats about 1000x my net worth. Would I drink urine, funnel turtle guts up my bum, climb Everest and all the other weird & wonderful stuff he does for that sort of money? Too bloody right I would!

Hmmm. A good place to drop this?

I'm relatively new and humbly equipped, but I'd be happy to take on a commission on the price basis of materials + p&p plus an honest review.

Signed. I've been to Norway once and the cost of flying with fishing gear was enough to stop me going again! I also heard that the ferry was good for Newcastle/North Easts economy when it ran, as we received a lot of scandinavians for sightseeing and Christmas shopping trips.

Yeah, when I searched for it the next vid was his 'making of'. I imagine that its quite possible though, and a 20mm steel bearing to the noggin at anything more than about 5mph is going to make for a pretty bad day!

Lovely catty. Careful with it though....

Those spoons are beautiful pieces of craftsmanship. The comments on the fact that they're 'spoons' and calculating their worth at an hourly rate is interesting though. How much would I pay for one of those if it were cast from a mould, or 3d printed? A fiver? A tenner? (Personally, I wouldn't...

Cheers! It's certainly closer to cute than 'badass'!! Nice idea with the salmon leather, but its his birthday tomorrow, so its either make something up tonight from what I have, or he gets it wrapped in cardboard & tape (for now).

I made a few small blades recently, and looking at the bare tang of this, it seemed to be shaped like a fish. I had just the stuff for it in a drawer. Hope you all like it. Any comments or critique welcome.

Thanks for all the replies so far. I'm really enjoying the perspectives given. This is a big part of my fascination with knives, since blades were one of - if not the earliest tools on the path of human evolution. All of the 'classic' features of knives evolved for various purposes and reasons...

Comparing puukko styles to other hunter & 'classic bushcrafter' profiles got me thinking. There are some classic blade profiles that have very obvious designs, like skinners and sheepsfoot to avoid unwanted levels of pointy/poky/stabbyness. What is the purpose in dropping the point down on...

Not quite a hatchet, but following the theme of Fiskars love in the thread, I have an XA3 brush axe that I can thoroughly recommend if it suits your purpose. The blunt hook may exclude it from some tasks but I was truly stunned at how deep it will bite into green wood. There are some good...

Got a bit more done last night. Just need to finish the brass & give it a clean up and it'll be ready for an edge.... This stuff shines up nicely and gives a lovely grippy feel, but boy does it stink! Do I push my 'first attempt at this' luck and try my hand at a convex edge, or stick to...

A couple of WIP pics as I mentioned. The guard / bolster is fitted & soldered, next up hopefully tonight is to degrease the leather as discussed above and glue up I messed up the solder and had to redo it with lots of fiddly sanding and polishing around the blade. Turned out not too bad though.

Tried some in a packet from B&M a few months ago. Salt 'n' Vinegar flavoured (probably air fried?) Not too bad, didn't taste much besides the salt. Slightly crunchy with lots of little bits to get stuck in your teeth...

Hard to pick a favourite. I'm pretty disinterested in cooking and I like foods that I can stock up on and always have in the cupboard on standby, so many of my favourites are canned. Corned beef is OK, but expensive now for what it is. I haven't eaten it 'raw' in years, but still love a tattie...

Thanks again guys. Great info, as ever! I wish I was thoughtful enough to snap a few pics beforehand, as I love reading WIP posts. May still do so though, since there's a ways to go yet!

Cheers guys. I don't mind that it can't be avoided, just wanted to check that I'm not missing a step. It's certainly got 'character' already because my dye job leaves a lot to be desired... Instructions said to slightly dampen. I think I was way too slight, since it came up very streaky but...