I've owned ALOT of knives, big ones, small ones, cheap ones, expensive ones, high tech fancy steels and carbon fiber to pig iron and plywood. But anyone who's camped with me, will be familiar with "ol' rusty"
A garlands skinner that cost me £7 out of a shop now defunct called field and forces in barnard castle about 12 years ago. Its always been my go to knife. Bought as a cheap every day knife to be used and abused, sharpened (literally) on the closest brick or rock. Used to skin and prep game, open tin cans routinely, pry open all and sundry and even used as a striker on flint.
Well after 12 years of hard use, being immersed in salt water fairly regularly, bashed through logs with a rock, used as a tortion bar to twist barbed wire and being used to remove nails from planks. Its fair to say it was in pretty rough shape. Seems only fair to refurbish something that's grafted so hard and owes me nothing. Its a knife I just know so well it would be hard to replace.
So without further ado, I present ol' rusty. Complete with new olive scales, New brass pins (to replace the ground down masonry nail it sported previously), a full regrind, good sharpen and a general clean up and polish on a wheel.
Here's to the next 12 year's bushcrafting rusty!
A garlands skinner that cost me £7 out of a shop now defunct called field and forces in barnard castle about 12 years ago. Its always been my go to knife. Bought as a cheap every day knife to be used and abused, sharpened (literally) on the closest brick or rock. Used to skin and prep game, open tin cans routinely, pry open all and sundry and even used as a striker on flint.
Well after 12 years of hard use, being immersed in salt water fairly regularly, bashed through logs with a rock, used as a tortion bar to twist barbed wire and being used to remove nails from planks. Its fair to say it was in pretty rough shape. Seems only fair to refurbish something that's grafted so hard and owes me nothing. Its a knife I just know so well it would be hard to replace.
So without further ado, I present ol' rusty. Complete with new olive scales, New brass pins (to replace the ground down masonry nail it sported previously), a full regrind, good sharpen and a general clean up and polish on a wheel.
Here's to the next 12 year's bushcrafting rusty!