An entirely new knife.............

[Bogeyman]

O my God,

That turned out very, very, very, very nice.:notworthy
Would be nicer with a convex grind though

(Just kiding Red )

Stu => :You_Rock_

 

[David.s]

Looks awesome, well done.

 

[CLEM]

An absolute top job,blummin nice!

 

[stuart m]

Thanks for all the positive comments folks....

 

[Heathenpeddler]

If I could ever afford it that's the knife I'd want!

 

[stuart m]

If I could ever afford it that's the knife I'd want!

How do you know you can't afford it

 

[JohnC]

Thats a very impressive bit of design and work, I like it a lot...

 

[benp1]

Seriously awesome

I've just read the last 4 pages. The whole process has been great.

Kudos to you guys, its nice to see how it works from start to finish. Stuart, great pics and thanks for enlightening us all.

Excellent!

 

[scanker]

I've enjoyed following the progress in this thread too. I hope you don't mind me tinkering with your images, but I was interested in the way the knife evolved from the initial drawing:

Superb. Good job Stu, and you're a lucky fella Hugh.

 

[British Red]

Thats really interesting Neil thanks!

Amazing how close that looks. We did discuss the bolster size and its larger for a reason which will become apparent later

I think its a testament to Stu's skill how close that is to what was in my mind!

Red

 

[Heathenpeddler]

That comparison just makes me like it more! I love the blade shape.

As for not being able to afford it, I couldn't even afford a Mora right now!

 

[Hoodoo]

Beautiful knife! Well done!

 

[bushwacker bob]

Its quite nice, I suppose

 

[British Red]

And I was going to ask you to help test it out too!

Right thats it

Red

 

[Phil562]

BB's just jealous BR;-)

 

[weaver]

So, when can I order mine, Mate? :sadwavey:

 

[British Red]

BB's just jealous BR;-)

I know Phil He hates me so much he's taken to booby trapping the door with 30" fungi!

Weaver,

I'm not sure this will ever become a "production model" mate - I'm not sure there would be that much demand .

Either way it needs to be finished off and given a good workout After that I guess its up to Stu. For me, as opposed to the axes, this is more an exercise in finding out if a knife can exist that overcomes some of the niggles I've had with more traditional Bushcraft knives. Visually it works for me (or at least it will when the knife is finished), but it really needs a hard test out now!

Red

 

[stuart m]

So, when can I order mine, Mate? :sadwavey:

Hi Weaver,

From my point of view mate this is Red's design so I wouldn't like to produce clones as such... I would be happy to look at something similar though, do you have some ideas that you might like to see brought to life?

Stu

 

[weaver]

Stu,

To be honest, I probably have more knives than I will ever use.

If I ordered one it would be as an honor to Red and a tribute to his design and thoughts on the ideal woods knife.

 

[British Red]

Thats very kind weaver - tell you what, I'll bring it over some time when its finished and you can try it out!

Better put it in my hold luggage though - can you imagine my reaction at it being confiscated

Red