Another new toy.

[Graham_S]

I'm a bit of a "big knife" fan.
I've got a couple of khukris, a lekku, a MOD knife amongst others in my collection. all are "users", no drawer queens in my collection.
I use small knives too (one of my favorites is a mini canadian skinner with a 1 1/2" blade)
i refuse to be stuck in the "woodlore is the only style for bushcraft" camp.

 

[Butchd]

Funnily enough I was using my MOD survival knife the other day and being surprised just how useful it was, at least now that I've sharpened it properly!

 

[British Red]

To be honest, I'm not great on "Big knives" for woodwork - but for camp use thats a beaut! I could see myself using that for cutting meat, chopping veg, and at a push, cutting thatch and pressing to draw knife use!

I do have one knife I like for that purpose...I hesitate to show it as I'll probably get lynched for using it rather than sticking it in a museum but BushBaby loves this knife and it just smells of its heritage do I feel I want it to be used, not looked at!

Okay, bring on the lynch mob for me slicing up venison with it

Red

 

[JohnC]

Is that the one from ebay? I think I recall a thread about it.
I remeber seeing some of Grahams collection at Lco Achray and they were all for use...

 

[weekend_warrior]

Good looking knife there Graham - I like the Gaucho knives too.

Not enjoying the "witty" comments though...

 

[British Red]

JohnC,

Yup, cost me £10 if I recall . Shown it around quite a bit and the consensus is North African in origin in the Flyssa style. The best comment was "quite some age - anywhere between 19th and 16th century ". The handle is bone with gold wire and pin work. The blage is clearly hand forged and shows signs of lots of sharpening. Singteck was kind enough to give it a new suit of clothes for me. I think they really suit it.

So I have less in it than a bottle of malt.

Wouldn't swap it for a case of 30 year old though. Some things are just meant to be - I feel like I'm walking with ghosts when I use it - in a good way!

Red

 

[sargey]

graham, that's a cool knife, and a bargain! just be careful of your nose when eating gaucho style!

the first thing i'll use it for is to make a spoon. it's the first thing all my knives do.

a bushcraft knife, to me at least, is any knife i use for bushcraft.
there are many peoples around the world using many different patterns of blade as their day to day cutting tool.
you should see the san bushman knife stuart has. no one on this site would say on first glance that it was a "bushcraft knife" and yet the people who use it day to day have found it perfect for their needs.
just because it doesn't look like a woodlore, it doesn't mean it's not a decent knife.

i'm with you on that, well, apart from the spoon.

i think too many people get too hung up on what knife one should be seen with in order to create the correct impression. i have wasted enough time in the past trying to explain the simplest things to the "what's that for then?" crowd.

the last "bushcraft" knife i bought was the larger one in this pic.

relatively thin 5" carbon steel blade, leather handle, made in sheffield. 23 quid delivered, what is there not to like?

edited to add: what i was going to say was... i was re-watching a ray mears dvd the other week, one quote stood out in particular "one of the big secrets of bushcraft, is looking beyond the obvious, to see the potential" i think that applies very well to knives.

cheers, and.