Are skandigrind knives weak/ good for wood working?

[Totumpole]

Ah but I can make wedges from a 2 inch log with the Opinel and bash those in with another 8 inch log and get plenty off an 8 inch log. Taking the innards out of an 8 inch trout with a bilhook is a lot trickier than with the Opinel though

Touché adze.

 

[santaman2000]

Ah but I can make wedges from a 2 inch log with the Opinel and bash those in with another 8 inch log and get plenty off an 8 inch log. Taking the innards out of an 8 inch trout with a bilhook is a lot trickier than with the Opinel though

Easy, just chop the trout in half.... spatchcock the bugger

I was thinking the same as HillBill but it is fun to watch this guy in the kitchen with a Khukuri (the fish work starts at about the 2:15 point https://youtu.be/0DHGlhFJH0g

 

[Janne]

The kitchen knife I use most has a bladelength of 8 inches. Peel garlic, chop spring onions. Cut peeled sweet potatoes. Cut watermelons.
It is not the length, it is how you use it!

Sure you can open a trout with a billhook. As long as it has a sharp tip at the end of the sharp cutting edge!

You can even use an axe!

 

[Robson Valley]

Yeah, so you can do everything with one edge. I won't celebrate that.
I have chalcolithic copper edges in my kitchen = kind of fun to use.

The real key is to have all sorts of edges at all sorts of bevel angles for all sorts of tasks.
And, you have the smarts and simple kit to make every one of them sing,
day in and day out, year after year.
If the implication is to chop ribs with a scalpel, I can't cheer you on.

 

[Janne]

Yeah, so you can do everything with one edge. I won't celebrate that.
I have chalcolithic copper edges in my kitchen = kind of fun to use.

The real key is to have all sorts of edges at all sorts of bevel angles for all sorts of tasks.
And, you have the smarts and simple kit to make every one of them sing,
day in and day out, year after year.
If the implication is to chop ribs with a scalpel, I can't cheer you on.

Yes, I can cut ribs with a scalpel, as long as I can cut in the cartillage. In fact, I do as an Oral Surgeon. ( Check out scalpel blades no 11 and 15, my favourites)

The key is ( in the real World) to learn to use ONE knife, with an edge you can reproduce, for most of the tasks you can encounter.
If you want to be anal, I am sure you can carry 4 different knives, a couple of axes and two hatchets, just to be sure.
And set up a wilderness camp 150 meters beyond Sainsbury's carpark.

 

[Adze]

I was thinking the same as HillBill but it is fun to watch this guy in the kitchen with a Khukuri (the fish work starts at about the 2:15 point https://youtu.be/0DHGlhFJH0g

I was thinking about the same video as I posted as it happens. My point was that a knife is a tool and using it to make other tools is one of the things bushcraft is all about.

 

[santaman2000]

I was thinking about the same video as I posted as it happens. My point was that a knife is a tool and using it to make other tools is one of the things bushcraft is all about.

And a good point at that.

 

[CumbrianLad]

I was thinking about the same video as I posted as it happens. My point was that a knife is a tool and using it to make other tools is one of the things bushcraft is all about.

Well said mate