Get a load of the new Alan Wood eyecandy over on BB...
Just written the review.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?p=58655
Just written the review.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?p=58655
BB Review: New Alan Wood bushcrafter...
- Thread starter Martyn
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Wow! :super:
You must be absolutely delighted with that!
I hope you get a lot of enjoyment from it mate.
Dave
You must be absolutely delighted with that!
I hope you get a lot of enjoyment from it mate.
Dave
£145 with a better sheath than the 'other' knife and a Maple handle... Oh and its an Alan Wood custom...
What is it our American cousins say? NO BRAINER DUDE!!!
What is it our American cousins say? NO BRAINER DUDE!!!
Great review. I really like that sheath design....expecially the tab above the firesteel. I always wondered how the firesteel loop works after a steel has lost some of its girth, that tab looks like it will really assist.
Thanks
Thanks
Wow again :biggthump that looks great. If I hadn't just got a new knife and wasn't moving house in a month I would be signing up for this straight away. I wonder if woodlore will be pleased that Alan Wood has done this for £50 less than a woodlore knife. Makes the wilkinson sword woodlores a bit redundant as well.
Let us see a review when you've used it as well Martyn.
Bill
Let us see a review when you've used it as well Martyn.
Bill
I like that one a lot Martyn, the fuller belly on the blade looks better than the boarspear effect that the other one has.
The handle looks fuller in the hand than the other one as well. The rosewood root looks very nice with the loveless fasteners. I think you can give yourself a good pat on the back for that one. :biggthump
The handle looks fuller in the hand than the other one as well. The rosewood root looks very nice with the loveless fasteners. I think you can give yourself a good pat on the back for that one. :biggthump
tenbears10 said:
The Woodlore (TM) range, I imagine is a very good earner... in fairness the Alan Wood model is very very well made. The other brand I won't comment on.
Nice looking knife, the wood burl handle is very nice, and I like the sheath design.
The hollow grind suprises me, as does the short height of the bevel.
I am interested in how the knife will perform in a variety of situations compared to the standard woodlore.
The hollow grind suprises me, as does the short height of the bevel.
I am interested in how the knife will perform in a variety of situations compared to the standard woodlore.
chad234 said:
I wrote the review ater less than 24 hrs ownership - so it was really more of a first look evaluation. I have a Woodlore too, so after I've owned it for some time, I'll do a follow up.
The hollow grind isn't my first choice either. But I understand Alans reasoning. He's had quite a few woodlore back because people didn't fully understand how to sharpen them and just worked the edge rather than the whole bevel - this resulted in a convexed edge, requiring a fairly major re-grind. The principle behind the slightly hollow ground edge, is that eventually, it will get flattened from sharpening - I dunno if I agree with this, but i get the idea. It is a PITA for me though, as I want a flat grind so will have to spend a few hours honing one onto the knife before I use it in earnest. I think this is actually how he grinds his woodlore's now as well.
Id be happy to use it bfor you until it becomes a flat grind 
are you going to do much with it before you change the bevel. I may be putting a knife togeather and it would be easier for me to put a hollow grind on rather then a flat, I' be interested to se how the two compare.
are you going to do much with it before you change the bevel. I may be putting a knife togeather and it would be easier for me to put a hollow grind on rather then a flat, I' be interested to se how the two compare.
The General said:I would have thought a convex profile was preferable?
Maybe, if you were following the way the knife was designed and ground initially, but there is convex and then there is convex. In this case, we're talking about the kind of convex that can be translated as "blunt!". At least that how I read Alans comments about it. Like I said, I'm not entirely convinced, but i bow to his far superior knowledge here - he does grind these knives and has done for a long time, so ya gotta give him credit for knowing his own blades.
I suppose its that the edge bevel becomes more thick as the user is not back beveling?
Sometimes I forget that it does take a lot of practice to sharpen knives...
Sometimes I forget that it does take a lot of practice to sharpen knives...
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