That's a shame .. as the hunting gene doesn't really ever recede. Any idea what's next on the list (this is mainly why we're here )That’s my hunt for a large 3v knife over.
That's a shame .. as the hunting gene doesn't really ever recede. Any idea what's next on the list (this is mainly why we're here )That’s my hunt for a large 3v knife over.
That's a shame .. as the hunting gene doesn't really ever recede. Any idea what's next on the list (this is mainly why we're here )
That is most certainly the spirit
I am on an 'affordable classics' tip at the moment and spend most of my time looking at Mercators, higonokamis, opis, douk douks, little french regional patterns ...
I have hundreds of knives and have owned more, but, and this may just be a kind of nostalgia, the first knives I bought when I started to get seriously interested in all this were a Spyderco Para 1, an Opinel 8, a Roselli Carpenter and a Fallkniven F1. I could have stopped right there and have been perfectly happy with a good set of things for the outdoors ... then I wanted a slightly bigger knife, then an axe, then a saw, then a laguiole, then a this then a that. But in the end, it was the little slipjoints that were the problem ... so much of interest in there, so many little histories, routes to follow, conclusions to reach. I have to say using and collecting all these things, asking people to make things, it has been a blast. I don't see it ending any time soon. Have fun.My collection is as follows:
TOPS mini pry
Mora Firestarter
More Garberg Carbon
Fallkniven F1X in Elmax
Semi custom Bradford Guardian 4.5 in Elmax
Benchmade Leuku
TRC South Pole
TRC Apocalypse
I have hundreds of knives and have owned more, but, and this may just be a kind of nostalgia, the first knives I bought when I started to get seriously interested in all this were a Spyderco Para 1, an Opinel 8, a Roselli Carpenter and a Fallkniven F1. I could have stopped right there and have been perfectly happy with a good set of things for the outdoors ... then I wanted a slightly bigger knife, then an axe, then a saw, then a laguiole, then a this then a that. But in the end, it was the little slipjoints that were the problem ... so much of interest in there, so many little histories, routes to follow, conclusions to reach. I have to say using and collecting all these things, asking people to make things, it has been a blast. I don't see it ending any time soon. Have fun.
Here's something different to graze on
When I used to read the fly fishing magazines, someone wrote about how buying fly rods to fill gaps was a never ending process. Every gap filled created two more gaps on either side of the new rod!
I have found that a lot of kit follows the same pattern, like some yet to be named law of nature!
thank you for the purchase, happy new yearMany thanks to everyone involved in the process of guiding me in the right direction, but particularly @xellos99
The Fehrman arrived today and it’s in great condition, just as the photos showed.
Thanks mate, I’ve got one medium/large Elmax blade so hopefully that’d be OK then.
I’m still digging about for something large and 3v. I found this thanks to someone on Instagram...
They make an 8” and a 12” too.
Thanks for the heads up but I have followed the company since it's beginning, every year they make the same promises to deliver. People have waited for years with poor communication once they have paid. So not for me. If you fancy a good read look at the 27 pages on Bladeforum@Lore @marcoruhland
I have my Fehrman now, so my attention’s moved from large 3v knives for the time being, but during the hunt I started following Survive! knives on Instagram and they’ve now completed their move to a new workshop and are making and shipping large batches now, so if you two were still interested I think you’d get one fairly quick from their website.
Just a thought.
Thanks for the heads up but I have followed the company since it's beginning, every year they make the same promises to deliver. People have waited for years with poor communication once they have paid. So not for me. If you fancy a good read look at the 27 pages on Bladeforum
(Mods please delete if not allowed)Bad - Survive! Deserves A Permanent Post In The Hall Of Shame
Survive! depends on the accuracy of PT Barnum's "every minute" aphorism.www.bladeforums.com
That RD Tanto exemplifies the type of knife that I have long been puzzled about. I looked up a review and it comes with a cutting edge of 62 degrees total angle. It is so thick and obtuse that I cannot see how it could cut anything. One of my early knives was a Cold Steel SRK, which is 3/16 thick and a fairly obtuse edge on a sabre grind. I soon found that it wouldn't cut anything, even if I honed it to the point it would shave hair.
What can the RD Tanto do? It seems like the sort of thing more suited to prying open doors or windows for a SWAT team, or hacking bricks out of walls for sniper hides.