I have been toying for a while with trying out a bruiser of a knife. What do I mean?
Well, I think we all know that one knife simply cannot do all things. For most purposes I like my belt knives small, sharp and handy. My ideal knives are my PFK, Singeblister Hornet and Axelson / Ennockson custom - Scandy ground, razor sharp and under 4 1/2". I also have a Grohman large skinner, ans a smaller skinner for game work.
I suspect the "why" of this is that I have an "adequate" array of axes which do great duty for all heavier wood work - all my chopping and splitting needs are catered for there.
In the "big knife" stakes I have had a "Wiseman Survival tool" which was a huge knife and a greate chopper but just too heavy for belt wear. I own one of the group buy bill hooks which I have a mask for and in terms of sapling thick work and cutting thatch its great. I also have a couple of very long knives (9" blade type) - an antique Flyssa which I love and a Becker Brute which was silly cheap but I'm not sure that has a place really.
On all practical levels I have everything I will ever need so, this is really by way of idle speculation.
It does feel to me that there should / could be a place for a knife in the 6 - 7" blade area - small enough to be handy, big enough to baton through a 4" log. Tough and chunky but possible to belt carry.
Given its inteded purpose it would probably need to be convex to some degree :yikes:
Things that have fluttered across my mind would be something like a Fallkniven A1 (hate that handle though)
The Fallkniven NL2 (can't be doing with that handle either)
Now the sort of lines I really like is the old Puma White Hunter
The problem with this is I have a suspicion its hollow ground (I know the Puma Bowies were). A lot of them came part serrated too which is a non-starter for the purpose
I've toyed witha Leuku but I find the lack of guard off putting given the hard work for which I intend it
The nearest I could get to something really tough but still feasible for belt wear would be to get a bare A1 blade and have a comfortable handle put on it and a sheath made. Before I go down that route and bearing in mind my knowledge of bif tough chopping knives is limited (it would need of course to be paired with a handy folder), would anyone care to offer suggestions worthy of consideration?
Red
Well, I think we all know that one knife simply cannot do all things. For most purposes I like my belt knives small, sharp and handy. My ideal knives are my PFK, Singeblister Hornet and Axelson / Ennockson custom - Scandy ground, razor sharp and under 4 1/2". I also have a Grohman large skinner, ans a smaller skinner for game work.
I suspect the "why" of this is that I have an "adequate" array of axes which do great duty for all heavier wood work - all my chopping and splitting needs are catered for there.
In the "big knife" stakes I have had a "Wiseman Survival tool" which was a huge knife and a greate chopper but just too heavy for belt wear. I own one of the group buy bill hooks which I have a mask for and in terms of sapling thick work and cutting thatch its great. I also have a couple of very long knives (9" blade type) - an antique Flyssa which I love and a Becker Brute which was silly cheap but I'm not sure that has a place really.
On all practical levels I have everything I will ever need so, this is really by way of idle speculation.
It does feel to me that there should / could be a place for a knife in the 6 - 7" blade area - small enough to be handy, big enough to baton through a 4" log. Tough and chunky but possible to belt carry.
Given its inteded purpose it would probably need to be convex to some degree :yikes:
Things that have fluttered across my mind would be something like a Fallkniven A1 (hate that handle though)
The Fallkniven NL2 (can't be doing with that handle either)
Now the sort of lines I really like is the old Puma White Hunter
The problem with this is I have a suspicion its hollow ground (I know the Puma Bowies were). A lot of them came part serrated too which is a non-starter for the purpose
I've toyed witha Leuku but I find the lack of guard off putting given the hard work for which I intend it
The nearest I could get to something really tough but still feasible for belt wear would be to get a bare A1 blade and have a comfortable handle put on it and a sheath made. Before I go down that route and bearing in mind my knowledge of bif tough chopping knives is limited (it would need of course to be paired with a handy folder), would anyone care to offer suggestions worthy of consideration?
Red
If the handle really is that strong a no-no point for you and you don't fancy doing the job yourself why not see if someone on BB could rehandle one for tyou with whatever you wanted ?
