Bushtool (not a woody clone) my take on an old design

[Shinken]

This is my new bushy prototype (not s manufacturing prototype but personal use proto)

It incorporates things i dont like about woody type clones.

1. I dont like the blades being too wide as it limits what you can do
2. not too thick 3mm is more than plenty
3. Partial tang for lightness but still sturdy
4. Higher grind with secondary bevel for stronger edge (i carry a carving knife for carving)

This i feel is nearly there, could have made it lighter without the thick butt plate (still lighter than a woodlore)

The tang is thick and scored for strength even though it only goes to thirds through the handle and the but plate is held on by screws that take up the final third (with the head ground until the screw slot dissapears)

Steel = cpm 3v
blade tickness = 3mm
blade length = 103mm
blade width = 20mm tapering to point
overall length = 215mm
handle = my elm that i had stabilized professionally

Grind lines could have been better:C

As a side note the cpm 3v despite not being stainless took a week in vinegar to patina:O

 

[eraaij]

Awwwww - that is one seriously cool knife, Shinken!


-Emile

 

[Shewie]

Wow that is stunning Shinken

The patina on blade looks great and that Elm has come up a treat

£ ?

 

[Shinken]

£ ?

Needs refining first

 

[MartinK9]

Very nice indeed Shinken

 

[Hoodoo]

That is a real beauty!

 

[Mesquite]

Very nice indeed Shinken.... even the little wifey commented she liked it, especially the handle so that's high praise indeed

 

[Draven]

Yknow as I was reading I thought "Hey, that's about exactly how I like my general purpose knives."

Then, as I looked at the picture, I thought, "Hey, that's about exactly how I like my general purpose knives"

In short - awesome

Pete

 

[Steve13]

That is very nice particularly like the handle shape

 

[Native Justice]

Very, Very, Very nice package. Looks a treat to do ANYTHING with ... well done.

 

[stanley lake]

Nice job shinken. i like the idea with the vinegar to put patina on blade i was thinking of the same sort of think but with etching acid or battery acid with a similar type scandinavian blade if it don't work ill have a go at your idea

 

[Wayne]

Nice work Shinken.

 

[Jimmy the Jet]

That looks really great! Functional too!!

 

[Shinken]

Thanks chaps i may make a few more in 01 steel

Oh and dont put 01 in white vinegar for two weeks or etching fluid there may be nothing left. Although without oxygen it may be okay?

 

[British Red]

Thats startlingly good....I like slim accurate precise knives and that's just a beauty

Red

 

[helixpteron]

Thats startlingly good....I like slim accurate precise knives and that's just a beauty

Red

+1

 

[HillBill]

I actually quite like that. Good job

 

[brancho]

I like that its my kind of knife

 

[VtBlackdog]

looks really nice, I like it.

 

[John Fenna]

Now that loks like a knife I would want to own!