crook knives

[spiritwalker]

Hi,

im about to buy a crook knife for spoons / bowls and a couple of log style bird boxes. The thing is im confused which one to get
i was looking at a mora (dont want to get into a big debate about quality etc i have read the previous thread)

my question is can anyone describe the differences between the numbers
162, 163 etc

i used one on a course to make a spoon (cant recall which one)

do i need a double edge or not

can someone offer some bumf behind them before i cough up some cash?

cheers in advance

 

[Retired Member southey]

just those two the 162 is double sided, 163 single side open curve right hand, I think, and the 164 is the left hand version?

 

[spiritwalker]

and the 164 is that just for lefties? so whats the advantage of the double sided or the single?

 

[Retired Member southey]

Sorry dude, thats as far as my knowledge of the mora spoon knives goes, I use a right handed knife by another maker, I find it easier the have the cutting edge facing me and pull to make my cuts with my right hand,

 

[Lurch]

No, the 164 is a right handed with a tight radius and pointy end.
163 is double sided with a shallow radius, 162 is double sided with a tight radius.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Cool beans Lurch, I was a little shaky there

 

[Retired Member southey]

Not really sure why I dove in there dude, sorry for the wrong int,

 

[Harvestman]

My input, for what it is worth, is to avoid the double-edged ones if this is your first crook knife. The technique involved in using them is different to an ordinary blade, and to put it simply, 2 edges means twice the chance of cutting yourself. I like to be able to press the back of the blade if I have to when things get a bit tricky.

Others may disagree.

 

[FGYT]

yes double edge are good but not the frosts they need a long handle so you can use 2 hands which needs the work to be held down the frosts are also very wide so dont turn very well

these are only a little bit wider than a frost double edge spoon tho a lot longer ( 4" blade

the top one hollows very well but more bowl size and

needs a 2ft handle

 

[robin wood]

hollowing a bird box with only a frosts hook would not be much fun and would take forever but if you are determined the 164 is the only one I would consider buying. Money far better spent with Duncan FGYT above or another good maker.

 

[Tiley]

Money far better spent with Duncan FGYT above or another good maker.

...such as Ben Orford. Definitely worth having a look at his offerings.

No association - just a totally happy customer.

 

[Baggy]

hollowing a bird box with only a frosts hook would not be much fun and would take forever but if you are determined the 164 is the only one I would consider buying. Money far better spent with Duncan FGYT above or another good maker.

Robin has it right, I gave my frosts away and have knives from FGYT which I handled myself. If you are set on the Frosts the best of the bunch is probably
http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/.../frosts-164-single-edge-crook-spoon-knife.htm

 

[spiritwalker]

great thanks for the tips ill give the 164 a try cant do the ben orford ones as you need a cheque or postal order to do it and well its something i just dont do lol im a plastic man lol if he had a shopping cart for the carving knives i would have give them a look

 

[FGYT]

great thanks for the tips ill give the 164 a try cant do the ben orford ones as you need a cheque or postal order to do it and well its something i just dont do lol im a plastic man lol if he had a shopping cart for the carving knives i would have give them a look

Why not Post office will take your plastic and give you a postal order then take the order in a letter and give it to Ben if he had to pay the rates to take your plastic his prices would be a lot lot more unfortunately us small guys ( and Ben does a lot more of this than me ) cant afford to do plastic which is why the Gov is stopping the banks removing cheque s altogether or a lot of people would have gone out of business. its bad enough cheque guarantee has been removed.

ATB

Duncan