I want a big knife

[Siberianfury]

i reckon you would want one of these, this is pretty much my main user these days.

its a leuku i made for myself using a lauri carbon blade and heat treated birch.
it bites through wood like a great white bites through seals

 

[_scorpio_]

cletus... that looks like a very long forged kitchen knife... i love it! how big is it??

 

[John Fenna]

Leuku gets my vote for those tasks - Brusletto (sp) is my choice

 

[Retired Member southey]

I was lucky enough to win this set from Man_of_Tanith in a comp, and it's brilliant, big choppy blade for cutting the larger jobs, and a small blade for detail work, you can get a nice whipping action on the biggun that really bits into the wood. I found this pic of the set at springfields.co.uk, no affiliation and havent used them so cant reccomend.

 

[BarryG]

How about a Khukuri?

 

[warthog1981]

Heres a few that I use
http://www.coldsteel-uk.com/store/Kukri-Machete.html
http://www.elinemerchandising.com/OK8600.html modded handle and removed most of the false edge on the tip
http://www.heinnie.com/product.asp?P_ID=4049 slightly modded the handle to
http://www.ragweedforge.com/RoselliCatalog.html Roselli Leuku
http://www.coldsteel.com/bushmanseries.html cold steel bushman bowie heat shrink-ed the handle
http://survival-knives.co.uk/index.php?act=viewDoc&docId=10 ESEE 6 Black
http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/809-Mora-510-MG-Knife/ Mora 510 MG Knife

 

[spandit]

Does anyone know the thickness of the Martindale machete's and have you heard of Silverline Machetes and their thickness?

Thanks

Silverline machetes are really thin and flexible. Bought one the other day. They aren't sharp out of the packet but I'm sure it will take some sort of edge. For the £5 or so it cost, can't really complain

 

[Andy BB]

hello,
http://sogknives.com/store/S37.html
Have both the SEAL & SEAL Pup, received one of these a while
ago during my service, great piece of kit.
Regards
David

Bit worried about the "cryogenic" treatment - apparently they take it down to below -300F (which is - I believe - way below absolute zero!)

 

[spandit]

Absolute zero is, according to Wikipedia, −459.67 °F

 

[Andy BB]

Absolute zero is, according to Wikipedia, −459.67 °F

Oops - getting my F and C mixed up again Apologies, Sogknives.....................

 

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

The Spec Plus SP50 Gen 2 is a pretty good knife.

 

[FGYT]

Bit worried about the "cryogenic" treatment - apparently they take it down to below -300F (which is - I believe - way below absolute zero!)

No its -184 deg C which is way above Absolute Zero which its impossible to go below hence the name

not sure if deep Cryo cycle is beneficial to Stainless etc most only require -70to -100 deg C to convert the remaining martensite


deep cycle is used on carbon tool steels to give a very tough hard structure but requires very special equipment to do properly and is mostly used on stamping and cutting Dies etc