Knife making competition

[ex-member BareThrills]

I shall do this competition next time. Its took me a year to learn to sharpen a knife let alone make one. But hey tonight i shaved hairs so im happy. I can also recommend Sal's lemon biscuits as cooked at the RC meet. Delightful fare

Some stunning entries so far, you should all be very proud.

 

[grey-array]

Oh go on then As highly recommended by Man of Tanith and Mesquite for cooking in camp.... heres my auld mams recipe for Lemon Biscuits

25-30 50-60 (3x 20 roll)
6oz Butter 12oz
8oz Plain flour 1 lb
4oz Granulated sugar 8oz
1 ½ oz Granulated sugar to coat 2oz
1 Lemon ( ½ the juice and all of the rind) 2 rind, 1 juice
Coarsely granulated sugar or demerera to roll (OPTIONAL)

• Cream the butter, sugar and lemon rind together.
• Stir in the flour and lemon juice.
• Knead the mix as a dough and form into a rolled sausage 1 or 2, each 1 ½ -2” diameter, roll in coarsely granulated sugar, then cover with cling film and rest in the fridge for ½ hr. It will keep in the fridge for about 3 days so can be cooked daily. Freeze if liked at this stage.
• Grease and flour a baking sheet and cut the roll into ¼ “ rounds. Place onto the sheet allowing a good 2” space between them as they do spread during cooking.
• Bake at GM5 (190 Celsius or 375 Fahrenheit) for 15 mins, turning half way through until lightly browned at the edges.

Apologies for the poor formatting- the smaller quantity is before the ingredients, the larger quantity is after the ingredients, if you wanna try the recipe, it is yummy

C'mon, mr mountainman! I'm determined to swamp this page so it goes away and we can get back on with the business of cooing over shineys!!

That sounds awfully tasty I think I'll give that one a go in the near future, who would have thought to find this superb bit of info in a knife competition XD
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[TurboGirl]

That sounds awfully tasty I think I'll give that one a go in the near future, who would have thought to find this superb bit of info in a knife competition XD
Yours sincerely Ruud

Yeah, it's a great recipe, bit of a family staple and a lovely camping treat cooked in a dutchy Give it a go! I think I should stop my threadjack now, before I get in trouble from the Man

I was looking for the blank I'd cut before I had to withdraw from the comp but luckily, I've lost it.... which is good because if I'd've left any trace of illicit metalwork in hubbys garage, it may have ended in divorce... safer to stick to biscuitmaking!

 

[paulnb57]

Go on then, add my name to the list, dunno if Ill make the deadline, but Ill give it a go.....

Complete amateur, 1st attempt, from scratch......eeeek! ive ordered a length of 01 steel plate......

Paul (paulnb57)

 

[TurboGirl]

I've added you, Paul, please check I got the right section I'll leave any other alterations required to the thread originator.... hey, best of luck with it, first knives are soooo special, you'll be hooked! (oh btw if you need heat treatment, check early on in the thread, there was someone up for doing a batch )

Made own blade

1, abominable_scouse_monster
2, Belabear
3, DaveBromley
4, Bilmo
5, Fat ferret
6, southey
7, leighwill
8, Dave53...... Heat treament needed.
9, grey-array ( Hand Forged blade, first timer)
10, capt.dunc
11, Paulnb57

Bought or modified blade

1, angst
2, mountainm
3,man of tanith
4, Dannytsg
5, Water Gypsy
6, resnikov
7, dave53
8, Dark Horse Dave
9, BeerHunter
10, PyroPhil

Pro

1, Brancho
2, HillBill
3, Lannyman8
4, Gill
5, Stew
6, Warren Bond
7,
8,

 

[HillBill]

This thread has gotten a little.....busy. Could we possibly start a new one in which the only posts to be added are the list, and folks entries? And keep the chatter for this one maybe?

 

[paulnb57]

Turbogirl, yep thats the right section, I think a new thread with just those entering would be a good idea and tidy things up...

Paul

 

[Angst]

new thread new thread!!

 

[Man of Tanith]

New thread will be sorted this evening
Sam

 

[Man of Tanith]

ne thread posted anyone who has already shown photo of entry please can you repost it in there