Modified Kitchen Knives for Work/bush use

[Aristotle]

I was given these kitchen knives. As they were surprlus to kitchen requirements, I decided to modify them a bit for bush/garden/workshop use.

Marked-out, then I used a Dremel with a cutting disc, the bench grinder, a selection of sharpening stones and a leather strop. The bigger one needs a bit more work.

The smaller "cleaver" style knife has come in handy already. Quite a useful shape.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Not a knife, but this is a cleaver I modified some years ago.

Cleaver to Nessmuk-ish.

Some time ago I was given an old battered S/steel meat cleaver. I spent yesterday turning it into a Nessmuk type knife for general camp duties. I've never reground tools into something else, or made a handle for full tang blade. All in all I'm pretty pleased with the way it has turned out. I cut...

bushcraftuk.com

 

[Aristotle]

Not a knife, but this is a cleaver I modified some years ago.

Cleaver to Nessmuk-ish.

Some time ago I was given an old battered S/steel meat cleaver. I spent yesterday turning it into a Nessmuk type knife for general camp duties. I've never reground tools into something else, or made a handle for full tang blade. All in all I'm pretty pleased with the way it has turned out. I cut...

bushcraftuk.com

That's really good. I have a Marbles Camp Cleaver that is similar, but probably inferior steel.