New design testing

[HillBill]

Hi guys.

This should have been posted before now, just not got round to it.

So i have been testing out the new design i made recently, It performed admirably in all tasks it was put to, i have no complaints whatsoever about it.

Its been used to batten through loads of seasoned ash logs, feather stick one of em, which with the wood been so dry and hard didnt make the best feather sticks i've ever done lol, but thats on me and the wood, not the knife. I whittled some sticks for cooking some fish, used it in the kitchen for prepping the fish etc. Just general stuff really and nothing too fancy It strikes sparks from a ferro rod better than any other knife i have used, strikes sparks from flint well, scrapes bark really easily and efficiently due to the concave spine. The knife has been used pretty hard, its not in the same condition it was when i started thats for sure But at the end of it all, it still shaves hairs and could even feather some reindeer antler without bother

Few pics of the process... and thanks for looking

Still need a name for this design..... any ideas guys?


Before i started...it looked like this http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111725&highlight

Battoned wood


Not the best featherstick in the world, but it worked






Sea Bas and Sea Bream to be sorted






Some salmon sorted


After playing with the ferro rod







Couple of pics at the side of Steves Spydie bushy for a sense of scale

 

[Goatboy]

Said it before I like the design, looks very usefull. My first thought was a Billy Knife. (But then I thought the older amongst us may expect something from Predator - as in "What's got Billy so spooked.")

 

[HillBill]

Haha

A few people have said it looks like a stretched eagles beak with my stamp as the eye... so i'm leaning towards calling it The Eagle or something similar lol

 

[HHazeldean]

That looks very nice, I really like the look of it, its different but I really like it. Looks like its working well too, thanks

 

[Shewie]

Haha

A few people have said it looks like a stretched eagles beak with my stamp as the eye... so i'm leaning towards calling it The Eagle or something similar lol

Very nice mate, I like that a lot

Surely it has to be the EB1 (Eagle Beak 1)

 

[Man of Tanith]

Its still growing on me Mark at first I wasn't convinced but I like the look of it more each time I see it.
Maybe should call it beakie?

 

[Macaroon]

I think the shape looks good, but more importantly, for me, it looks as if it'll make a great carver for the tight curve stuff as well as a good all - rounder..............atb mac

 

[EdS]

Having seen it in the flesh, it's a cracking utility knife.

 

[HillBill]

That looks very nice, I really like the look of it, its different but I really like it. Looks like its working well too, thanks

Aye, it does its job well enough... thanks mate

Very nice mate, I like that a lot

Surely it has to be the EB1 (Eagle Beak 1)

Cheers Rich. The EB1 eh? Well, its in keeping with the rest of my knives..

Its still growing on me Mark at first I wasn't convinced but I like the look of it more each time I see it.
Maybe should call it beakie?

Cheers Sam...Its an unusual design really, so it will take time for the aesthetic appeal to shine through,

I think the shape looks good, but more importantly, for me, it looks as if it'll make a great carver for the tight curve stuff as well as a good all - rounder..............atb mac

Thanks Mac. General purpose was the plan with it, i think it will be perfect for that

Having seen it in the flesh, it's a cracking utility knife.

Cheers Ed

 

[GGTBod]

i opened this thread to look at the knife now i'm bloody starving

 

[HillBill]

The fish was very good indeed

 

[GGTBod]

I like the Eagle knife too, what is the wallet damage on one of those beauties?

 

[GGTBod]

I found them on your website, having an oggle as i type

 

[sunndog]

Ere mark, have you tweaked the blade shape between then and now?
Flicking between this and the one you're current sales thread it does look slightly different, the older one having more belly maybe and more pointy?

Or it may well just be the camera angle confusing my poor brain

 

[Clouston98]

Great stuff Mark!

 

[HillBill]

As that one was a prototype, it was always open to a good old tweaking.

I dropped the hump at the front a little so the spine didn't rise back up. Which led to a finer point which works better with wood. Only mine was like this one is, the rest had the mod applied. The handle at the front is also a little smaller/narrower on this one than on subsequent ones.

Ere mark, have you tweaked the blade shape between then and now?
Flicking between this and the one you're current sales thread it does look slightly different, the older one having more belly maybe and more pointy?

Or it may well just be the camera angle confusing my poor brain

 

[HillBill]

Thanks guys

 

[sunndog]

Interesting, adding some width to the handle was a good move.

 

[HillBill]

Yeah, it needed it. For my hands anyway.

All my designs have been altered slightly in one way or another since i made the first of each.... they get refined into a better tool.

 

[Tom Gold]

Goatboy, Yes, a seminal moment in cinematic history; "if it bleeds we can kill it...etc'