Here is a knife i just finished. The handle is stabilised valnut. OAL is 175 mm blade legnth is 170 mm and 40 mm wide.
Seved
Seved
Not a bushcraft knife maybe
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interesting knife, i must admit to being a bit of a fan of "dagger" style knives, and this one's something a little different, i like it. one question though, is it just a trick of the light or have you made this with a blunt edge? reason i ask is the third photo down (or up, it works both ways) seems to show a lot of light reflecting back off the edge of the blade, almost as if it's been deliberately blunted. probably just a trick of the light.
stuart
stuart
No its made as a sticker for hunting vildboar and Deer.
Seved
curious to hear people's opinions - isn't hunting quite an integral part of bushcraft? therefore, aren't hunting knives just one kind of bushcraft knife?
stuart
Thank you 
Yes i like daggerstyle knives to. Its something with them.
No you right I havent sharpen it yet. I do that the last thing i do. LOL i always cut myself if not LOL .
Seved
Yes i like daggerstyle knives to. Its something with them.
No you right
I havent sharpen it yet. I do that the last thing i do. LOL i always cut myself if not LOL .Seved
Shambling Shaman
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
You absolutly right there if you ask me. Its just that i had a one edged knife in mind when i wrought it. But its right its one kind of Bushcraft knife
Seved
I like that a lot
Thanks
Yes you right. I wonder what kind of sheat i should make though. I have some ideers. But i dont know yet.
Seved
Thank you
Yes i like daggerstyle knives to. Its something with them.
No you right
Seved
that makes sense, thanks for that.
you're right about daggers, there's just "something about them", i think a lot of it, for me at least, is the symmetry (spl?) and the balance of them. my grandad served in the second world war and was issued with a fairbairn-sykes commando dagger, by the time i was a teenager and going fishing with my grandad it had become his bait digging knife, i used to spend ages sitting by the side of the pond playing with his knife, i guess my love of this style of knife all stems from that.
in case you're wondering, yes i still have the knife, and no, it's no longer used for bait digging
stuart
No its made as a sticker for hunting vildboar and Deer.
Seved
You are absolutely right Stu. I stand corrected.
LOL that was funny one of my first daggers that i was fasinated of was a fairbairn-sykes commando dagger but a replica. I bought that one and still have it.
It must be nice to have that after your grandad. No i hope you not digging with it.
it must have some value i think.
there was never any intention to correct anyone mate
i was just curious to hear people's ideas about what is, or isn't, a bushcraft knife. it's an area that i find interesting. it would seem that for the vast majority of us on here "bushcraft knife" means a (generalizing a fair bit i know) O1, stock removal, scandi ground, leaf shaped blade, with hardwood scales, coloured liners, and pins/bolts holding it all together. ray mears/alan wood woodlore, roger harrington bushcrafter, enzo (trapper?) being a few that spring to mind immediately. i'm sure that i'm not alone in not owning anything that even vaguely fits that desription (personally because i've only quite recently found anything in that vein that i like, deval bushcrafter and spyderco bushcrafter, and i don't have to spare funds at the moment to get either). just curious to hear other's thoughts on this.stuart
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there was never any intention to correct anyone mate
I know, but you were still right
It's a hunting knife and certainly comes under the bushcraft umbrella. A specialist bushcraft knife, rather than a general use bushcraft knife to be more precise.I know, but you were still right
+1
Seved
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