Personal Survival Knife

[sc_barker]

This is the last of the PSK blade's that i made a while ago. It sat in a box for a good few months unloved and dirty. Now look at it, A true Cinderella story

3mm O1 convexed blade, hand finished to 1200 handled with brass tube and home made denim mycarta super smoothed to 2400.

This is going to be my keeper now

Thanks for looking.

 

[moab]

sc
Thats a great looking knife - can you tell me what the notch is for?

 

[sc_barker]

The notch is called a choil & is there to seperat the cutting edge from the ricasso to allow a fully sharpend edge all the way along the blade. some times the choil is a larger and used as an area where the handle and blade meet which positions/guards the index finger while gripping the opened knife like on the UKPK.

 

[mentalnurse]

stunning looking knife.

 

[brancho]

SC
That is a nice looking knife.

Alf

 

[climberslacker]

o I thought that the notch was for using your firesteel on! It wouldn't dull the edge and might work, try it!

 

[demographic]

handled with brass tube and home made denim mycarta

I like the idea of having tubes for all the rivets and tel us more about technique you used to make the home made denim mycarta please.

 

[sc_barker]

this is the tutorial i followed to make the Micarta but i used a old paper press instead of the clamps.

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21836&highlight=homemade+micarta

 

[Draven]

Mighty fine lookin' knife Been meanin to make some of that denim Micarta m'self... how does it hold up?

 

[sc_barker]

Mighty fine lookin' knife Been meanin to make some of that denim Micarta m'self... how does it hold up?

Seems to hold up the same as regular micarta but its a little fluffier to work though.

 

[demographic]

this is the tutorial i followed to make the Micarta but i used a old paper press instead of the clamps.

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21836&highlight=homemade+micarta

Not that hard to understand at all then, cheers for that.

 

[SOAR]

Stunning looking knife mate.

Simon.

 

[Tiley]

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever"

Need I say more?

 

[Black Sheep]

Very nice.

I like the hollow pins and love the grain/weave patten, think I'll have to have a go......

Richard

 

[Cap'n Badger]

..hubba hubba....better not bring that t' the bushmoot fella........or ye might find yersel' tied t' a tree in the naughty camp......bereft o' such a lovely blade.....
Very nice mate...hats off.....:You_Rock_

 

[sc_barker]

thanks for the kind words

 

[Big Smitty]

SC

Beautiful knife! Can you tell me how you get your makers mark on the blade? Is it etched, cut in with a rotary tool or punched in? I like the "B", clean and distinctive. Good taste! Thanks!

 

[maddave]

..hubba hubba....better not bring that t' the bushmoot fella........or ye might find yersel' tied t' a tree in the naughty camp......bereft o' such a lovely blade.....
Very nice mate...hats off.....:You_Rock_

Aye what he said:swordfigh

 

[Tourist]

Dat ist wunderbar.

 

[Barak]

That looks the absolute business mate, well done.