Scout knife

[Backyard Bushcraft]

been looking at gettin my scouts some knives for a while now and was about to buy a few moras for them when i found these! stainless steel or carbon and a little bit smaller than a mora, nice chunky handles and bright colours, sheath exactly the same as a mora and best of all the price £2.95! needed a sharpen though but that just gives scouts a lesson in sharpening knives which is another bonus!! been splitting wood with them and not managed to break one yet!

http://www.outdoorgb.com/p/whitby_economy_fishing_knife/

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[Backyard Bushcraft]

and after lookint at this pic i spent the morning cleaning my mora ha ha ha

 

[Big John]

I bought stainless Frosts clippers for our Explorer Scouts in green like the second one in your pic. We bought a job lot for other units in the district as well - I think they came in at £5 each for 60 of them. I like the rubber handles on them over the plain plastic ones on the Mora (which were £4.50).

Pretty good value and no need to sharpen them! I can let you have the contact details if you like - the main UK wholesaler for Frosts.

 

[FGYT]

My old man has been a scout leader for over 25yrs and i showed him the Frost Clipper/Mora?? in bright orange i bought and said it would make a good scout knife and cheap too

"Oh no we dont use knives that can be used to kill people with "

Me " So you dont do Knife and axe any more then "

"Yes but you can do it all with a Leatherman or a SAK "

I didnt ask to see the rubber safety axe


Duncan

 

[Backyard Bushcraft]

god dam it i tried lookin for the main dealers contact address for ages!! these are slightly cheaper i suppose but u cant beat a mora! even with a stick!!!!

 

[Jacknife]

I've got a couple of those knives, some shops call them 'bait knives'.
they come in yellow, red, and blue.
Very good for the price, they took a bit of sharpening but once that's done they take a very good edge and seem pretty sturdy.
I can imagine them being ideal for scouts.

P.S. I got mine at a tackle shop in Taunton. The one near the market and just down from the station.

 

[British Red]

I see what you mean about them needing a proper sharpen Backyard B - the secondary bevel on the yelly handled one is really pronounced - did it take much work to grind it out?
I do wonder whay anyone whould put a secondary like that on a scandy grind?? Still great price on the knives

Red

 

[Backyard Bushcraft]

ive not tried them yet was going to let the scouts have a pop at sharpening them! but if u think its gunna take a lot of grinding ill have a go of one first!! not that im any good at sharpening mind ha haa

 

[British Red]

Shouldn't be too bad - just follow the instructions in the £5 sharpening kit thread. theres a fair bit of metal to remove to take on the shoulder of that bevel so I'd start with a 120 grit.

Theres a cracking 4 sided diamond bench stone in B&Q for £9 that would do a lovely job in an hour or so on each knife

Red

 

[sargey]

Shouldn't be too bad - just follow the instructions in the £5 sharpening kit thread. theres a fair bit of metal to remove to take on the shoulder of that bevel so I'd start with a 120 grit.

Theres a cracking 4 sided diamond bench stone in B&Q for £9 that would do a lovely job in an hour or so on each knife

Red

right, i'm off to B&Q!

chers, and.

 

[OzaawaaMigiziNini]

They sell em for $1 here, I bought one for each of my "students" and added a neck cord. I agree on the sharpening though, the secondary bevel is a pain to overcome. As well, I bough some extras to test;

-half tang, instead of a full tang
-hard plastic has pores in it, which makes me think it was poured fitted, which means no epoxy,

those two things made the knives very unstable after heavy work. But I'm a heavy guy.

These'll do just fine for your scouts BB, just make sure to get rid of that darned extra bevel!