Sharp for the hearth

[Zingmo]

Since SWMBO banished the sheathless kukri to the garage, the only sharp I have by my fireplace at home is a Mora Clipper. I use it for practice at feathersticks, the odd bit of battoning and a hundred other little fireside tasks. While it a good tool it doesn't have the homely rustic feel I would like by the woodburner.

One of my brothers has a little Vaughan hatchet and the end of an oak beam as a chopping block.

My other brother has an old WWI bayonet which is blunt but surprisingly good for battoning.

So I want to know; what do you have by the fire for those living room cutting tasks?

 

[John Fenna]

My whole knife collection (almost) is in the living room - Khukri to Mora, Crimean War bayonet to hand forged Wharncliffe, Thai jungle knife to Damascus bushy..... I have quite a choice....

 

[Zingmo]

..... I have quite a choice....

Is there one which seems to "belong" to the fireplace? Which one do you find yourself reaching for?


Z

 

[Samon]

When I was a boy we had an open fire and used a small hatchet to split the logs, nothing fancy just a basic squareish headed hand hatchet and a battoning log for the tough bits of wood. I do remember my dad using a hammer and big chisel for a while though..not sure why..

 

[WoodMan]

Gransfors Axe, Cavalry sword and WW1 Bayonet actually on the hearth, my six best knives on a display stand about six feet away, Kukri and spike bayonet on top of a load of books on another shelf and my everyday knives distributed around the work surfaces in the kitchen..... no, we haven't got kids! Glyn.

 

[John Fenna]

Is there one which seems to "belong" to the fireplace? Which one do you find yourself reaching for?


Z

Most get a turn ...but it is mainly my latest home handled knife or the one I am curently testing for the magazines.
The realy heavy work is all done outside in the woodstore - using a GFB SFA or the one I am currently testing for the mags.....