Sicut. Something not quite the norm

[Man of Tanith]

You know how you can be mooching along in t'internet and come across something that sparks the neurons?
Well that happened to me whilst nosing about on Instagram
A chap by the username jollyroger3 posted a pic of a rather intriguing knife.
Its called the Sicut and was Australian special forces survival knife. Further reading into it showed that it was inspired/based upon an aboriginal flint tool called a leilira (i think ive spelt that correctly)
I found myself going back to the image quite a few times and ended up contacting our resident blacksmith extraordinaire Mr Budd to commission one for myself.
It arrived in the post saturday,promptly bit me as i was opening it and its AWESOME!

Considering all i sent was a link to a different forum and the question can you make me one please i think Mr Budd's work is exceptional and i cannot wait to get out and play with it. Its a fine addition to my modern material primitive tools
However i do need to make a sheath for it as like all Dave's stuff its scary sharp.

Thanks Dave its a beaut

 

[bopdude]

A nice but strange looking tool / knife, what are the dimensions ?

 

[Man of Tanith]

2inch blade
4 1/2inch in total
Chisel grind
Carbon steel

Got a few ideas for sheaths dependin what materials i can find

 

[Dark Horse Dave]

Very nice one as usual from Mr. B.

Any more info about how it was used Sam?

 

[Man of Tanith]

My understanding so far is its a small sharp pointy thing.
The chisel grind makes it easy to sharpen usin improvised sharpening stones

The 4 small holes allow it to be lashed to a short stick to make an improvised handle or can be lashed to a longer stick to use as a spear
More info will come when ive had a play

 

[tombear]

Much, much nicer than the issue one!

http://www.australianmilitaryknives.com/special.html

its a rather nice site, I found the sections on utility knives particularly interesting.

Atb

Tom

 

[Twodogs]

I can see that as a very useful blade in a survival situation .
Nice one Sam and of course Dave

 

[Man of Tanith]

Its a sweet wee tool Cliff.
Someit a bit different from the Woodlore/Scandi knives too which is always fun

 

[Janne]

Interesting design. How is it to use in 'daily tasks'?

 

[Man of Tanith]

Once i get a chance to use it i'll let you know
Sadly life outside of my woodstime is dictating i need to focus more on that at the moment

 

[Dreadhead]

I'm guessing that groove on the back of the blade would be great grip for your thumb for some fine tasks, be interested to see how it performs

 

[Zingmo]

Very interesting. Like a two edged version of those Siberian knives. The downside would be trying to convince an officer of the law that it wasn't intended for stabbing people.

Z

 

[Man of Tanith]

Hence why it will only ever be used in my garden

 

[Mesquite]

Interesting looking blade Sam.

Look forward to hearing how it performed when you get around to putting it through its paces.

 

[Man of Tanith]

I swear i need like 36hours in a day to get everythin i want to do done.

I may have some plans up my sleeve though so fingers crossed

 

[mark.177]

very interesting little tool, inspired to make one of my own!

 

[hog]

Looks very like the WW2 SOE thumb/lapel knife for nasty work to the enemy.
4th pic down.
http://combatives.forumotion.com/t3111-the-lapel-dagger-of-ww-2

 

[Janne]

Not much usein a Nature setting?

 

[Wayland]

It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick...

 

[tombear]

I wonder how similar it is in shape/ size to aboriginal stone tools? Not something I know much about being more of a iron age sort of guy but it does look like it would fit nicely in the hand without any sort of handle like some Flint blades I've seen in museums, despite being double edged.

ATB

Tom