Skifa

[CatFisH]

If my dictionary is right, skifa is an Old Norse word meaning to slice. That is what Charles May calls this scandi interpretation of a Mors Kochanski style knife. Fortune smiles on me as this one resides on my belt.

S30V with Sea Cow and mosaics...

 

[Justin Time]

we need pics!

 

[sargey]

i can see it and it's gorgeous

cheers, and.

 

[Justin Time]

too right, Sargey. Pic is there now

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Dats preeeeety !!

 

[Snufkin]

Can't see it

 

[Snufkin]

Ooh, see it now. Very pretty .

 

[sargey]

from what i gather elsewhere. this knife is a development of another, like a custom knife as specified by mors kochanski. the prototypes were tested extensively on a recent winterskills course with mors.

the actual pattern specified has hollow/tube pins/rivets securing the tang. this way the knife can be lashed to a stick for harvesting birchbark higher up a tree and for use as a scythe. obviously mors has been looking at our own woodcutter's ideas!

there has also been talk of having a hole in the blade for use with a nail to make a pair of shears. apparently it works very effectively.

cheers, and.