I think herself would have a fit if I started altering the Ray Illes drawknife she got me only this year but it would make a excellent start point for a improvised one. I put a screw in ring in one if the handles of a Mora drawknife so I could hang it up and did have a bash using that with it temporarily stapled to a lump of wood. On light stuff it worked rather well but I was in constant fear of braking the handle so haven't repeated the experiment.
if I didn't already have more financial commitments than cash I would love to commission one like in the tent peg making vid, I should get off my ar5e and get rid of some of the stuff I don't use like the 1st pattern Oakwood Wiseman knife herself got me back when we didn't have kids, mortgage etc. and turn it into stuff I would use!
Very roughly what sort of cost would a one off stock knife be? Nah, don't tell me, I'll sell the family silver, scrape just enough together then a wheel will come off the Mondeo, again ( span across three lanes of the M66, punched through a double barrier spun across the south bound 3 lanes , during rush hour mind, and ended up on the hard shoulder. We just clipped a rear light on a passing van, not a scratch on any of the passengers but the old tank was a right off. Actually the insurance got that, it's the opening of doors on to pillars in multi storey carparks that's the money drain, but I digress...).
i'm just greedy, I've had so many shiny new toys this year. Ok mainly old toys I've made shiny.
ATB
Tom
