Im my search for a knife ive made a couple more prototype blades
first was the Woodlore clone posed earlier which even with a Distal taper was still a bit of a lump
I was making one based on British Reds PFK and have a blank out of 4mm stock waiting to finish
however I always inended making a Nessmuk not that i thought it was for me but out if curiosity having never seen or hearsd of one untill i came here. A couple have been made and posted on here recently which brought it to the front. Also i was looking for the right shape. After looking at lots of interpretations i decided to use the little picture in the Book of the original (its avalible to download on this site ) page 8
I made 2 blades one to 10" overall scale which i think is close to the right size but its handle is a little to short for my hands so i scaled the second up to 12" over all this one ive finished with a plywood handle
to the shape of the antler one in the book (prototype remember
)
other blade im looking for a piece of antler the right shape
both are made from 3mm flat stock an have a variable scandi Grind starting at 3mm high at the handle to 9mm at the tip giving 53 to 19 deg following the line that shows on the original drawing ( IMO
had to try it )
I also made a 3/4 scale of the PFK style knife whick is a good size for Kids and actually a nice 3 finger knife for me
from the PFK ive smoothed off the Hump
and slightly changes the handle profile mainly to suit the Diameters of my sanding drums. The main changes are in the other direction.
Made from 3mm stock ( scaled from My 4mm size)
Taper tang to 0.75mm.
Full length Distal Taper blade to 1.5mm
25deg scandi Grind top half is then convexed back still leaving a 3-4mm flat for ease of sharpening and woodworking (thought this up a while back and wanted to try it then saw SMC do it
nothing original in this world)
Plywood handle
2.5mm Alu pins
6mm Alu Lanyard hole
6mm Alu Tube center pin
now ive worked out the order of grinding i hope to get easier better finishing
the large Nessy chops very well
the Scale knife im hoping will make a good carver and camp knife for veg etc
ATB
Duncan
PS taking photos of shiny things wit hflash is a pain
first was the Woodlore clone posed earlier which even with a Distal taper was still a bit of a lump
I was making one based on British Reds PFK and have a blank out of 4mm stock waiting to finish
however I always inended making a Nessmuk not that i thought it was for me but out if curiosity having never seen or hearsd of one untill i came here. A couple have been made and posted on here recently which brought it to the front. Also i was looking for the right shape. After looking at lots of interpretations i decided to use the little picture in the Book of the original (its avalible to download on this site ) page 8
I made 2 blades one to 10" overall scale which i think is close to the right size but its handle is a little to short for my hands so i scaled the second up to 12" over all this one ive finished with a plywood handle


other blade im looking for a piece of antler the right shape
both are made from 3mm flat stock an have a variable scandi Grind starting at 3mm high at the handle to 9mm at the tip giving 53 to 19 deg following the line that shows on the original drawing ( IMO

I also made a 3/4 scale of the PFK style knife whick is a good size for Kids and actually a nice 3 finger knife for me
from the PFK ive smoothed off the Hump

Made from 3mm stock ( scaled from My 4mm size)
Taper tang to 0.75mm.
Full length Distal Taper blade to 1.5mm
25deg scandi Grind top half is then convexed back still leaving a 3-4mm flat for ease of sharpening and woodworking (thought this up a while back and wanted to try it then saw SMC do it

Plywood handle

2.5mm Alu pins
6mm Alu Lanyard hole
6mm Alu Tube center pin




now ive worked out the order of grinding i hope to get easier better finishing
the large Nessy chops very well
the Scale knife im hoping will make a good carver and camp knife for veg etc
ATB
Duncan
PS taking photos of shiny things wit hflash is a pain