what bushcraft knives 'actually' look like...
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For several centuries in the fur trading days of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada,
the best, serious, bushcraft knives, Mocotaugan included, were made from files bought
from the HBC (made in Sheffield, by the wooden barrel.)
The forge was a covered trench of charcoal in the ground.
the best, serious, bushcraft knives, Mocotaugan included, were made from files bought
from the HBC (made in Sheffield, by the wooden barrel.)
The forge was a covered trench of charcoal in the ground.
Beautiful knife.
Art.
But, to be honest, not a working knife, way to nice. So not a bushcrafting knife.
Knives made by the same were simple tools, the making of these exhibition grade knifes started in the 1960'.
Up until the early to mid 1970' most same knives were very simple, with blades made from scrap iron.
Most used knives made in Mora.
Art.
But, to be honest, not a working knife, way to nice. So not a bushcrafting knife.
Knives made by the same were simple tools, the making of these exhibition grade knifes started in the 1960'.
Up until the early to mid 1970' most same knives were very simple, with blades made from scrap iron.
Most used knives made in Mora.
That artisan does work that deserve to be displayed. The attention to detail is simply stunning, well on par with the best same artists!
Knives like that are "exhibition-grade" to me. I'd be thankful for a blade with a good edge.
It's the artisan's thoughts in design that I admire most.
Several coffee cans of top-quality rusty files, aged in the rain and snow for a couple of years.
Maybe this winter, I've found another blacksmith in hiding.
It's the artisan's thoughts in design that I admire most.
Several coffee cans of top-quality rusty files, aged in the rain and snow for a couple of years.
Maybe this winter, I've found another blacksmith in hiding.
Sami style of knives were around a long time before Ray mears made his heavy duty kitchen knife.
Yep, like around 2 millennia.
The same people have been using three different types.
A large one, called 'huggare' in Swedish. Translated to English it would be a 'chopper'. To cut smaller branches, twigs for the fire and to sleep on.
Mid sized all round knife, to use in butchering, eating. Then a small blade to use in cutting the ownership mark into the reindeer's ears.
The women had also a smallish knife, size between the mid size and marking size.
That kind of knifes (sizes) are still made by people type Marttiini, plus some other manufacturers.
The main difference between the 'bushcraft knives' as advocated by RM and other modern personalities and those true working knifes is the thickness of the blade, plus they had a stick tang.
Design - check out Marttiini. 'Normal' birch handle, brass fittings. Reindeer leather sheath. Only sometimes a sheath of Antler
Full Antler knifes ( incl sheaths) are a modern invention, I think post WW2.
The same people have been using three different types.
A large one, called 'huggare' in Swedish. Translated to English it would be a 'chopper'. To cut smaller branches, twigs for the fire and to sleep on.
Mid sized all round knife, to use in butchering, eating. Then a small blade to use in cutting the ownership mark into the reindeer's ears.
The women had also a smallish knife, size between the mid size and marking size.
That kind of knifes (sizes) are still made by people type Marttiini, plus some other manufacturers.
The main difference between the 'bushcraft knives' as advocated by RM and other modern personalities and those true working knifes is the thickness of the blade, plus they had a stick tang.
Design - check out Marttiini. 'Normal' birch handle, brass fittings. Reindeer leather sheath. Only sometimes a sheath of Antler
Full Antler knifes ( incl sheaths) are a modern invention, I think post WW2.
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