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It depends on personal choice really... and a CMP-S30V blade for 60 squid :rolleyes:



Not yet, but I'm starting to struggle!

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you know you want it..... lol
 
Bought an Opinel #8. Got it in France so cheaper than I could see from a cursory Internet search in the UK (about £8). Very stiff to open but seems sharp enough & I've always liked their honest functionality
 
stick it on a radiator for an hour or so, it will dry out and loosen up a lot :)

the traditional way to open these is to hold it between finger and thumb by the metal end with the closed blade facing down, then sharply tap the other end of the handle ( the swell / ramp bit just by the blade tip ) on a hard surface ( use the heel of your shoe to look cool :) ) this will expose the blade enough to get a good grip on it.

hope that helps
 
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stick it on a radiator for an hour or so, it will dry out and loosen up a lot :)

the traditional way to open these is to hold it between finger and thumb by the metal end with the closed blade facing down, then sharply tap the other end of the handle ( the swell / ramp bit just by the blade tip ) on a hard surface ( use the heel of your shoe to look cool :) ) this will expose the blade enough to get a good grip on it.

hope that helps

Lock it off and then run the last 35mm (tip) of the spine down the belt grinder to give it a lovely drop point profile:bandit:
 
Thanks, guys, tried that tip Robbi & it works a treat, very cool.

Hadn't noticed it's more of a Bowie profile blade but don't think I'll drop the point just yet - excuse the pun but I can't see the point?
 
I accidentally purchased a new axe:rolleyes: I didn't mean too honest:dunno:

I was at the European Woodworking Show at Cressing barns (Near Braintree, Essex)

Lots of nice things going on, but there was a guy doing axe displays. And next door they were selling Gransfor Bruks axes.

They were just calling out to me, I couldn't decide between 2 of them. I thought I was free, but the resident expert was called in to help me decide:p

So I've come away with the Scandinavian Forest Axe, and managed to get the price down to
:bigok:£55
 
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was a good day out, lots of good names there.

Most memorable was Richard Head:lmao: Can't remember what he was making, just the name
 
got a hair cut and then went to cabela's on friday and put money down on my lay-a-way 92f berreta...saturday went to sportsman warehouse got some 550 cord and stocked up on esbit tablets...also got a trama kit with celox,izzy bandage, gloves,and roll bandge at the gun club....vince g. 11B Inf...
 

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