Wilkenson sword woodlore knife!
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Thanks Leon, I have e-mailed Gene about more information on the drop point #6, I hope to get a reply over the next few days... It's looking like a contender. I'm steering for more of a hand made blade than production.
The General, I'm going to have a hunt for what a BRK&T actually is
The General, I'm going to have a hunt for what a BRK&T actually is
http://barkriverknifetool.com/
Though it must be said the website is rather out of date and does not reflect the currect product line very well.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4859
This is the North Star in action.
Though it must be said the website is rather out of date and does not reflect the currect product line very well.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4859
This is the North Star in action.
Thanks for the links... By all acounts it's a damn good knife but I don't think it's the one for me. I also had a good look at the range on the site and couldn't really see anything that stood out and made me think wow.
I have narrowed it down to:
The WS woodlore knife with wooden handle
The Gene Ingram #6 DROP POINT
The Alan Wood Outdare Series: Classic Model
It all depends on if Gene or Alan get back to me from my e-mails and the delivery time.
I'm one of those people who take a roll of photos, wait six months and then get them developed on a 1 hour service :?:
However, once I have one, I may order a completely custom one and wait to get a knife with all the qualities I find I need from the shortcomings of the one I get this time around.
I'm in such a hurry because the MOD one and the other survival/combat knives I have are really not helping me at all at the moment.
Thanks for the straight talk! It's REALLY appreciated :notworthy
I have narrowed it down to:
The WS woodlore knife with wooden handle
The Gene Ingram #6 DROP POINT
The Alan Wood Outdare Series: Classic Model
It all depends on if Gene or Alan get back to me from my e-mails and the delivery time.
I'm one of those people who take a roll of photos, wait six months and then get them developed on a 1 hour service :?:
However, once I have one, I may order a completely custom one and wait to get a knife with all the qualities I find I need from the shortcomings of the one I get this time around.
I'm in such a hurry because the MOD one and the other survival/combat knives I have are really not helping me at all at the moment.
Thanks for the straight talk! It's REALLY appreciated :notworthy
i would be very suprized in Gene didn't reply almost immediately. Both gene and Alan are great communicators. I ordered my Ingram yesterday the delivery date will be 21 Jan. Its a wile to wait but your getting a quality item
And proceeded to sell your soul to Santa...James Watson said:I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat
Squidders said:
Stigma?
Nah. Only if you are some kind of reverse snob, in which case your opinion doesn't matter!
): Personally I am double plus excited about the prospect of receiving my North Star! :biggthump
boaty said:
I used to lay in bed all night, unable to sleep, wondering if there was a dog.
I used to have a dyslexic friend who wanted to be a pimp... he bought a warehouse.
Lurch said:Stigma?
Nah. Only if you are some kind of reverse snob, in which case your opinion doesn't matter!
Personally I am double plus excited about the prospect of receiving my North Star! :biggthump
Well some people can want to be that little more elite, obviously all the newbe muppets like me watch telly, want a good knife and it's a nice looking blade... And hey, Ray Mears uses it... so it's a case of "oh, EVERYONE's got one"... it's the same as everyone where I live has either a
BMW or Audi... I didn't want to be another carbon copy, German car owning toff so I bought a nice unreliable Jaguar instead :roll:
I'm still trying to figure out what's Elite about a simple piece of GFS, with a simple grind and 2 pieces of wood stuck to the sides :?:
It's the simplicity that makes it work though, I guess?
It's the simplicity that makes it work though, I guess?
It all depends what you're into... I'm sure that in nitting circles, some needles are shunned... It's like a football team that gets so popular that nobody likes it.
We do love our underdogs!
The plucky little guy facing the giants.
We do love our underdogs!
The plucky little guy facing the giants.
In that forum there is a thread titled "North Star Order List" - that's where you order them.
Here...
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4895
Here are the options available...
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showpost.php?p=64925&postcount=4
Here...
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4895
Here are the options available...
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showpost.php?p=64925&postcount=4
I think Martyns modesty has got the better of him....Jake Rollnick said:
Rec'd a 'Bushcrafter' yesterday (mine has green canvas Micarta and brass pins). Had zero chance to put through its paces but it is a VERY impressive package. Plenty of weight and a 'beefy' feel to it, which I like and looks like it will be very easy to work with. For a much better description see: http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4350
In comparison to my Fallkniven F1 (never fancied the Woodlore/WS version) it's significantly heavier (7 oz against 5.5 oz on cr*p kitchen scales) with very slightly more drop, by eye about 1.5mm, on the belly. The drop profile to the point is virtually, again by eye, identical to the F1. Handle fit for my 'hamshank' mitts is superb and, even though I've only been playing with it so far, I know it will be very, very comfortable. Much more so than the F1 which I have loved (errr....in a manly rufty tufty kinda way of course :shock: ).
Alan can be emailed at: a.wood@knives.freeserve.co.uk
Having said that, I've also a North Star (to quote a fellow BB member "...almost a custom...") on order and I'm JUST as excited about getting my grubby paws on that (with 'Super' curly birch and mosaics
) and at virtually half the price of the BB Bushcrafter but only a fraction more than a production F1 :yikes: .Maybe you could wait a couple more weeks or so and look for the reports and comparisons on BB which are sure to appear?
