My Woodlander has arrived. Hurrah.
I found Ben via the Woodsmoke site and liked the look of his work, and after speaking to him was convinced this was the knife for me. He was very helpful and friendly and discussed what I wanted and offered advice. Same after it arrived. He called to check I had it OK, and we talked about care and sharpening and different woods and Longbows and woodworking ....generally had a good old chat actually. He's a top bloke.
Ordered it in November last year and it arrived a couple of weeks ago.....only just got around to taking some piccies of it. Normally Ben turns them around a bit quicker, 4-6 weeks, but he had been away and returned to a mass of orders for furniture plus he was having his workshop re-fitted too.
It was well worth the wait though. I have a 3mm blade on mine ( you can choose 4mm if you want) with a Yew scales on the handle (again you can choose from a variety of woods). It came with a combination neck/belt sheath (yep, choice again, you can choose what style, even what colour), hand made and wet moulded to the knife. Also came with a matching yew handled fire steel which has it's own holder on the sheath. All the cord wrapped round to form the baldrick was included too.
It's a really lovely knife. Fantastic piece of work from Ben. The handle is very comfortable, and seems to fit me perfectly as I have smallish hands for a bloke. Nice and easy to control when carving and it comes so sharp you could cry. Haven't been out with it yet, so can't comment on how it performs in the field, but I suspect it will live up to its looks.
Just thought you may like to see it.
I found Ben via the Woodsmoke site and liked the look of his work, and after speaking to him was convinced this was the knife for me. He was very helpful and friendly and discussed what I wanted and offered advice. Same after it arrived. He called to check I had it OK, and we talked about care and sharpening and different woods and Longbows and woodworking ....generally had a good old chat actually. He's a top bloke.
Ordered it in November last year and it arrived a couple of weeks ago.....only just got around to taking some piccies of it. Normally Ben turns them around a bit quicker, 4-6 weeks, but he had been away and returned to a mass of orders for furniture plus he was having his workshop re-fitted too.
It was well worth the wait though. I have a 3mm blade on mine ( you can choose 4mm if you want) with a Yew scales on the handle (again you can choose from a variety of woods). It came with a combination neck/belt sheath (yep, choice again, you can choose what style, even what colour), hand made and wet moulded to the knife. Also came with a matching yew handled fire steel which has it's own holder on the sheath. All the cord wrapped round to form the baldrick was included too.
It's a really lovely knife. Fantastic piece of work from Ben. The handle is very comfortable, and seems to fit me perfectly as I have smallish hands for a bloke. Nice and easy to control when carving and it comes so sharp you could cry. Haven't been out with it yet, so can't comment on how it performs in the field, but I suspect it will live up to its looks.
Just thought you may like to see it.
