Woodlore clone

[monkey boy]

I finished this one a few days ago, made with 01 tool steel, birdseye maple handle fixed with corby bolts. Let me know what you think guys

 

[Marmite]

Good job

 

[Wild Tuscany Bushcraft]

Good ! ! Have you also tested it ?

 

[monkey boy]

Yeah it works perfectly, shaving sharp

 

[Dark Horse Dave]

Have you made that from scratch with that workshop full of tools you acquired a while back Sammy? If so you've done a great job!!

 

[dazcon]

I'm going to be honest and it'll probably sound very harsh to most. If this is your first ever knife build then a huge well done!...Don't read on. If this is one of your first half dozen built-from-scratch knives then you should be happy with it. It's very much getting there. If you are on a knife-making path looking for continuous improvement then I can see one or two areas that need a little tweak in my personal view. The thickness of the scales when viewed in the coke-bottle pic are disproportionately thick for the size of the knife. Thinning that profile down would make the knife look far better in my view giving a sleeker and perhaps better balanced tool. The central pin looks too far back to my eye as well. I think it would look better if it was evenly spaced between the front pin and the lanyard hole. A makers mark would really be the icing on the cake as well. Really lifts it out of that made-in-the-shed realm and not that difficult to do. I'm sure you'd be pleased to see your initials in it more than anyone else.

Sorry if this is not what you want to hear. Personally I would rather have constructive criticism than no criticism at all, or even worse lies.

 

[monkey boy]

Have you made that from scratch with that workshop full of tools you acquired a while back Sammy? If so you've done a great job!!

Hi Dave
Yup I made it all from scratch, really happy with this one

 

[monkey boy]

I'm going to be honest and it'll probably sound very harsh to most. If this is your first ever knife build then a huge well done!...Don't read on. If this is one of your first half dozen built-from-scratch knives then you should be happy with it. It's very much getting there. If you are on a knife-making path looking for continuous improvement then I can see one or two areas that need a little tweak in my personal view. The thickness of the scales when viewed in the coke-bottle pic are disproportionately thick for the size of the knife. Thinning that profile down would make the knife look far better in my view giving a sleeker and perhaps better balanced tool. The central pin looks too far back to my eye as well. I think it would look better if it was evenly spaced between the front pin and the lanyard hole. A makers mark would really be the icing on the cake as well. Really lifts it out of that made-in-the-shed realm and not that difficult to do. I'm sure you'd be pleased to see your initials in it more than anyone else.

Sorry if this is not what you want to hear. Personally I would rather have constructive criticism than no criticism at all, or even worse lies.

To me this is good feedback, as it's only my 3rd knife made like this
I used an SWC template for this project, so the pin wholes was marked out for me. I desided to make the handle slightly thicker as I find my swc ray mears bushcraft knife a little to thin for my liking, although I still could do with thinning it down a little more. Thanks for your comments

 

[DocG]

It's a good job and one to treasure, regardless to potential tweaks that could be added.

Next will be better and the one after . . .

All the best.

 

[dazcon]

For only your third knife it is great. Glad you took the criticism well. I've only used birdseye maple once on a handle and it didn't turn out as nicely finished as yours. I was using bigger pins than you. Stainless steel. The area around the pins ended up impregnated with the pin-dust and it just wouldn't clean up. Ended up having to dye the maple. Not what I wanted but there was a lesson to be learned there.
Keep up the good work!

 

[monkey boy]

For only your third knife it is great. Glad you took the criticism well. I've only used birdseye maple once on a handle and it didn't turn out as nicely finished as yours. I was using bigger pins than you. Stainless steel. The area around the pins ended up impregnated with the pin-dust and it just wouldn't clean up. Ended up having to dye the maple. Not what I wanted but there was a lesson to be learned there.
Keep up the good work!

Same thing happened on this one, I got paper towel and alternated between warm water and linseed oil to clean it off. It happened on the buffing wheel, it was a big set back but like you said a valuable lesson indeed

 

[HillBill]

Pencil eraser Daz

. Stainless steel. The area around the pins ended up impregnated with the pin-dust and it just wouldn't clean up. !

 

[HillBill]

Not a bad effort for your third mate. To me the handle looks uncomfortable though, too much dip with too quick of a transition from thick to thin.... will cause cramps in the back of your hand in no time when using it properly.

 

[Baelfore]

Pencil eraser Daz

OH MY GOD! THAT'S GENIUS!!! this often happens to me when working with apple.


Also Nice knife by the way..

Ste

 

[pentrekeeper]

That looks almost the same as mine, made by P Baker, the handle profile is very comfortable in the hand.

 

[dazcon]

Pencil eraser Daz

Tried it Mark. Didn't take much of the grime out mate. They were 8mm stainless pins. Lots of grime to deal with.

 

[HillBill]

They work for me mate., depends on how fine you have sanded the wood, and how open the grain is though.

 

[dazcon]

They were monster pins! The grain was fairly open in places.
I dyed the maple green which turned out ok......then I messed up my makers mark. Don't try putting your mark on with a Dremel! Lol.....Another lesson learned the hard way!