Woodlore Knife Pro

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The knife and its price was a hot topic and probably will continue to be , but it's nice to hear the comments about the quality and build of the knife coming through . I'm wondering who will pick up the baton and carry on the woodlore ?
 
I can't believe I have missed out on buying one of these. Iv just gone on woodlore to purchase one, only to read the sad news. If anyone wants to get rid of there's already please let me know
 
And I was taken back my the price of the Mora Bushcraft models...I love Ray but not so much his knife design. I much prefer one about 1/8 inch thick (not metric fluent) and of course, much less expensive. My present user is a Canteen Shop "woodcrafter" made by Blind Horse Knives. Influenced some by the AW Woodlore but thinner and slightly different blade. I think the price would translate to about 100 pounds Sterling.
 
If you where lucky or unlucky enough to get knife 13, would that be a "no mans" knife and worth considerably more. You would never want to use it really would you, then it would be unlucky and tarnished.
I believe it's O1 steel

As for price I've been advised you wouldn't get much change out of £1000 for a mint knife without a special number.

3 numbers have a premium price and they're 001, 025 and 250
 
I thought that
I think there are still people out there that would want a Woodlore knife and would be great for them to o have the opportunity to buy one direct and not at inflated second hand prices

The people that want a Woodlore are collectors, whether they admit it or not. What that means in reality is that they want a plain jane O-1 tool with a Name etched on the side, and paying silly money to do so is part of the appeal, makes it a limited club.

The only reason for Woodlore/Ray Mears to carbon copy the old knife and brand it with the old name is either to make money of these people, or because they come back to believing that the thicker knife is a better tool than the Ray Mears Bushcraft Knife they are currently selling. In the latter case, there is no real reason to call it a "Woodlore", they could call it anything, and price at the same point as the knife they are selling right now (which is already priced pretty high at £450...£50 more than the Spyderco Proficient that sports carbon fibre and S90V ;)).

At this point, if someone wants a knife that looks and handles like a Woodlore, at a reasonable price, it would be cheaper and I think better all around to have one custom made by any one of a number of makers on this forum, than to pay the premium to have the Name etched on it and sold via Woodlore. It might even be cheaper to have Alan Wood make his version. A year or so back I had a chance to look at knives by the makers of the Ray Mears Bushcraft knife, and compare them to Alan's. Really no comparison in fit, finish, design, steel choice...or customer service, Alan's work was better, at a comparable or lower price.

Chris
 
After five years, and after the sad passing of Stephen. They are finally back in stock. Now made by Emberleaf.


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'I just bought this knife'
"Cool, what kind of knife is that?"
'A skinning knife'
"Hmm, does not look like a skinning pattern to me"
'No, it's for skinning your bank account - works a treat'
 
I can see the price of the SWC Woodlore Pros dropping now that the model is available. Especially as there are collectors who want the knife Ray uses, my guess he’s now using the Emberleaf woodlore Pro now as the one he was using was a SWC prototype woodlore pro before
 
I don’t think it will affect them too much. You would have thought that about the AW version when the Pro came out, but they are still steadily going up. And there were very few SWC ones made. The serial numbering continues on from his run which is cool.
 
They are pretty much identical. Just a few cosmetic differences.

The etching on SWCs is acid etched, the Emberleaf is laser etched. The SWC is a coarser almost canvas grade of micarta compared to the finer paper micarta on the Emberleaf. The handle on SWC is about 4mm longer, and the bolts on the Emberleaf have a hidden thread. In the hand they are the same. I’m going to use it tomorrow and finally do the review I was planning five years back.

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