woodlore

[Ralph]

I am looking for an Alan Wood Woodlore knife. Can anyone help?

 

[rapidboy]

There is an old one on ebay, looks well used

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8790073757&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

 

[Aliwren]

You will see these coming up on ebay I have seen a couple in the last few months however they appear to be selling for between £400 - £500 at present. New price on Woodlore is £225 im not sure if they are taking orders but i expect a loooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg waiting list. I suppose that why they are soooooo expensive 2nd hand.

 

[Ogri the trog]

I am looking for an Alan Wood Woodlore knife. Can anyone help?

Ralph,
Does it have to be an Alan Wood, there are plenty of very good clones around - and an awfull lot cheaper especially if you're prepared to do some assembly work yourself.

Ogri the trog

 

[Ralph]

No, but I'm struggling to find the makers of the copies. I would probably prefer a copy come to think of it, so it wouldnt matter as much if I lost it. Do you know any websites for the copies and if they do blade blanks ony?

 

[rapidboy]

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?p=283909#post283909
Not a direct Woodlore copy but a very good knife.
This one is sold but Shing will make you a finished knife or a blade on it's own.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Try Shing:

http://www.shingcrafts.co.uk/

He does a nice badger knife kit.


As usual, I'm not related, affilitated, in love with nor do I work for Shing etc etc..

 

[weekend_warrior]

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?p=283909#post283909
Not a direct Woodlore copy but a very good knife.
This one is sold but Shing will make you a finished knife or a blade on it's own.

SNAP!! I claim my free life time supply of sheaths!! (I wish...)

 

[Ralph]

I like the look of the badger knife kit as I have been dreaming of making my own knife since I started practising bushcraft. Has anyone already used this kit and can they send in some pictures of the finished artile? The screw-together rivets look good for me because I dont have the right tools to use the normal ones, unless its just a case of hammering them in. In my village there is a family who have an old reliant robin which they paint every so often with new and interesting ideas, I recall one summer it was painted yellow with trotters independent traders on the sides, anyway, back to the knife, would it be possible to follow this example and make more than one pair of scales which you could change every so often using the screws? Or doesnt it work like that?

 

[Millbilly]

I think that once the handle slabs are attached they are kind of permanent (not neccesarilly a bad thing )
Ive not put one of Shings kits together, but do have one of his completed knives and would wholeheartedly recomend his work.

 

[Stew]

The BRKT Evo 1 has changeable handles. Mine had 2 types of micarta and a a rubber version. They were held on with bolts - you just have to think how it'll work.
Wood handles probably won't stand up to the changing as well.

 

[Ogri the trog]

I got a kit from http://www.swc-handmade-knives.com/ or an addy very similar - he's posted in Edged Tools a few times and I'm more than satisfied with Steve's level of service.
No connection etc - just pleased with his product - theres a photo around somewhere of the assembled knife, I'll have a rummage.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[redcollective]

they appear to be selling for between £400 - £500 at present.

I don't want to offend anyone by saying this and no disrespect to Alan Wood, but a knife just isn't worth that money - it's ridiculous... you could buy between 5 and 50 servicable, bushcraft worthy knives for that. £30 can buy you a knife good for years of *work*.

Buy something else the good folks recommend here for a reasonable price or buy one from Alan Wood at *his* retail price when they're available - the ebay prices are foolish.

Okay now that off my chest I can personally recommend making one yourself. You only need a few quid in tools and either buy the bits or a kit. I am but a neophyte in this game so realise my opinion counts for nowt, but the personal satisfaction from putting something togther you made yourself is immeasurable.

 

[scruff]

Sorry Ralph it doesn't work like that as you file the bolts down when shaping the handle thus removing the 'slot' for the screwdriver.

Plenty of people have made kits from Shing, me included. iirc Pignut posted a great looking one a few weeks ago. Have a look around "Edged Tools' section m8.

 

[Ogri the trog]

Aha, I knew I'd find it sooner or later,

As you can see, it will never be a drawer queen, it will forever be an out-and-out user - if it ever gets damaged, I can replace parts without feeling too disheartened. The only luxury I allowed was the etching on the blade, and even if this wears off or gets damaged, I'll get over it.

http://www.swc-handmade-knives.com/

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Mattwills1978]

Steve at SWC does complete 'woodlore' style knives or kits finished to varying levels - they look great but I've not seen any reviews. I'm ordering one at the weekend so I'll find out soon enough!!

Have a look at www.swc-handmade-knives.com - I believe there's about a 3 week waiting list at the moment!

Cheers

Matt

 

[eraaij]

I have a couple of weeks using experience with one of Steves blades that I finished a while ago. In my experience, this is an excellent blade that will see a lot of use the coming years. It replaced my AW woodlore knife.

See my earlier post in this thread: SWC finished woodlore


-Emile

 

[Aliwren]

If you want a woodlore one has appeared for sale on ebay (nothing to do with me and I dont know seller etc) It has 1 bid so far of £299 with 6 days to go search under Alan Wood or Ray Mears and you should quickly find it. Sorry I dont know how to link to items on Ebay.