Your best feather stick knife.

[fielder1963]

Apologies if this has been done before. What is your most effective feather stick making knife? Pictures would be good too, although I can't do them. Probably my best is a Bark River Blackwater boot knife 2.

 

[Leshy]

Any sharp knife will do but I found the beautiful curly feathers are easier to make if you use the curved bit leading to the tip of the blade.

A crook knife or spoon knife seems to work really well too...

 

[ammo]

Any sharp blade will make feathers, once you adjust to the grind/bevel angle.
Its a lot like finding the bite on a car clutch your not used too.

 

[Wayne]

As above feather sticks and gypsy flowers demonstrate a good degree of knife control. Adapting the angle of the blade to place the curl next to the previous one.

Most people find a Scandi Grind easier to start with but with practice any tool will do. Axe, knife, crook and drawknife.

 

[Nice65]

A Mick Spain. No competition, but hard to find.

Bushcraft Kit Beaver works well, but a little harsh on the thumb. And yes I should be asleep but I'm waiting on the wee sprog that'll make me a grandad.

 

[fielder1963]

I hope he arrived safely and healthily. It's such an exciting thing becoming a grandad.

 

[sunndog]

Agree that any sharp knife should do it, but i'm gonna stick my neck out and say a convex grind is 'best' for making curls

 

[fielder1963]

I'm particularly wondering which specific knives are your favourites.

 

[John Fenna]

I'm particularly wondering which specific knives are your favourites.

Any knife will do it - as long as it is sharp

 

[superc0ntra]

Best would be my carving knife, thin and super sharp. But that one would never hold for anything else bushcrafty, too delicate and specialized.

 

[Shelley]

My Gary Mills Timberwolf, it's supposed to be a scandi but I think of it as more of a scandivex, next would be the Condor bushlore, although to be fair I have not yet tried doing them with a hollow grind knife so that may change...

 

[Tiley]

I'd have thought that it's the wood, rather than the knife, that's the key to good feather sticks. Any sharp knife will produce a good one; in terms of wood, as long as it's dry but not punky, you should be OK.

 

[Nice65]

I hope he arrived safely and healthily. It's such an exciting thing becoming a grandad.

He did, thanks. . Was a long night. Fell asleep around 3, couldn't help it. Got 3 hrs before the phone call.

Back on topic, I just rediscovered my Brusletto Balder in my cupboard. Tiny, fat handled, carving marvel.

 

[dnarcher]

Congratulations -all the best bits of parenthood and you can hand them back at the end of the day.
Christening knife perhaps?