bigger 3-finger-knife...

JensJ

JensJ

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...with an unusual shape. Actually, the blade is influenced by Tai Goos' 'Bushknives', but its a lot smaller.

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specs:
OAL 6.4 in
blade 3.1 in
one side flat ground

Steel is RWL 34, handrubbed to 1200 grit (you woudn't think so from the scan)
Handlematerial is bamboo (for use as flooring), still needs a coating of oil or wax.

There's some more pictures, including some of the making stages, in this
album

Thanks, Jens.
 
Hi Jared,

thanks for the link-I had seen your Nessmuk knife here before, and also from another maker (can't remember who). I like the shape very much, one of the most interesting knives I've seen. Do you have some information where it comes from (I presume its an 'historical' pattern)?

Thanks, Jens.
 
I like that a lot! Looks like it would be handy as hell.
 
Very cool, very clean.

Have a couple of questions, wondering how you got that nice clean rounded plunge with files? Also, how do you chamfer the edges of your handles? It looks very, very clean.
 
Thanks for your kind words:)

@sph3ric: the round plunge cut is simply filed with a normal round file (the radius of the plunge cut is exactly that of my file). This works great on knives ground on one side (if you take a look in the album, one picture shows the blade with the plunge cut just filed). On blades filed both sides, this doesn't work for me-because these round files are tapered, its hard to get it even on both sides...one possibility would be a round 'save edged' file as described in the book 'how to make knives'.

The chamfering is done freehand with small files-just go slowly, and keep on checking that everything is straight. It helps to mark the wanted outline with a pencil or scribe. Hope this helps...

Jens.
 
Thanks for the info. Anyone who regularly grinds (files?) out knives freehand with files is my hero. Great stuff.
 
Hi Jens,
There was an American writer in the 19th century who wrote about the great outdoors, camping, and general outdoor life. His name was George Washington Sears and he wrote under the pen name "Nessmuk". He carried 3 edged tools with him in the woods. These 3 tools were a 2 bladed folding knife, a double bit axe and a knife with a blade like the one I made. Since he wrote about that knife and his book featured an engraving of that style of knife, it has become known as "The Nessmuk." I think it's a great design that more knifemakers should explore.

Dave Beck makes probably the most historically correct Nessmuk I've ever seen at www.beckknives.com

Take care,
Jared
 
Thanks for the info, Jared.

For those interested, here's an album with all the knives I've made so far (only 12 of them)...it will take me some time to make the next ones: album

Thanks, Jens.
 
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