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My son and I finally got a little time to get in a walk in the woods today, and we thought we'd get out and enjoy our Fiddleback Forge Dukes. My Duke has a rosewood handle and my son's has a beautiful coffee bag burlap micarta handle. Guess I'm old school as I prefer the wooden handles on my knives.
First let me say that Andy's knives are useable works of art, both pleasing to the eye, and very useful tools. Despite the beauty of Fiddleback Forge's knives, they are tools and my son and I use them as such-no safe queens here! I've used this knife camping and the more I use it, the more it becomes my favorite woods knife. I find that it becomes part of your hand, bites cleanly and deeply into any wood being worked, and it also slices meats and veggies like a scalpel. The O1 tool steel takes and holds a scary sharp edge, and the 5 1/2 inch blade length is enough to baton and process fist sized sections of wood while still being nimble enough in the hand for more exacting tasks. I made some large feather type wood shavings, a feather stick, cut a couple of different types of notches, and whittled a point for a tent peg. The light was failing fast but here are a few photos we managed to get in while the natural light was still with us.
First let me say that Andy's knives are useable works of art, both pleasing to the eye, and very useful tools. Despite the beauty of Fiddleback Forge's knives, they are tools and my son and I use them as such-no safe queens here! I've used this knife camping and the more I use it, the more it becomes my favorite woods knife. I find that it becomes part of your hand, bites cleanly and deeply into any wood being worked, and it also slices meats and veggies like a scalpel. The O1 tool steel takes and holds a scary sharp edge, and the 5 1/2 inch blade length is enough to baton and process fist sized sections of wood while still being nimble enough in the hand for more exacting tasks. I made some large feather type wood shavings, a feather stick, cut a couple of different types of notches, and whittled a point for a tent peg. The light was failing fast but here are a few photos we managed to get in while the natural light was still with us.
