Bushcraft Crooked and Hook Knives

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woodsroamer

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Lots of Bushcrafters are interested in both crooked and hook knives. I've been making these knives for years and have posted a video on the design dynamics of these two types of bushcraft tools. Over the next few weeks I'll post more videos showing specifics about working with these knives on things like selfbows, walking sticks, canoe paddles etc.. There is a lot more to the design of crooked knives and hook knives than most people realize. You might find this information useful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0qpVW5r15M
 
thanks for that! lookin forward to some more on the subject from ya!

I haven't had much luck finding howto type info on the crooked knife. I have the Ray Mears canoe building and northern wilderness stuff but not much else...

all help is greatly appreciated!
be safe... Ted
 
Youtube has been making changes lately, that adversely affect some downloaders
and browsers. I do not know details, but just seen postings on this.

For those of us with low bandwidth, on a good day, this makes it difficult.
Your particular vid, is very slow; I even get occasional "error" conditions.

I Googled on your name and found some posts on other forums. Read extensively.
I got side-tracked on the "two-tool to make a bow": some guys were drying their bow
intentionally, which I could not understand, because Green sticks are so much easier
to work with. OTOH, each of them has more experience than me. Very interesting.

However, I did not find/read corresponding detail to your "crooked knife" vid yet.

I did see your adz, I immediately wondered if adz was EDC, for a woods kit,
could you not lighten it?
For example, thin-out the Non-business end. Put some holes where strength is not
needed. And, bonus,..... those holes could be scraper or bender tools themselves.
The holes are not really my idea; there was a bow and arrow type that posted a tool
with such holes, years ago.
 
FNC: The hook knives I make are single, chisel bevel knives, i.e., a right-handed knife or a left-handed knife. I've found that double edged hook knives don't seem to have the structural integrity of the single edge knives. As for "crooked knives" they come only as a right-hand or left-hand design mainly because of the need to have a thumb perch.
 
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