Bushcraft Knife challenge - Interest?

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tonym said:


Custom Knife Makers Wood Craft/Utility Field knife Contest


Knife maker participants




  1. Fiddleback Forge
  2. Bruce Culberson Knives
  3. Koyote Knives
  4. Gray Wolf Knives
  5. Fletcher Knives
  6. AA Forge
  7. Gossman Knives
  8. R. Laconico Knives
  9. Turley Knives
  10. Wildertools by R. Marchand
  11. NWA Knives
  12. C Bryant
  13. Gunknifenut
  14. Koster Knives
  15. D. Farmer Knives
  16. Garrett Schmidt Knives
  17. x39
  18. night man
  19. dphillips
  20. Mistwalker
  21. Cuts like a Kris
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OMG, :eek: ...this challange has taken on a life of it's own. :eek: :thumbup: :eek:





Big Mike
 
G'day Ray

raylaconico said:
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Any chance of a pic of that handle from above?



Kind regards
Mick
 
Wow, leave a couple days and all of this? :eek:

Great looking blades so far guys. And welcome to the newcomers!
 
raylaconico said:
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Today I did some pre-challenge evaluations with this one, doing some carving, drilling, and batoning. I even used it to cut some watermelon. I have a few suggestions for tweaking the handle, but the blade performed admirably.

I agree that 4-4.5" is a good length. I was batoning some wood that was decent sized, and a 3.5" blade would not have been enough.

Mick, if I don't get around to taking a picture of the handle from the top, Ray will be able to do it in a couple days when I return it (assuming that I do actually return it, I kinda like this one....).
 
That one will not be a slacker by the looks of the design. :)
 
I have a 1/8 woodcraft type knife, blade about 1 1/2 inches wide,and have wondered how strong the blade is. glad to see you are using 1/8. has this been a workable thickness for you?
Garrett Schmidt said:
This will most likely be my entry knife for the challenge:

1/8" ATS-34
Green/Black Linen

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deltablade said:
I have a 1/8 woodcraft type knife, blade about 1 1/2 inches wide,and have wondered how strong the blade is. glad to see you are using 1/8. has this been a workable thickness for you?
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I've had several dozen bushie blades in 3/32 go out (.096-.098) and they hold up very well.
 
Thanks for the kind words guys...am looking forward to seeing how it performs with all of the other great blades in the challenge
 
All of these knives are just goregous. I can't wait to see all the entries.

I've been looking for a bushcraft knife for a while now too, so I hope everybody does commissions.
 
Tony M and Kev just left my place a couple of hours ago. Tony has my entry.
Scott
 
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