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RescueRiley

RescueRiley

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been giving this a little thought lately....to me this would probably end up as my middle man in a trio of tools between a multitool and a hatchet...I've been prefering a more rustic look and feel lately...possibly wooden handle carbon steel blade, scandi grind...3-4 inch blade length... what do you all use...what are your charectaristic preferences and why??? I have a puukko and a mora on the way both carbon gonna play around with them and compare them to some of my other blades...just collecting thoughts and ideas...aside fromthe mors korchanski stand on your knife stuff...no offense to anyone he's probably right but i'm not there yet...
 
In that niche I went with the BRKT Northstar, and I looked long and hard before deciding on it. It has a pointy, bushcrafty 4" carbon blade and is feather-light due to its skeletonized tang. Mine is in curly maple, which is my absolute favorite natural material. I think this knife would handle any woods task excellently, although it would be only adequate as a skinner due to its lack of belly.

I chose the Northstar because my Mini Canadian had made me such a Bark River fan. I knew it would be strong, functional, and beautiful. The convex edge is the type I can maintain and sharpen the best, and the spine is thick enough to baton if I ever needed to, as well as being flat enough for scraping a firesteel. The new sheaths for Bark River are of much better quality than in the past too. I got it as a sort of splurge to celebrate my first check from a new job, so it was more expensive than I'd normally spend on a knife (no real regrets though).

If you really want a scandi, I always thought the Helle fjelkniven and odel models were very nice looking and well made, although they are stainless. Ragnar has these. I handled an odel in a shop once, and photos don't do it justice. Imagine a very well-dressed mora. This was the runner up to the Northstar on my search.
 
The next knife I get will likely be this:
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It's off Ragnar's Finnish knife page. Looks like a good user.

On blades in that class, I really prefer something around 3.5-3.8 inches. Past that and I start to feel like I'm not getting the full amount of control and power out of slices/carving.
 
Ya gotta watch the Helle's. If you have big mits like mine, you may find that the handles run a little small. I had to give mine to my daughter because of this.
 
Rockywolf said:
Looks great. Are the pins flush with handle?
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You know, I don;t know. I've just been admiring that knife. It does appear in the picture that they may not be flush, doesn't it? Ragnar sells the same knife for the same price.
 
I was talking to Ragnar last night, we spoke about this knife, he said this would be a great work knife and all around user...I want to buy several knives from Ragnar, but he doesn't take Paypal, and I don't have a Credit card...aargh...

SpookyPistolero said:
The next knife I get will likely be this:
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It's off Ragnar's Finnish knife page. Looks like a good user.

On blades in that class, I really prefer something around 3.5-3.8 inches. Past that and I start to feel like I'm not getting the full amount of control and power out of slices/carving.
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Check out the Enzo trapper blade at Ben's Backwoods or Brisa's. Full skeletonized(sorta) tang that has 3.5" scandi blade w/ a high grind. I guess the D2 blade is hollow ground. Not too popular in US, (guess they are new), but they seem to be a nice blade. I just got one to put a handle on. Don't have any use w/ it yet, but will mention that the handle is a bit small. Seems to fit some of the criteria.
 
I've heard great things about that EKA Nordic Hunter.

I've got a couple of Helle's and they're awesome.

Why not get an F1? Seriously. Why not get an F1?
 
Well, rustic is open to interpretation, but Roselli's Hunter and some of Helle's blades are pretty nice.

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I'm really enjoing Rod Garcia's Skookum Bush Tool. As already mentioned the Fallkniven F1 is excellent; just had Micarta handles added...feels great in the hand. A real sleeper is Bark River's Kephart; if they make another run with wood handles, that would be a great choice. If you really want a functional piece...Fiddleback's knives are excellent performers...that bottom Nesmuk served with me in Iraq. I was only able to skin a few Turkish doves, but there was the bird flu scare, so they ended up getting fed to a little fox.

ROCK6
 
Those EKA knives are very under rated. They are excellent knives (I have the H8 and W11) with great steel: 12c27

They can be sharpened very well, and keep sharp for a long time.

Sheaths are nice too, but on the W11 it could be better.

Overall great knives. Just give them a try!

CZ
 
Thanks CZ,I meant to say from the right,the one that looks like an Aurora with a scandi grind.
 
ROCK6 said:
Well, rustic is open to interpretation, but Roselli's Hunter and some of Helle's blades are pretty nice.

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I'm really enjoing Rod Garcia's Skookum Bush Tool. As already mentioned the Fallkniven F1 is excellent; just had Micarta handles added...feels great in the hand. A real sleeper is Bark River's Kephart; if they make another run with wood handles, that would be a great choice. If you really want a functional piece...Fiddleback's knives are excellent performers...that bottom Nesmuk served with me in Iraq. I was only able to skin a few Turkish doves, but there was the bird flu scare, so they ended up getting fed to a little fox.

ROCK6
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Hey!!! Good to see you!! I've got something for you coming off the bench soon. Just waiting on a sheath.
 
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