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Bushcraft STYLE Knife Passaround

While we were backpacking in the back country we spotted some cattails

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I gave everybody a taste of cat tail hearts

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My pal Paul lagged behind on the way back to the shelter and arrived with a bunch of cat tail hearts he harvested and begain cutting them up for the pizza we were making with the shorter passaround knife. Worked great. This knife excels at camp chores IMO.
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I brought some bannock mix and cheese olives and sun dried tomatoes and garlic. We set out cutting up the ingredients:
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We mixed the bannock up in a folding bowl, then unfolded the bowl and rolled it out.

The shelter had a fire grate and we built a low fire and let it burn to coals and then put the pizza on the grate wrapped in aluminum foil.

Came out GREAT!

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So there's what we used the knife for.

A couple more pics to follow:thumbup:
 
More nice pics:thumbup: I really like the look of that pizza:D

Thanks for the comparison shot with the F1. I've never held one, but I can definitely see the resemblance between the two!
 
Knives arrived.
Some spots of surface rust on em.
Is it OK to take it off with a Flitz?
BTW they are sharp.
 
Sharp Eye said:
Knives arrived.
Some spots of surface rust on em.
Is it OK to take it off with a Flitz?
BTW they are sharp.
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Good to hear they made it. Flitz should clean 'em up just fine-go right ahead:thumbup:
 
Sharp,

I usually just use some oil (WD-40 or motor oil even) and a little 2000 grit wet dry (older is better as it looses a little tooth) - or some fine steel wool.

The matte finish will be fine.

TF
 
Sharp Eye said:
Knives arrived.
Some spots of surface rust on em.
Is it OK to take it off with a Flitz?
BTW they are sharp.
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Sorry had them down by the river backpacking and just wiped them off with a bandana before sending them on since I'd had them so long.
 
hollowdweller said:
Sorry had them down by the river backpacking and just wiped them off with a bandana before sending them on since I'd had them so long.
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No problem,
They cleaned up in minutes with some Filtz.
I can't wait to get these outside.
Wishes for a happy 4th of July to all.
 
I've got them. I'll be testing them later this week when I've got some time. So far, I love the smaller one. Great size and feel in my hand.
 
Dang! Time flies when you're chasing a 2 year old around! Sorry I let this go so long. I had hoped to get more pics for my review but being Mr. Mom for the summer is taking more time out of my schedule than I'd anticipated!:o

My son is VERY curious about these two knives though. Start him early I guess!:D

Anyway I've been using these knives for a variety of tasks here and there. I did some kitchen prep (veggies of all sorts and beer can chicken a couple times), whittling, a bit of batonning, cutting up some branches and crafting a new fireboard for my bow drill setup.

After handling them I prefer the smaller knife. I could get more control in my cuts and the handle fit me well. The contours were comfortable and I found no discomfort in using them. I think I'd like a bit more meat towards the ricasso end and a touch more rounding of the handle on the larger one, but all in all, they allowed me to get the jobs done with little problem.

The knives stayed sharp for me and were easy to touch up with a bit of stropping. They came to me sharp and I feel that they are as sharp for the next fella when I send it out tomorrow. Despite not having the latest and greatest steel, Walter heat treated them right and they perform as well as some other knives I own. I used them on cedar (for the bow drill), Tulip (the poplar-type not the fancy rosewood) and Sugar Maple for the rest. Sugar Maple is a hard maple but the knife cut cleanly and batonned through without fuss.

Anyway, Walter is definitely on the right track with his designs. Useful, comfortable sturdy with no flashy bells and whistles. I appreciate the opportunity to give these a whirl.

Starting to baton some spalted Sugar Maple that was nowhere's near the punky-rotten stage yet. It was as hard as the clean and seasoned stuff in the wood pile.

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Even though the blade is only 1/8" thick or so, it split this piece well with no binding.

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As you can see, the wood isn't spalted far, just at the ends. Solid hard maple right there.

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Here's the cedar fireboard for my bow drill. I used the smaller blade for this and it had no trouble flattening the board front and back so it doesn't rock. I'd show it in action but it was raining like the monsoons outside.

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Nice review PB, :thumbup: :cool: :thumbup:

…it seems that everybody who gets a chance to use Walt’s knives is impressed.



I know I am. :)




Big Mike

”Scaring the tree huggers.”

Forest & Stream
 
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