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Some orders are challenging, especially when they contain design elements I never really preferred.
Like the birds head handle shape that is found on knives and swords over the centuries.
But a nice customer ordered a nostalgic German boy scouts knife....in German it is called a "Fahrtenmesser"
But anyway I grew into the topic and with every working step it became much clearer how the resulting knife should look like....at the end I touched down between
German Wandervogel Youth movement from 1896 and the Mexican revolution 1910....let's call it vintage -field grade?
Blade is ground from 80CrV2 and I would not say that steel is superior in edge retension and sharpness but it is tough as nails easy to sharpen and very forgiving.
The short bolsters and rivets are made of construction steel and ordinary steel nails and handle slabs are Indian almond wood.
The lowered riveting was delicate to do by not denting the wood and keeping them all centered and in size equal.
The sheath is made out of very hard and dry water buffalo leather which supports the performance and vintage appearance.
Cheers
Like the birds head handle shape that is found on knives and swords over the centuries.
But a nice customer ordered a nostalgic German boy scouts knife....in German it is called a "Fahrtenmesser"
But anyway I grew into the topic and with every working step it became much clearer how the resulting knife should look like....at the end I touched down between
German Wandervogel Youth movement from 1896 and the Mexican revolution 1910....let's call it vintage -field grade?
Blade is ground from 80CrV2 and I would not say that steel is superior in edge retension and sharpness but it is tough as nails easy to sharpen and very forgiving.
The short bolsters and rivets are made of construction steel and ordinary steel nails and handle slabs are Indian almond wood.
The lowered riveting was delicate to do by not denting the wood and keeping them all centered and in size equal.
The sheath is made out of very hard and dry water buffalo leather which supports the performance and vintage appearance.
Cheers
. Cry me a river!!
