Camp knife

tohubohu

tohubohu

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Hello,

I want to show you a camp knife I'll be hopefully trying sometime during the summer.
My intention was to make a very simple, tough, compact good wood chopper.

O1 steel, 4mm thick with convex grind, shaving sharp.

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Opinions are welcome.
Thanks for watching
 
That's some thick cord on the handle. That or it is a small blade and you have tiny hands!
 
Interesting - looks more utility oriented than a lot of the offerings on your website.
will look forward to a review - with in use pics.
 
Thanks guys!

As soon as possible I'll make a review of it.
The main idea behind it is to have a rugged, short chopper with good edge retention.
The overall length of the knife is around 30cm, and as mentionned before is made of 4mm thick O1 steel, +/- 60HRC. Convex edges on both sides, and Sckapmetal, I have big hands: that's 6mm diameter climbing rope: cheap, reliable and veeeeery grippy.
I can't give you the weight because I don't have it with me right now
 
That's very cool. I've been thinking of a knife design very similar to that one. My idea was a knife that you could haft onto a stick and use it either as a knife or a tomahawk. Looks like you could do that with yours too. Are you selling these?
 
Shotgun said:
That's very cool. I've been thinking of a knife design very similar to that one. My idea was a knife that you could haft onto a stick and use it either as a knife or a tomahawk. Looks like you could do that with yours too. Are you selling these?
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Thanks Shotgun.
Do you have a proto of your idea? Show us!
One of the reasons I usually use cord as handles and drill many holes is precisely because it's easy to remove it if you want to fix your knife if needed.

And yes, I sell them
 
tohubohu said:
Thanks Shotgun.
Do you have a proto of your idea? Show us!
One of the reasons I usually use cord as handles and drill many holes is precisely because it's easy to remove it if you want to fix your knife if needed.

And yes, I sell them
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Nothing final just ideas rattling in my noggin. Could you PM me with pricing on a knife similar to the one pictured?
 
tohubohu said:
Va27,
Thanks! I like you post; made me laugh with it.
Thanks again
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Just look at that thing!

It's a serious working tool.

O1, always a good thing on a tool.

Kydex, so it won't find it's way out of the sheath and do you harm.

It's got a recurve for better bite when chopping, draw-knifing or pull cutting.

It's got a ginormus belly on the front for serious skinning, bark peeling and such.

It has a straight back for batoning, getting a spark and delivering blunt force trauma.

It has the broad flat of the blade for pounding (and slapping someone upside the head in a defensive scenario).

It has the 'triangle of death', of which the tanto enthusiasts are so enamored, for major defensive slashing.

It has the pointy pommel which could serve in a defensive role or as a rescuer's window breaker.

And finally, it has the orange handle. That alone could sell several to the 'orange geeks' on the board. Heck, some of 'em would just buy a hank of that rope!

Did I mention that I like it?

PM, I'd also like to know what something like that would be.
 
VA27 said:
Just look at that thing!

It's a serious working tool.

O1, always a good thing on a tool.

Kydex, so it won't find it's way out of the sheath and do you harm.

It's got a recurve for better bite when chopping, draw-knifing or pull cutting.

It's got a ginormus belly on the front for serious skinning, bark peeling and such.

It has a straight back for batoning, getting a spark and delivering blunt force trauma.

It has the broad flat of the blade for pounding (and slapping someone upside the head in a defensive scenario).

It has the 'triangle of death', of which the tanto enthusiasts are so enamored, for major defensive slashing.

It has the pointy pommel which could serve in a defensive role or as a rescuer's window breaker.

And finally, it has the orange handle. That alone could sell several to the 'orange geeks' on the board. Heck, some of 'em would just buy a hank of that rope!

Did I mention that I like it?

PM, I'd also like to know what something like that would be.
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Thanks again, VA27
I think you are the first person that fully understands this design.
 
tohubohu said:
Nice! I didn't know it
Is it just a design or does it exist?
Let's say my style is more... primitive, or basic.
Thanks for sharing
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I'm not sure if Dylan ever got around to making it. Yeah I agree yours is very different, it was just the blade shape that reminded me of the other one.
Just been looking on your site, some cool stuff, I like the Barvaz !
 
pitdog said:
I'm not sure if Dylan ever got around to making it. Yeah I agree yours is very different, it was just the blade shape that reminded me of the other one.
Just been looking on your site, some cool stuff, I like the Barvaz !
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Thanks!
I really like the Barvaz too. That one I did it on the fly
 
I think it looks pretty good for a camp knife. It's a pretty unique design, too. :thumbup:
 
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