Canranger's "Magnum Bushcrafter"

[J. J. Magnum]

Along with the crafting of the Walkabout, I had Abe also make me another knife. He had a prototype of a design on his table at the Wolverine Show that I really liked but he wouldn’t sell it to me as he planned to “test” it. Testing with Abe usually means work it till it breaks. So I had him make me one like it. This is the result. I had him put on the orange G-10 handles to make it woods friendly (I can see it if I set it down).

“The Magnum Bushcrafter”

The specs are as follows:

Steel: ATS-34 (1/8”) Flat Ground
Handle Material: Orange G-10
Knife length: 9 1/8”
Blade length: 4 ¼”
Handle length: 4 ¾”
Cutting edge: 4” (and a smidge more)
¼” lanyard hole Nickel silver and 3 Nickel silver pins
Finish: Satin
RC 58-59

The handle is one of the best parts as Abe really knows how to put the right length handle on a knife. This handle is long enough that your whole hand has something to do if you want it to, or if you drop back to a three finger hold (choke down) your 4” blade acts like a 6” for chopping.

The tip is thin and pointed for drilling out fireboards and the edge… Well let’s just say the edge feels like what the knife pundits like to call “scary sharp”. So sharp, it will skin a ripe tomato and thin slice it as well. This was after I had whittled a good bit of hard maple and made several of these fuzz sticks.

Abe makes wonderful leather sheaths as well. One special touch he put on a ferro rod holder for me and then made the handle for the ferro rod to match the knife as well. Besides being an avid outdoorsman, and all around great guy, he knows how to make a really good knife.

Abe can be contacted at: aelias@cogeco.ca

 

[1whitefoot]

Nice setup:thumbup:

How does it feel when you hold it like your sharpening a pencil?

I like a bushcraft knife to be comfortable on the inside of the thumb when I hold it like that.

This one looks like it would be.

 

[J. J. Magnum]

Whitefoot it is very comfortable to hold in all the positions I have used. I did a good bit of whittling with it on both the maple and a walnut stick that I keep for just such purposes. The spine edges are sharply angled but not enough to cause discomfort when your thumb is up there. I had a SERE 2000 whose spine edges were so sharp they left paralell cuts on my forefinger from guiding it through a cut. I am very careful in handling knives since then and watchful of those edges.

I recently put the Bushcrafter through some work drilling holes in walnut and maple and fashioning firebow materials. Worked like a champ. The only problem I come up to is which knife to carry in the field? I like them both!

 

[sicily02]

great looking knife

 

[Ebbtide]

I think I like this one better, but it is sure hard to decide.
Nice leather as well :tu:

 

[Horse]

What a nice tool- well thought out, well manufactured too! I need to order a knife from him. Thanks for the contact

 

[Cliff Stamp]

Nice knife, did you pick the color for visibility? What is the edge thickness/angle? Why ATS-34 at that hardness?

-Cliff

 

[Ebbtide]

This is the result. I had him put on the orange G-10 handles to make it woods friendly (I can see it if I set it down).

So that orange G-10 is easy to see if you set it down in the woods, JJ?

 

[J. J. Magnum]

The orange G-10 does stand out in the woods. Truth be told I had it done that way to match the knife that my wife carries (also made by Canranger). I am however impressed with how it feels and especially how it cuts. I can't really say what the blade/edge angle is, but I can tell you that it is sharp, and it is staying sharp!

Last weekend I had occassion to cut up 52 pounds of prime sirloin. I was stacking two steaks and cutting them in half with one (that's right 1) slice. The guys manning the grill were very impressed. This from a knife that has whittled hard maple and walnut, bored fireboard holes, and thin sliced tomatoes.

Perhaps Abe can give more details as to the edge.

I'm sold on his ability to make a knife.

 

[billy_cee]

I love that blade shape for bushcraft work.

If it's not too rude to ask, what the price range for that fine tool?

 

[canranger]

Hey Guys
I have a micro convexed edge on the blade which I put on after a full flat grind. Hope that helps.


Abe

 

[J. J. Magnum]

I love that blade shape for bushcraft work.

If it's not too rude to ask, what the price range for that fine tool?

Billy, you will have to ask Abe about the price, ours was a deal involving a lot of different variables and trades. He can be reached at aelias@cogeco.ca

He's a great guy to deal with.