Crooked Knife

[Oregon Knife Guy]

What makers do you guys like for a crooked knife? And where whats the best place to look? I have a spoon knife, but thought it might be fun to have other styles as well to play with.

Thanks

 

[DocNightfall]

I hear the Mora 171 and 180 Farrier's knives are decent. Very accessible too.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

... whats the best place to look?

http://www.ragweedforge.com/SwedishKnifeCatalog.html
Bottom of the page.

 

[sadiejane]

locally theres an old school hardware store that carries the frost moras.
http://www.harryepstein.com/knives.htm
picked up a s2 yesterday for $9.20(tho they list it for more in the catalog for some reason...). the curved knife, #164, was $11 i think. which i picked up some time ago. nice little knife and well suited to its purpose. bad thing bout that hardware store. can hardly walk in there without picking up another mora. they are so cheap ad such great blades...sharp as the dickens and hold an edge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mora_knife

 

[klammer]

if you would like top make your own with a hand forged blade:

http://www.djarv.se/djarvenglish/newtools.asp

middle of the page.

 

[hollowdweller]

I don't own one but these:
http://www.pinewoodforge.com/catalog.html

were mentioned as being good here:

http://www.hollowdweller.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1307

 

[kolgrimr]

This gentleman is a traditional canoe maker and sells crooked knives:
http://www.poleandpaddle.com/crookedknives.html
http://www.poleandpaddle.com/crookedblades.html

I've mounted one of his HBC replica blades, but haven't had a chance to put a good edge on it yet. It looks like it will cut like a laser once properly sharpened, though.

Here's another one, also from a canoe maker:
http://www.birchbarkcanoe.net/crooked-knife.htm

 

[theedge13]

there are a number of makers on another forum. one guy out of OK makes a really nice one... let me know if interested and ill hook u up


edit:


I left you a visitor message w/ the info. Just in case you want to go that route.

 

[Echo4v]

I hear the Mora 171 and 180 Farrier's knives are decent. Very accessible too.

Hoof knives are what I use for crooked knives and I do have a couple that are moras that work pretty well. Be warned you will have to put a new edge on them to get them to work well, the very steep angled chisel grind they come with doesn't even work well ( for me) for trimming hooves let alone carving wood.

David

 

[Thunderhorse]

theedge13

I would like that contact as well!

Thanks.

John