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I follow the Facebookpage Europeanblades, which lets European knifemakers show their latest creations. I liked the style of the knives made by Daniel Anders from Hamburg, Germany and followed his page.
I really fancied the stag handle on one of his Scagel style knives and contacted Mr Anders through Facebook. The communication was fast and informative. Shipping was very fast.
It was this picture that got my attention. The picture was made by Mister Anders and I have his permission to use it.
And some of his WIP pictures of the reviewed knife.
The blade is 10,5 cm long, 3 mm thick 125SC steel. The steel is made by Lohmann for Achim Wirtz. According to the maker it has a large amount of carbon, it keeps an awesome edge and gets really sharp. It is a carbon steel that can be sharpened on an soft Arkansas stone.
http://www.zknives.com/knives/steels/steelgraph.php?nm=125sc
The blade is made by stock removal and hardened to 62 HRc. It has a very thin convex edge and a satin finish.
The handle is made of a beautifull piece of Sambar stag. The spacers are made of brass, micarta and vulkanfiber. The brass guard is soldered with lead free solder so the knife can be used for skinning and food preparation.
The tang is epoxied inside the stag handle. It extends to about 3/4 of the handle. Since the knife will not see hard use ( a 3 mm blade is not made for that) I dont have a problem with it. Mr Anders says the epoxy is plenty strong, if he wants to remove a handle he needs a 3 pound hammer.
The sheath is a simple design but has a perfect fit. The sheath can be held upside down without the knife falling out.
The edge is razor sharp. It makes feathersticks without a problem.
It carves well.
The spine throws sparks well. It can be used to light a featherstick with a ferro rod.
The knife is excellent to use for food preparation. It slices and apple in half without breaking it and can take out the apple core easily.
Slicing dried saucage in very thin slices is no problem at all.
The steel and brass guard got a very nice oily patina with use. It didnt really catch well in the picture.
This knife is a good companion for my Cold Steel Stag Trail Master. One for heavy duty work, the other for the fine cutting, food preparation and carving. It is a beautiful piece with a very nice finish which performs very well. I will keep an eye out for Mister Anders next pieces of craftmanship.
I really fancied the stag handle on one of his Scagel style knives and contacted Mr Anders through Facebook. The communication was fast and informative. Shipping was very fast.
It was this picture that got my attention. The picture was made by Mister Anders and I have his permission to use it.
And some of his WIP pictures of the reviewed knife.
The blade is 10,5 cm long, 3 mm thick 125SC steel. The steel is made by Lohmann for Achim Wirtz. According to the maker it has a large amount of carbon, it keeps an awesome edge and gets really sharp. It is a carbon steel that can be sharpened on an soft Arkansas stone.
http://www.zknives.com/knives/steels/steelgraph.php?nm=125sc
The blade is made by stock removal and hardened to 62 HRc. It has a very thin convex edge and a satin finish.
The handle is made of a beautifull piece of Sambar stag. The spacers are made of brass, micarta and vulkanfiber. The brass guard is soldered with lead free solder so the knife can be used for skinning and food preparation.
The tang is epoxied inside the stag handle. It extends to about 3/4 of the handle. Since the knife will not see hard use ( a 3 mm blade is not made for that) I dont have a problem with it. Mr Anders says the epoxy is plenty strong, if he wants to remove a handle he needs a 3 pound hammer.
The sheath is a simple design but has a perfect fit. The sheath can be held upside down without the knife falling out.
The edge is razor sharp. It makes feathersticks without a problem.
It carves well.
The spine throws sparks well. It can be used to light a featherstick with a ferro rod.
The knife is excellent to use for food preparation. It slices and apple in half without breaking it and can take out the apple core easily.
Slicing dried saucage in very thin slices is no problem at all.
The steel and brass guard got a very nice oily patina with use. It didnt really catch well in the picture.
This knife is a good companion for my Cold Steel Stag Trail Master. One for heavy duty work, the other for the fine cutting, food preparation and carving. It is a beautiful piece with a very nice finish which performs very well. I will keep an eye out for Mister Anders next pieces of craftmanship.
