Decent size knife, fine shavings...

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Rasmus80

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The lady part of the household is out to night, so I took to some indoor knifeplay...:cool:

Making some feathersticks and setting 'em on fire

I use an ESEE ferrorod, which is a great little thing:thumbup:

My SFNO Le makes some really fine shavings which take a spark really well:







 
Wow. I have to say, I wish I had the cahonays to light stuff on fire in my home! Ha. I hope I stop lusting after these knives soon... my wallet can't take it.
 
Nice work Rasmus, hope everything is well....
And hope you and the lady make it to Blade....
 
Tom Kanik said:
Nice work Rasmus! Are you going to make it to Blade again this year?
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I really do hope so!
Sara is giving birth to our son in about 3 weeks, which makes it a litte difficult to plan ahead.
But if every thing is going great, we will book plane tickets and make the trip overthere.

The plan is, to rent an RV and make a roadtrip from Atlanta and up the East Coast.

I really hope it all works out, so I will make it:)
 
Slightly better conditions for igniting the shavings than we had back in October.. less wind and humidity :)
 
Great pics, thanks for sharing! While I have made plenty of shavings inside the house, I don't believe I'd ever consider lighting them on fire in the house….. :eek: Never say never, though….. :foot:

It seems many people would believe that a large knife is not capable of fine whittling or shaving, but considering the fact that ONLY the edge is in contact with the cutting medium it means little how large the knife itself is. This facet of performance depends entirely on the edge geometry & finish, basically a thin, convexed & polished edge reigns supreme (such as found on the SFNO LE).

I have found that I really prefer to do this sort of work with a larger/heavier knife as the mass of the knife allows for more cutting power, which equals less force exerted as the user (assuming the edge geometry is suitable of course). The only downside would be that as the blade length and overall weight goes up, you might have more difficulty controlling the depth/angle of the cut and see more fatigue with extended use. I've personally not done shavings for more than 15-20 min. at a time though, so can't really speak to the degree of fatigue personally…. :)
 
Congrats on your son Rasmus! I was just blessed with my first child on 12-26-14. I certainly hope that all goes well for your family in the coming weeks.
 
Thanks a lot:) And congrats to you!

It will be quite a life changer...

As for the lighting of the wood; t was done in the kitchen sink, so no danger of it spreading. It did make the entire apartment smell of smoke, however...:rolleyes:
Took a bit of explaining...
 
Congrats on the baby and nice feather sticks.

Tinfoil. Congrats to you as well.
 
Speaking of flying poop... You are officially a dad when you know what it tastes like due to the fact that it was flying through the air as if through a fan... Fun, fun facts....
 
Pokey and Hindsight, thanks;)

As for the delights of flying poop, I sure hope I will be able to dodge those bullets. :cool:
 
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