Did some test cutting today

Bill Siegle

Bill Siegle

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Well it is hotter than .....well, you know, out here in Oregon this weekend. Figure the beaver pond in the woods has got to be a little cooler than home so my son and I headed off for the afternoon. I grabbed one of my Reality Check knives and my Bushcraft knife for a few test cuts. Both worked great on some dry wood we found and I found a fresh alder the beaver had fallen and decided to help out our hosts by making the alder a little easier to move :) The big RC knife is 12 1/8 in overall with a 7in blade. It is a little on the heavy side as I used some 5/16 thick 5160 for the blade. I did drill out the tang a bit so it's not uber heavy though. The Bushcraft is 9 9/16 overall with a 4 5/8 blade from 1/8in thick 1095. The Reality Check did great on chopping and slicing. The Bushcraft did GREAT in slicing! I even did some light chopping with it on a few 3/4 to 1inch limbs and it did fine for being a lightweight. The scandi grind REALLY digs in! Had to adjust my cut angle a tad to compensate. Not a negative to tell the truth. Just different from the full flat grinds I am more used too. I found myself doing more push cutting with the Bushcraft. it really shaves the wood :) Lots of thin shavings! I can see why the scandi grind is getting so popular.
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Very nice blades. If that Bushcraft knife ever starts taking up too much room, you can always send it out to me, and we'll see how it does on some North Carolina wood. :D
 
Beautiful looking knives, Bill. :thumbup:

Normally I find that a 7" blade is a bit short for chopping, but being 5/16" thick probably makes up for the length.

Doc
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Beautiful looking knives, Bill. :thumbup:

Normally I find that a 7" blade is a bit short for chopping, but being 5/16" thick probably makes up for the length.

Doc
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Thick spine mated with a nice thin edge gives this one a lot of bite on a chop. The slightly dropped handle angle gives it a mechanical advantage too :)
 
Sweet knives..are you near Seaside, OR? I have family up that way. Gene
EDIT: I google mapped it..looks like you are about 50 miles from my Bro..I should be up there in a month or so. Gene
 
love those knives buddy!! Do you find that after the newness of the scandi grind wears off, you prefer a full flat grind? Just currious :)
 
I am liking the scandi grind right now. Like I mentioned it cuts a little differently than a full flat grind but the edge geometry is really sweet :) It simple shaves the wood away. The thicker flat section makes it wedge a bit on deep cuts but for the customary bushcraft uses such as carving and shaving, it really works great. You get the uber fine edge backed up by a lot of steel. If it is any real indicator of what I think of the scandi grind, I have another in the works now with a slightly smaller blade and handle :)
 
I still use scandi more then my convex knives since they are easier to maintain in the field.

at least for me they are...

Nice knives btw!!! :D
 
bill, those are REALLY NICE knives there. I love the scandi one. Looks sturdy and functional.

Nice!
brett
 
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