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I have mentioned a few times in other threads the attributes of the Emerson A-100 for bushcraft. Today, among doing the turkey(Happy Thanksgiving fellow Canucks), rewiring a light, putting some topsoil down and fixing the cable to the TV I had a brief 5 minutes to myself and decided to snap a pic of the A-100 doing a feather stick.
Being short on time I grabbed a cedar shim I had lying around and used that. The A-100 bites very nicely into the wood, much like my Mora. It has a chisel edge, two bevels on one side(as shown in the pic) and only one bevel on the back side. With some elbow grease you could turn this into a true scandi grind. As it is, the secondary bevel is big enough that it works quite well. Especially if you are a righty.
I snapped a pic of my Strider PT doing a feather stick but it was quite difficult. It wanted to bite deeply and did not curl very well. You can see the last curl was actually not a curl. I hope to try out some more "bushcraft'y" things before the snow flies with the A-100. If you are looking for a good woods carry folder, I can't recommend the A-100 enough:thumbup:
So that was my 5 minutes of fun today....well, that is until I got to sit down and eat the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc.
Take Care
Craig
Being short on time I grabbed a cedar shim I had lying around and used that. The A-100 bites very nicely into the wood, much like my Mora. It has a chisel edge, two bevels on one side(as shown in the pic) and only one bevel on the back side. With some elbow grease you could turn this into a true scandi grind. As it is, the secondary bevel is big enough that it works quite well. Especially if you are a righty.
I snapped a pic of my Strider PT doing a feather stick but it was quite difficult. It wanted to bite deeply and did not curl very well. You can see the last curl was actually not a curl. I hope to try out some more "bushcraft'y" things before the snow flies with the A-100. If you are looking for a good woods carry folder, I can't recommend the A-100 enough:thumbup:
So that was my 5 minutes of fun today....well, that is until I got to sit down and eat the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc.
Take Care
Craig
