Favorite Knife / Hawk combinations?

bobanne2012

bobanne2012

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I'm ordering the H&B Forge Goshawk and am trying to choose a nice knife to carry with it when backpacking, fishing, hunting etc... . What do you all like to carry?
 
If I'm not going too far (on foot) I'll take my rehandled Norlund HB hatchet and a home-made Kephart. If it's a longer hike and aesthetics give way to practicality, I'll take a Fiskars hatchet and a Mora Companion. If I'm leaving the hawks and hatchets at home but I still plan on making a fire on my hike I'll take my Terävä Jääkäripuukko 140, which I can beat on and otherwise treat terribly in the process of making firewood and it doesn't seem to be the worse for.
 
Alocksly said:
If I'm not going too far (on foot) I'll take my rehandled Norlund HB hatchet and a home-made Kephart. If it's a longer hike and aesthetics give way to practicality, I'll take a Fiskars hatchet and a Mora Companion. If I'm leaving the hawks and hatchets at home but I still plan on making a fire on my hike I'll take my Terävä Jääkäripuukko 140, which I can beat on and otherwise treat terribly in the process of making firewood and it doesn't seem to be the worse for.
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Those are some great combos. I've been thinking of getting a Companion and a Terävä Jääkäripuukko. Now I have more confidence in those choices. I'll have to check out the Kephart, not familiar with that one.
 
bobanne2012 said:
Those are some great combos. I've been thinking of getting a Companion and a Terävä Jääkäripuukko. Now I have more confidence in those choices. I'll have to check out the Kephart, not familiar with that one.
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Kephart is named for the gentleman (Horace Kephart) who espoused that particular pattern. You can buy a Kephart pattern for $60 from Condor tools or form a number of other places going into to the hundreds of dollars. Essentially it is a simple design with about a 4.5 inch fixed spearpoint blade, 1 inch or so wide with a handle about the same length as the blade for general purpose camp/ bushcraft use. Mine is on the heavy side and a bit wider than typical.
 
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My most used go-to woods combo over the last few years. The hawk is a custom from Park Swan. Differentially heat treated S7 steel with full-length 1” micarta handle, and red liners. I use it almost daily to rough out woodcarving projects, but in the woods it does a great job procuring firewood.

The knife is a custom from Jakub Golla’s shop, Gollik Knives. It’s got a 6.5” blade of 0.25” thick Sleipner steel, with a flat grind. The handle is G10 with red liners.

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not a hawk, but my weekend woods bumming set, Often leave trade the kephart for a mora, and the barlow for a sak.
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Enzo’s Woodshop said:
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My most used go-to woods combo over the last few years. The hawk is a custom from Park Swan. Differentially heat treated S7 steel with full-length 1” micarta handle, and red liners. I use it almost daily to rough out woodcarving projects, but in the woods it does a great job procuring firewood.

The knife is a custom from Jakub Golla’s shop, Gollik Knives. It’s got a 6.5” blade of 0.25” thick Sleipner steel, with a flat grind. The handle is G10 with red liners.

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Both are beautifully done. Great photos also. Thanks for sharing.
 
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