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Nice snag on the thin Osage Ladyfinger...that had me worried I was gonna accidentally buy it! Of course, the Scandi Bushfinger also has me scared. Can someone please buy it and save me from myself?
 
Rhiney said:
Nice snag on the thin Osage Ladyfinger...that had me worried I was gonna accidentally buy it! Of course, the Scandi Bushfinger also has me scared. Can someone please buy it and save me from myself?
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Thank you. It matches a Bushcrafter I have. I am really into "thin" lately. I recently acquired a 3/32" Nessmuk and it has opened my eyes to the thinner stock. I'm not a scandi fan, however, I think a scandi on such a thin blade will be a great opportunity to try a scandi again.
 
MajorD said:
Thank you. It matches a Bushcrafter I have. I am really into "thin" lately. I recently acquired a 3/32" Nessmuk and it has opened my eyes to the thinner stock. I'm not a scandi fan, however, I think a scandi on such a thin blade will be a great opportunity to try a scandi again.
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I'm not really into thin or scandies lol, but I agree. If I ever do get another scandi it will definitely be in 3/32. I'd say a scandi 3/32 KE Bushie would be about as close to a Mora as I would ever want to take to the field :) I'd love to just handle the one-off KE Bushie Willic snagged a while back. That thing looked really sweet.
 
Still hunting for a Karda if any of you guys have one you can stand to let go!

* Little extra cash for next Friday can't hurt :)
 
Mist, mostly working with soft woods where I am, lots of cedar and spruce. Scandi works those up nicely, no problems with chipping out etc. I love Andy's convex too, but I'd really like to play with a flat ground Bushfinger on 1/8 with little or no micro bevel...my problem with Fiddlebacks is that while I like full height grinds, I love the look of the spalting...I can't win lol!
 
Rhiney said:
Mist, mostly working with soft woods where I am, lots of cedar and spruce. Scandi works those up nicely, no problems with chipping out etc. I love Andy's convex too, but I'd really like to play with a flat ground Bushfinger on 1/8 with little or no micro bevel...my problem with Fiddlebacks is that while I like full height grinds, I love the look of the spalting...I can't win lol!
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I can understand that. I don't have many soft woods around here to play with. So far EVERYTHING seems to be hard as rocks lol. I totally get that myself. I love full grinds, but I love the spalting too, so I am leaning more toward all 3/4 grinds from now on :)
 
xxwjtxx said:
Nice work dude -- that marblewood is pretty stuff!
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Yes it is. The fact I snagged a marble wood duke on Friday made the decision easier. (Still haven't had confirmation from seller so fingers crossed)
 
bear71 said:
Yes it is. The fact I snagged a marble wood duke on Friday made the decision easier. (Still haven't had confirmation from seller so fingers crossed)
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Luckily for you Julian, that Hunter was very similar in appearance to the one I recently nabbed from crazyfingers, else I would have beat you to that one. Sure is a pretty knife though. Nice catch.
 
Yeah if its the same duke I am thinking, its the only two Andy has done recently in that handle combo. My OCD congratulates you on a matched pair!!
 
McVeyMac said:
Luckily for you Julian, that Hunter was very similar in appearance to the one I recently nabbed from crazyfingers, else I would have beat you to that one. Sure is a pretty knife though. Nice catch.
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Thanks Walt. Like I mentioned to you I'm going to be out of the country soon and have a chance to take the knives I have with me back to Asia for real use! Nice to tick a few boxes.
 
xxwjtxx said:
Yeah if its the same duke I am thinking, its the only two Andy has done recently in that handle combo. My OCD congratulates you on a matched pair!!
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Hehe, thanks OCD. I'm not usually bothered about matching but for a couple of larger knives it'll be cool.
 
bear71 said:
Hehe, thanks OCD. I'm not usually bothered about matching but for a couple of larger knives it'll be cool.
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Crazy thing is that had I been a few seconds earlier on that Duke, I probably would have nabbed the Hunter as well. I guess it all works out in the end. Safe travels Julian, and enjoy your new knives.
 
McVeyMac said:
Crazy thing is that had I been a few seconds earlier on that Duke, I probably would have nabbed the Hunter as well. I guess it all works out in the end. Safe travels Julian, and enjoy your new knives.
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Cheers Walt. Safe trip yourself.
 
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