Fiddleback Forge KE Bushie

[Mistwalker]

It was a while coming due to some delays, but I posted this user review of this KEB Andy made in the Fiddleback Forge subforum a few days ago

 

[DocJD]

It was a while coming due to some delays, but I posted this user review of this KEB Andy made in the Fiddleback Forge subforum a few days ago

I like the red dots against the black scales .

Pins or ?

 

[Mistwalker]

I like the red dots against the black scales .

Pins or ?

I think they only look red on smaller screens, on a large screen the look more orange and that is likely a product of me over saturating the colors to get them to pop in the bright sunlight and all the snow reflecting so much light at the image sensor. Actually in this case they were natural canvas micarta pens. But Andy has done some red pins on black scales with red liners before, it looked pretty cool.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Andy makes a hellova knife. I have three hand-spun by him, and I will never part with them.
I have a little Monarch, and it may be my favorite knife.

 

[Mistwalker]

Andy makes a hellova knife. I have three hand-spun by him, and I will never part with them.
I have a little Monarch, and it may be my favorite knife.

Yes, he does. And the Monarch is one of my favorite models. I've been eyeing the one on his website, with that high grind and sweet taper it's a nice piece.

 

[Steely_Gunz]

Yes, he does. And the Monarch is one of my favorite models. I've been eyeing the one on his website, with that high grind and sweet taper it's a nice piece.

I bought one of his Monarchs I guess about 4 years ago for my birthday. It's been all over hell's half acre. It's amazing to see how far Andy has come since he was bending leather

I've got one of his Woodsman models that was from back when he was still part-time. The only bad thing is that he was just etching his name on the tang back then, not stamping it in, so all the markings are gone. However, once you pick it up and handle it, there is no denying that Andy made it.

Thanks again for the review. I know Andy likes his knives used hard and kept sharp

 

[Mistwalker]

I bought one of his Monarchs I guess about 4 years ago for my birthday. It's been all over hell's half acre. It's amazing to see how far Andy has come since he was bending leather

I've got one of his Woodsman models that was from back when he was still part-time. The only bad thing is that he was just etching his name on the tang back then, not stamping it in, so all the markings are gone. However, once you pick it up and handle it, there is no denying that Andy made it.

Thanks again for the review. I know Andy likes his knives used hard and kept sharp

He still etches them, but in a different way that etches deeper. Be careful if you decide to try to get him to re-etch, while Andy's older Woodsman, Ladyfinger, and Bushcrafter handles are my favorites, he does not like them and usually tries to trade people out of the older stuff they post with new stuff to remove the old stuff from the market place because it's so different from his new stuff. Personallym with it being Tony M that turned me on to Fiddleback Forge with a Ladyfinger and a Woodsman, I'd still take the older handles over the newer ones, but that's jus me I guess.

 

[Fiddleback]

I bought one of his Monarchs I guess about 4 years ago for my birthday. It's been all over hell's half acre. It's amazing to see how far Andy has come since he was bending leather

I've got one of his Woodsman models that was from back when he was still part-time. The only bad thing is that he was just etching his name on the tang back then, not stamping it in, so all the markings are gone. However, once you pick it up and handle it, there is no denying that Andy made it.

Thanks again for the review. I know Andy likes his knives used hard and kept sharp

I can re-mark it for you with the new method if you'd like Jake!!! No charge. Just lemme know!

 

[Steely_Gunz]

I can re-mark it for you with the new method if you'd like Jake!!! No charge. Just lemme know!

Much appreciated, Andy!...but make sure you charge me something. A business is a business even amongst old friends Your John Hancock wasn't really needed. It's undoubtedly your work if someone picks it up, and it's not like I would ever sell it, but who knows...maybe my grandkids will stumble across it and it will be like finding an early Bob Lovelace or something

I'll circle back once things get less crazy around here, and I can get 'er cleaned up. I actually hauled that Woodsman along on a trip through Glacier National a couple of weeks ago. I had other knives I had planned for it, but I have just gotten too used to leaning on that old warhorse that I couldn't carry anything else. It was a true decision of packing only what I needed, because we were flying out there so space and weight had to be considered. Cut some sticks for marshmallows, knocked a couple of pieces of dried wood apart for a couple of fires, it was the only large sharp knife at the VRBO we stayed at when we hit up Yellowstone there after so it did everything from making peanut butter sandwiches to prepping some veggies for some salads. It's just a really, really well designed and crafted knife that can handle just about any cutting task. Honestly, that Woodsman and the modified SARGE that Kismet gifted me where he regrafted a reground tip-broken SARGE into a piece of antler are the two knives that mean the most to me in my entire collection.

I used to have a picture my wife took of me walking on a trail with the Woodsman on my back hip while on a light camping trip where I am carrying our daughter on my shoulders when she was about 2 or 3. She's a couple weeks from 15 now and cracked 6' tall...dunno if I can recreate that pic But she does like my (well it WAS mine) Hiking Buddy. She packed it, but didn't carry it because kids don't like belts or pockets these days


Anyone who has the chance to handle one of Andy's knives, really should. Knives designed to be used for people who know how to use them and how they should fit in a human hand.

 

[jfk1110]

Much appreciated, Andy!...but make sure you charge me something. A business is a business even amongst old friends Your John Hancock wasn't really needed. It's undoubtedly your work if someone picks it up, and it's not like I would ever sell it, but who knows...maybe my grandkids will stumble across it and it will be like finding an early Bob Lovelace or something

I'll circle back once things get less crazy around here, and I can get 'er cleaned up. I actually hauled that Woodsman along on a trip through Glacier National a couple of weeks ago. I had other knives I had planned for it, but I have just gotten too used to leaning on that old warhorse that I couldn't carry anything else. It was a true decision of packing only what I needed, because we were flying out there so space and weight had to be considered. Cut some sticks for marshmallows, knocked a couple of pieces of dried wood apart for a couple of fires, it was the only large sharp knife at the VRBO we stayed at when we hit up Yellowstone there after so it did everything from making peanut butter sandwiches to prepping some veggies for some salads. It's just a really, really well designed and crafted knife that can handle just about any cutting task. Honestly, that Woodsman and the modified SARGE that Kismet gifted me where he regrafted a reground tip-broken SARGE into a piece of antler are the two knives that mean the most to me in my entire collection.

I used to have a picture my wife took of me walking on a trail with the Woodsman on my back hip while on a light camping trip where I am carrying our daughter on my shoulders when she was about 2 or 3. She's a couple weeks from 15 now and cracked 6' tall...dunno if I can recreate that pic But she does like my (well it WAS mine) Hiking Buddy. She packed it, but didn't carry it because kids don't like belts or pockets these days


Anyone who has the chance to handle one of Andy's knives, really should. Knives designed to be used for people who know how to use them and how they should fit in a human hand.

How was going to the sun...?????