Fiddleback Forge Knives “Woodsman “ Passaround

Great review Steve! It is a great knife and I can't wait till Andy gets working on the batch of woodsman I'm in on.

Rockywolf said:
LOL Tony. I'll be over at your house while you're at Jake's place!
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Yeah thats what friends are for right. When I'm at Jake's place I at least feed the cat, so can you walk my dog for me when your done! :cool:
 
A little trivia, Mountainfolk Mike was the first person to buy a Fiddleback Knife!!!!
 
tonym said:
Great review Steve! It is a great knife and I can't wait till Andy gets working on the batch of woodsman I'm in on.



Yeah thats what friends are for right. When I'm at Jake's place I at least feed the cat, so can you walk my dog for me when your done! :cool:
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:eek: thats not all Tony does to my pets. :barf: :D

You guys are awesome. :thumbup: I love this place.

Great review steve!!! It is a badass blade isnt it? You have a very nice assortment of blades bro.. :thumbup:
 
tonym said:
Great review Steve! It is a great knife and I can't wait till Andy gets working on the batch of woodsman I'm in on.

Yeah thats what friends are for right. When I'm at Jake's place I at least feed the cat, so can you walk my dog for me when your done! :cool:
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I got your back bro. :D

j williams said:
:eek: thats not all Tony does to my pets. :barf: :D

You guys are awesome. :thumbup: I love this place.

Great review steve!!! It is a badass blade isnt it? You have a very nice assortment of blades bro.. :thumbup:
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Thanks Jake. I have to sell one or two unfortunately-my car's serpentine belt broke yesterday-crap! :mad: Plus I need to save up for my woodsman.
 
Fiddleback said:
Y'all do the chest grip a bit different than me. I put my thumb behind the blade, whereas Bear the Dog tought folks to put it on a ramp and on the side of the blade. Works the same either way.
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Just a couple thoughts here.....

I believe that the reverse chest grip can function the same that way. When you want short controlled motions, with lots of power, the both are pretty much interchangeable.

However, when you switch back to the actual chest grip, in turns into a grip all about control and accuracy. The thumb on the back of the spine does not work nearly as well, IMO.

Fiddleback said:
A steep ramp there makes the area near where the edge starts thinner, so you can't get as good a grip for heavy fist cuts. Also, it moves the pins back (those are corby bolts, not solid pins). And it thins out the wood where it needs some thickness IMO. Lots of guys have thin tindrils of cross grain woods at the ricasso area. Thats not good. Wood is weak cross grain.
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That is all interesting points. I think I would rather have a micarta knife with the functionality I want, than a wood one that I am worried about. Still, I carry wood on my belt :D

I do not tend to be "abusive" to my smaller knives as for me they are meant for one thing, cutting. I can't imagine one taking an impact enough (especially in the direction required to do a cross grain split) to be a big concern.

But still, it is now a question that needs answering and an abuse test is in order I think :D The question is, what type of wood? :cool: :D

B
 
Brian Andrews said:
Just a couple thoughts here.....

I believe that the reverse chest grip can function the same that way. When you want short controlled motions, with lots of power, the both are pretty much interchangeable.

However, when you switch back to the actual chest grip, in turns into a grip all about control and accuracy. The thumb on the back of the spine does not work nearly as well, IMO.



That is all interesting points. I think I would rather have a micarta knife with the functionality I want, than a wood one that I am worried about. Still, I carry wood on my belt :D

I do not tend to be "abusive" to my smaller knives as for me they are meant for one thing, cutting. I can't imagine one taking an impact enough (especially in the direction required to do a cross grain split) to be a big concern.

But still, it is now a question that needs answering and an abuse test is in order I think :D The question is, what type of wood? :cool: :D

B
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Even for micarta, I prefer a nice full cross section at the ricasso for the full fisted power cutting away from you grip.

PM me and I'll give you an excellent example of what I mean. I don't want to single out a maker in public. The style handle this maker uses, it probably wouldn't even matter if he used hickory (toughest cross grain). Its still just not advisable.
 
Rockywolf said:
Mailed yesterday to Mike.

Insurance number is VH 832 976 540

Delivery Conf number is 0308 3390 0001 0742 0527
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right on Steve...:thumbup: i'll let you know when it arrives.... i'm looking forward to checking this knife out... hopefully the rain lets up, so i can go outside and play...:o
 
mtnfolk mike said:
right on Steve...:thumbup: i'll let you know when it arrives.... i'm looking forward to checking this knife out... hopefully the rain lets up, so i can go outside and play...:o
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Please keep it till you get a good full play day.:thumbup:
 
Rockywolf said:
Did the knife arrive, Mike?
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yes it did...:thumbup: i just pulled it out of the mail box, a few minutes ago...:D

it's a great looking Andy... i have fairly small hands and the handle on this bad boy fits my paws very comfortably... i am loving these layered handle scales you're doing too...

the weather is still pretty ugly, we have another storm coming in any minute now... i'll try and get out and get some pics up this weekend if that's okay..:)



mike
 
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Thats fine Mike. Keep it until you've had your fun!
 
Mike,
Hope that the weather is getting better for you.
Here in the NE we are getting a bit of snow.
Looking forward to seeing your report.
 
We got snow here in ATL, and even though there was no accumulation, and its going to hit 45 degrees and sunny today, schools are closed. The south. See, people can't drive in any ice what so ever, so they cut the schools to try to keep a small bit of lunatics off the ice, 1/64" of ice.
 
Well I just woke up to about 9" of crystaly powder, :grumpy: Where the hell is Spring:(
 
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it's been raining like crazy for the past 2 days...:( and we just realized, yesterday on our way home from San Francisco, that my front windshield is leaking...:mad::thumbdn:
 
sorry for lagging on getting up some pics and such, folks... we finally have gotten a few days without rain... but we have been crazy busy..:o

i'll probably finish up taking some pics tommorow and mail it out on tuesday. if that's okay... i'll get some pics up soon too...:)
 
Cool with me. Take your time and have fun.
 
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