Fiddleback User Pics

[thurin]

.............I still want that arête

Nice collection

And I'm still wanting that Terrasaur!

Maybe there's a trade in the future...

 

[schmittie]

Lol. Trade? .... Not sure on that one. Temporary swap??.............maybe

 

[schmittie]

Used my terrasaur to shave down an axe handle for today's project.

 

[thurin]

Used my terrasaur to shave down an axe handle for today's project.

Cool schmittie! Don't you love how Andy's scandis carve?

Had a chance to take a couple of my lightweight Fiddlebacks out on a hike this morning. Didn't get to use them but did stick them in a tree. I love the wood on these. (EDKarda in African Blackwood and Hiking Buddy in Bocote)

 

[thurin]

Another hike, another pic of a hiking buddy stuck in a tree.

 

[SubaruSTi]

just got my first FB, woking on a patina!

 

[thurin]

Nice looking Bushcrafter you have there Subaru. Have fun with the patina.

 

[awestib]

We decided to go camping this weekend. Good opportunity to try out my Arete which I had "reprofiled" on stones to a zero convex edge. I thinned out the midbevel as well a bit, so it's now an awesome slicer and just the right geometry for feathersticks and shavings. You can still see some of the coarser scratches more towards the spine/flats and a beginning patina. The sharp difference in reflection on picture #2 right in the middle of the blade is just the tarp above that cut the light.

Happy days ...

 

[maw]

Good post awestib!

Mark

 

[elof_alv]

My first Fiddleback, got the kitchen duty right out the box



Now it's already sporting some patina.

 

[Mistwalker]

Added a lanyard

 

[SubaruSTi]

Get that puppy stained up mist!

 

[Mistwalker]

My first Fiddleback, got the kitchen duty right out the box



Now it's already sporting some patina.

Nice Bushfinger, doesn't take long in a kitchen to develop a cool patina.

Get that puppy stained up mist!

Yeah, already working on that. Something I cut outside today produced one of the quickest stains I've seen yet. Now I have to figure out what it was

 

[SubaruSTi]

let me know, maybe I have it in my area too.

I have never tried autumn olive berries but they seem as if they would be good for it.

 

[Mistwalker]

let me know, maybe I have it in my area too.

I have never tried autumn olive berries but they seem as if they would be good for it.

Autumn olives are highly tannic and would probably work well. I think this stain was done by the wild cucumbers or the grapes, I'm not sure yet

 

[Mistwalker]

just got my first FB, woking on a patina!

Nice! A close friend of mine also has a Bushcrafter and I love how it feels and handles. Yours looks to be tapered tanged, I bet it handles even better. Looking forward to more pics of it later.

 

[JV3]

took me 3 weeks to thin out my 18" (grind then use then grind some more cycles to figure out when to stop)...now it's how i like it - light and fast!

i started the distal taper right at the logo.

 

[SubaruSTi]

Pics!

 

[Mistwalker]

took me 3 weeks to thin out my 18" (grind then use then grind some more cycles to figure out when to stop)...now it's how i like it - light and fast!

i started the distal taper right at the logo.

Interesting. The reason I am drawn to the twelve over the fourteen is that the twelve is a bit thicker than the others. I've never had the chance to play with a quality thinner mactete, but a lot of people rave about Andy's longer machetes and the even thinner ESEE machete, so maybe next spring I need to give one of the longer Fiddleback machetes a chance. Gonna be doing a lot of clearing and burning this winter, and then a lot of maintenance next spring and summer.

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Nice patina developing there.

 

[LilBayDeNoc]

My 1st Fiddleback! the Bushfinger it is.... Time to share some pictures, hope you like them.

Tuxedo handle config, Full Thickness Tang, Convex on 5/32” thick steel. Purchased in July and have been giving it a lot of love, great knife Mr. Roy!
Thanks for looking. Steve