Fiddleback User Pics

I pretty much live in hotels, ever the professional.....

Laptop logged in to Blade Forums? Check! Paper cup of cheap wine? Check! Multiple Fiddleback Forge knives? Check!


 
Hey VANCE looks like the doggy went pepe on the lelt there.. LOL

VANCE said:
im bored

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Sweet Bear! I'm at home tonight, but my view looks kinda similar.

Updating my spreadsheet with the new prices, stropping some knives, and enjoying my super secret margarita mix (Mike's Margarita, couple extra shots of tequila, Rose's Lime Juice, salt) and contemplating working on taxes, although the margarita says I shouldn't work on taxes, or strop Fiddlebacks.

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hasco said:
Here are a few pics of my first fiddleback in use. I have been trying to get a hiking buddy or an Arete for a few months but they keep slipping away. I thought I would just choose the model of knife I wanted, choose the steal, thickness, taper, grind and preferred handle material and pick one up. Boy was I painfully wrong. After several fridays spent in front of the computer, I finally was able to get this ladyfinger during one of the frenzies. Finally getting a fiddleback to use has helped tremendously to calm my frayed nerves from this whole experience. When I put it in my hands and got to work, I quickly understood what the feeding frenzy is about. These knives are meant to be users! Wow. What an excellent piece of craftsmanship. It really feels like perfection. After working for over an hour, I had no hotspots and the knife quickly felt like it became an extension of me. In order to get to know a knife, I have to really use it . I took it out in the woods and made a quick throwing/battle stick for my son and I. Then I made a figure four at home for fun and did some other little projects. Now I am working on a little kids snap bow out of California bay. I am loving this ladyfinger. I can't wait to try some other fiddlebacks. For better or for worse, I have definitely become a fiddleback fanatic!
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Hey Hasco, that's an awesome Ladyfinger. 1/8" with Shadetree drunken burlap and a triple beauty mark. All big positives in my book. I might have been after it myself if I wasn't late to that party. Nice pics!
 
thurin said:
Sweet Bear! I'm at home tonight, but my view looks kinda similar.

Updating my spreadsheet with the new prices, stropping some knives, and enjoying my super secret margarita mix (Mike's Margarita, couple extra shots of tequila, Rose's Lime Juice, salt) and contemplating working on taxes, although the margarita says I shouldn't work on taxes, or strop Fiddlebacks.

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Margarita good, taxes bad!😊
 
Joe Duder said:
"Kitchen Knife Potential". That's great.
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How damn big is your monitor? I had to take mine to like 300% to even make that out lol


abrasion said:
Picked this little beauty from Solid4ever. Just put a hot apple cider vinegar patina on it...

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Very nice HB man. The Hiking Buddy is a definite fav, I've bought and traded for more of those than anything else. One day I am going to have the perfect pair of them for my daughter and myself for our hikes.
 
abrasion said:
This is my first HB and only my second FF, I'm loving it...
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I think I have had like four or five HBs now. Now I Know exactly which steel and thickness I want, and which handle configuration I want. When I finally get it, I may just take a rasp or hacksaw to a discrete part of it so it will be unsellable :)
 
mistwalker said:
I think I have had like four or five HBs now. Now I Know exactly which steel and thickness I want, and which handle configuration I want. When I finally get it, I may just take a rasp or hacksaw to a discrete part of it so it will be unsellable :)
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Come on Mist. Will you let the cat out of the bag? Which steel, thickness, and config?
 
Sounds like a beauty Mist, I hope you run across it. I don't know about you but the HB is one of the most comfortable fiddlebacks I've held. In terms of looks, I've always been a sucker for the terassaur, but that knife has never felt right in my hand. I'm currently on my second 'saur trying to "learn" to like the feel. I figured it might be an acquired taste so it was worth a second chance. Never had that problem with the HB. First time I picked one up, just felt like it belonged!
 
velosa said:
Sounds like a beauty Mist, I hope you run across it. I don't know about you but the HB is one of the most comfortable fiddlebacks I've held. In terms of looks, I've always been a sucker for the terassaur, but that knife has never felt right in my hand. I'm currently on my second 'saur trying to "learn" to like the feel. I figured it might be an acquired taste so it was worth a second chance. Never had that problem with the HB. First time I picked one up, just felt like it belonged!
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I like it enough to have bought five looking for the perfect one :) I love the HB handle and blade shape, and blade size for day hikes and state parks. Extremely comfortable, and extremely capable for a small knife. I've done more than one bow-drill-from-scratch-in-the-woods demonstration with the first two I had. Perhaps it has something to do with the Terrasaur being an Andy knife, but not an Andy design...
 
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