Grind on Nessmuk's?

[Fiddleback]

Old Hickory's can be made into fine Nessies as well.

 

[anvilring]

You know I have a old Green river "Beef Skinner" that could easily be altered to a nessmuk like design..

Indeed; mystery solved.

Take one of these:

remove the simple scales, grind off the top 1/3, add some stag, and you have Sears' knife. They were a common knife in his time, he was a scrounger/improvasationalist at heart.

I think thats possibly the truth....it could be as simple as that.

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[Fiddleback]

Nope. Sears knife had a an edge that was forward of the handle. You'd have one that was close though.

 

[anvilring]

Remove the factory scales, cut down the tang to where the curvature of the stag begins, "slit" ( a single cut down the center the same thickness as the blade blank) mount the stag back some from where the original scales sat.... and you have Sears' knife.

 

[foxx]

I like the fact that various knife makers can make a Nessmuk, and they all are different. When deciding on which one to get I did look at the original picture. In the end, it was the size of my hand, steel/HT/thickness, overall length, the curve, and handle material. I like the handle to keep curving, many have more of a straight handle. I already had knives with straight handles.
So again, keep up the variants, it keeps things interesting. More so than if every Nessie was exactly the same.

 

[Gossman Knives]

Of all the Nessmuks I've seen made today by different makers, every one of them is the same basic design but all are that makers interpretation of the design. That is what is so cool about the Nessmuk knife design.
I think the flat slightly convexed grind is a good grind for these knives.
Scott