I believe,I believe!

mykel m

mykel m

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I believe in the power of a chisel scandi grind.
I was skeptical about a chisel grind on a bushcraft knife,but thought with the grind on the right side,it should work,so I snagged this little beauty from Daniel when he put it on the Ex.
Happily,it was waiting for me when I got home last night.
I ogled & fondled it till I couldn't stand it,I had to try it out.I grabbed a mesch. rod & threw a few sparks using the spine,then made a feather stick.So far so good,so I put it up for the night.

I awoke to the sound of rain pitter pattering on the window this morning & after checking the weather I see it's supposed to be like this all weekend,bummer.No playing outside for me & my new knife.
Luckly I have a fireplace in my aptartment & plenty of wood to test it on.
I first battoned a hunk of firewood down to a manageable size,then drilled a couple of divots for a bow drill spindle,then made a couple of notches,then some feathering.No problem for this chisel scandi knife from Daniel.
It slices & drills with the best of them.
I then used the exposed tang to strike some gobs off my mesh rod & got the feathers to ignite.
Woohoo,fire!I will survive,hallelujah I will survive!
Thank you Dan,you made a believer out of me! :D & I look forward to my next one.
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Now I'm REALLY excited!! Haven't had a chance to try mine out yet. Glad to hear the good report (as if there were any doubts;)) Hopefully I'll have a full report after this weekend.

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Yellow & pink will be given to my twin daughters on their 11th Bday in a couple weeks !! I'll be sure to post their "test results" too!
 
My first knife from Daniel was the first time I had even held a chisel grid. I was very surprised at how
well it cut. Later I was just as suprised at how easy it was to sharpen. For a long time I wouldn't
give a blade with a chisel grind a second look. But when Daniel posted the Proto EDC on the exchange
I fell in love with it. When it didn't sell right away I kept going back and drooling over it, I couldn't
take it any longer and the rest is history. :D
 
Wish I could, but with the holidays coming it will be next year before I can afford any more knives. :(
 
Still playing with this thing(feather sticks,battoning & just carving wood & it holds an edge great.
I've only given' it a few licks with a ceramic stick & it shaves hair off my arm.
Outstanding heat treat on the 1084 Dan!
 
Does anyone else have experience with a chisel grind for bushcraft? I used to not look twice at a knife ground on only one side but I'm starting to like the simplicity and I can't see how there would be any real drawbacks.
 
At a knife show while comparing some blades, a few people (one of them a well-known knifemaker) told me that a double-grind is more desirable on a knife if you want to add it to your collection and resell it someday, but if you want the best cutting performance, go with a correct-side chisel grind. I've found this to be true except on a few occasions where the one-sided grind just doesn't work, like peeling an apple with the knife edge facing you.
 
gooeytek said:
At a knife show while comparing some blades, a few people (one of them a well-known knifemaker) told me that a double-grind is more desirable on a knife if you want to add it to your collection and resell it someday, but if you want the best cutting performance, go with a correct-side chisel grind. I've found this to be true except on a few occasions where the one-sided grind just doesn't work, like peeling an apple with the knife edge facing you.
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Exactly!!!

Real talk! :D
 
gooeytek said:
...except on a few occasions where the one-sided grind just doesn't work, like peeling an apple with the knife edge facing you.
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My "backwards-chisel grind" Emerson does this just fine ;-)

The serrations are the problem :grumpy: (for apple peeling)


In my limited experience (now owning two chisel grind knives, (one on each side) the only difference is the slight learning curve because of the location of the edge. The center plane of the grind is askew to the parallel sides of blade, and that can cause some differences if you're not expecting it. In practice, for me, it's not a real issue.

My Fairly chisel grind bushcraft-candy knife just tears it up, by the way :D
 
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