When I talked to Brian Jones on the phone he said he had used it quite a bit, even mentioned cleaning a deer (I think it was a deer) with it. You are the third to have it, so I imagine it would need a sharpening.
Have fun!
Roger that. I did a bit of mouse pad sharpening (150, 220, 320, 400, 800, 1000, and 1200 grit wet/dry paper) then onto a green chrome charged leather strop. That was a really quick sharpening just to get me out of the house. It was good enough for what I had time for today.
Wow. That handle is beefy! I think I'm going to like it a lot.
The Tulipwood looks great too.
ALso, nice pics Doug!!
You're not kidding. The handle is really beefy. It's substantially thicker than my usual handles. The scales are beautiful and have some subtle contouring. I had hand surgery a couple of years ago on my right hand and I can't bend the joint closest to the tip of my pinky and ring fingers on that hand. For me the scales are a bit too thick at the butt, and really comfy for my thumb, index and middle fingers.
Here is the walk in to my site along the frozen pond. There were cat tails and milk weed along the pond on the east side, so I collected some on the way.
Here is the JK Bushcrafter with a Blastmatch
I found a sun dried strip of bark on the ground, so I used it as my base/display. Here are some small wood I split, a couple of quick attempts at some fuzz sticks, a little pile of cat tails and milk weed seed, and two little tent pegs I made up with the JK Bushcrafter.
A close up of the pegs
Okay, I did not hear back from Stomper before I left for the woods, so I did not use the JK Bushcrafter to spark this fire attempt. The spin of the JK has had the edges "softened" so I am not sure it will work, but I will be certain to give it a shot and let you know on my next outing.
I had the Blastmatch along and put it to use. Nice tool. Here are the fire picks.
Here is the walk out.
Sorry I do not have any in use picks, as I typically go out on my own. Oh, and the JK Bushcrafter came with a sturdy leather sheath, but that instantly went onto my belt when I opened the mailer so I will fill you in on that later.
So just to start a little list:
- Glamour picks with friends :thumbup:
- Quick sharpening :thumbup:
- Little batoning (with no edge deformation)
- Couple of little fuzz sticks (my skills obviously need to improve, the knife was great!!!)
- Little natural fluff collection for firestarting
- A bit of fire
I'm pretty happy with how day one went.
Have a good night.
Thanks again John for the chance to use/review this knife!!!
Sincerely,
Doug
. I don't think there are any women folk that want to be burdened with one of my offspring so I gotta work for my knives. TF genes must be in high demand 
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