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Fiddleback

Fiddleback

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Hey Guys, I was honored to be asked by Kestella to make a Fiddleback version of his bushcrafter (also available from Scott Gossman).

Kevin is in a state where 4" is some magical legal # that means a knife is dark magic. So his spearpoint bushcrafting knife has a 3.9" blade over a 4.5" handle. The handle is what Scandanavians would call an grown up handle. Meaning that there isn't protection for the fingers built into the design as there would be in children's knives.

Its a really comfortable working design. Compact and easy to carry. I'm making 5 of them right now. The first to be completed is this convex version. Today I'll be sanding handles on 4 more in 3/32" thick scandi with spalty goodness.

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Sweetness! That is a great looking knife, Andy. :thumbup:
 
Damn, all I see are red x's on my lunch break!

I am a big fan of Kevin's collaborations with Scott, especially the bushcrafter. While I do not possess a smidgen of the woods expertise both of these men do, I have had good luck and fun with mine. I am very excited to see this one Andy. Email inbound.
 
I have one that is wearing L (not XL in this batch) slabs. The rest are regulars.
 
I've gotta talk to Kevin first about what may or may not be available. I'm dead determined to finish this batch of Scandi knives downstairs today, so hopefully pics of 4 more of these will be posted by beer thirty.
 
mtnfolk mike said:
nice work Andy... that's a cool looking knife...:thumbup: i like it..
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Sometimes knives remind me of you Mike, and this was one. I was picturing it among your collection. I do that a lot though. I like being in your pics.
 
If the one with the convex grind becomes available I would like to claim dibs on it.
Thanks, protodoc

Fiddleback said:
I've gotta talk to Kevin first about what may or may not be available. I'm dead determined to finish this batch of Scandi knives downstairs today, so hopefully pics of 4 more of these will be posted by beer thirty.
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Fiddleback said:
Hey Guys, I was honored to be asked by Kestella to make a Fiddleback version of his bushcrafter (also available from Scott Gossman).

Kevin is in a state where 4" is some magical legal # that means a knife is dark magic. So his spearpoint bushcrafting knife has a 3.9" blade over a 4.5" handle. The handle is what Scandanavians would call an grown up handle. Meaning that there isn't protection for the fingers built into the design as there would be in children's knives.

Its a really comfortable working design. Compact and easy to carry. I'm making 5 of them right now. The first to be completed is this convex version. Today I'll be sanding handles on 4 more in 3/32" thick scandi with spalty goodness.

20110105100_3714-vi.jpg


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great job on that one Andy. :thumbup: Definately has the "Fiddleback" look to it. Your style really stands out.
Scott
 
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