Les Stroud Temagami Knife

CWL said:
Looks to be a non-laminated, full-tang version of the Helle Eggen knife, with a lanyard hole added too.

I have always been impressed with my Eggen knife. One of the sharpest out-of-box knives I have ever seen. It never received the recognition that it deserves with outdoormen & bushcrafters -probably because of the thin blade.

Hopefully, adding Les Stroud's name to this design will bring in more business & respect to Helle.
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I like the Eggen as well. Great knife. One very small point. Helle is a VERY well respected knife company. Especially over in the UK, and in northern Europe. I like the design of this new addition, as well as the option of laminated carbon steel as well as their usual stainless. I'm afraid however the "Les Stroud" name will mainly add $$$ to the cost of the knife. Info from the Les Stroud beb site:

Only 500 limited edition carbon steel laminate knives will be available for sale at the Outdoor Adventure Show in Toronto. Helle will release a second version with a laminated stainless steel blade in late February. Thereafter, both versions will be available for purchase world-wide.

The Temagami has a Curly birch handle that’s oiled with linseed and designed to fit snugly in your hand to prevent slipping. The leather sheath is fit to be used for both right and left side carry. Custom grooves on the back of the blade are fit to strike a better spark when using a fire steel.
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CWL said:
Looks to be a non-laminated, full-tang version of the Helle Eggen knife, with a lanyard hole added too.

I have always been impressed with my Eggen knife. One of the sharpest out-of-box knives I have ever seen. It never received the recognition that it deserves with outdoormen & bushcrafters -probably because of the thin blade.

Hopefully, adding Les Stroud's name to this design will bring in more business & respect to Helle.
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Hmm.. not quite sure why they did the tang as such.
Appears to be full length through only the top half of the handle.

Lotsa twisting could compromise that wood.

If they were just trying to save handle weight/balance, drill out the tang but keep it the full dimensions of the handles and use two piece wood slab construction...
 
bigshowrenfro said:
I think Helle knives are a great buy for what you pay. I like a few models they sell. I consider them a semi custom knife. A lot goes into making them. What do you think about the birch handles?
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Helle knives are great. I think without Les' name associated with this one, it would cost around $100. Maybe the price will come down after this intial introduction.

The birch handles are great!
 
There's a good thread going about this in Wilderness and Survival.

As far as steel, from what I've read, the knife will be available in Helle's laminated carbon steel blades and in the laminated stainless steel blades.
 
I have been looking at a few other posts on this knife and some people think it is overpriced. This knife is supposed to retail for 179.99 and I don't think that is a bad price considering it is a signature knife. I think this will be one of Helle's most expensive knives they sell. The endorsement adds to the price a bit. The pathfinder knife went up by 100 dollars when Dave Cantenbury did dual survivor. Considering what the Les Stroud knife is going for and the quality of the knife I think it is a good deal.
 
There was already a thread about this over at W&SS since some time back.

Looks like a Helle Fjellkniven, but with a "mortised, full-tang"(?) which is quite a well-known model (I believe Ron Hood spoke highly of it some years back) from that well-known Norwegian manufacturer.

Well, the "celebrity" of Les Stroud does somehow figure not just into the marketing but the price. It's just the phenomenon.
 
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Les should rather have a signature "Wilderness Multitool", would fit much better. I've never seen an Survivorman episode with a scandi knife with him.
 
I have a funny relationship with Helle. LOVE, I mean LOVE the blades. Pretty much hate their handles. I got a Ny Fjording because it was a "stout working knife". Great blade and the handle was nothing short of a disgrace. I had the Besseggen and while the shape of the handle was well executed and well made enough, there were so many holes and flaws in the curly burch (just short of Swiss cheese here) that I feared it would break under pressure and slice me to pieces...because OH MAN was that thing sharp.

I am not through with Helle but they really need handle advice. This knife looks like it may be there. Helle is probably the sharpest out of box knife I have come across...a contender anyway. I would hope it is laminated because they do that well.

And their stainless is Sandvik...but I am not sure which one.
 
The first run of knives will have the laminated carbon blades like the Fjording and the Viking and will be polished. Helle has said that they will be producing Temagami knives with their signature laminated stainless blade which may be available in a couple of months. There's some great information in the "exchange" forum

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=812004
 
The steel used in Helle Viking, which COEC says will be used in the Tamagami aswell is:
XC 10/90 MV8, RC 58-59

Anyone heard of this steel before?
 
Nice knife - I have to say I find it a bit bizarre Les would be promoting a knife like this... as mentioned by some of the earlier posts he really isnt much of a knife guy.

Ive seen him use a basic buck hunter a couple of times but he seems to favour the multitool 90% of the time.

Bear may be a showman but he does get good use out of his knives.
 
No thanks I'll stick with my BHK bushcrafter with it's full tang

Seriously what up with the tang on that knife, "half tang"?
 
COEC said:
The first run of knives will have the laminated carbon blades like the Fjording and the Viking and will be polished. Helle has said that they will be producing Temagami knives with their signature laminated stainless blade which may be available in a couple of months. There's some great information in the "exchange" forum

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=812004
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Is the core of the laminated carbon blades the same as the one of the laminated stainless blades?

http://www.helle.no/Default.aspx?tabid=4935&language=en-US

(the Dokka is also interesting)
 
SilentJohn said:
No thanks I'll stick with my BHK bushcrafter with it's full tang

Seriously what up with the tang on that knife, "half tang"?
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It's actually more difficult to make this sort of handle.
Eka nordic has these also

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Bark river did these in their first Kepart run, but later production got a regular full tang because these where much easier to make.
 
Not to be the objector, but that is a really bad representation of a survival orientated knife...First off there is what looks to be a curly maple WOOD handle that is not scaled, but fully wrapped and pinned.. Secondly it comes with a leather sheath..2 qualities in a knife that fail in REAL survival situations..Wood easily cracks under hard use and leather both freezes and has the ability to become wet..Wet leather leads to your blade in a swimming pool..Over time leather will crack from the expansion and contraction from wet to dry...The last thing you want to worry about in survival is babying your tools..The blade is also a bit short..Couldnt pep fire wood easily or hack down limbs.. .Im almost surprised it doesnt have a sawback,bottle opener and glass compass in the sheath..Looks more like a light use trout knife over anything deemed to be labeled "survival".. Though Im not sure how much actual survival is done by the jesters on TV anyway..More about eating bugs, drinking urine and other shock value strategy for the couch survivalist...

Sorry I know Im bad...Dont hate...Hope I didn't crap in anyones cookies..But I saw this thread after seeing the All New Paris Hilton Street Defender Tactical Knife and had to input..HAHA

BTW: PH Street Defender now on sale for $345.99


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Agree this is not the ultimate survival knife (like Busse, Strider, Fehrman, Horton, ...)

Just a good down to earth outdoors knife ;)

(is it promoted as an survival knife :confused: )
 
Makes you think how they those silly Nordic folk survived with puukkos, leuku's and Mora's amirite?


Even worst they didn't use stabilized wood AND USUALLY HAD STICK TANGS OMG >_<

Someone should go over there and tell them that they are doing it all wrong.

Can't believe I didn't notice the leather sheath, such a weak material- you pretty much look at it and it cracks and fails (under *hard* use mind you- I often baton with my sheath so I can relate).

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alphabravo said:
Not to be the objector, but that is a really bad representation of a survival orientated knife...First off there is what looks to be a curly maple WOOD handle that is not scaled, but fully wrapped and pinned.. Secondly it comes with a leather sheath..2 qualities in a knife that fail in REAL survival situations..Wood easily cracks under hard use and leather both freezes and has the ability to become wet..Wet leather leads to your blade in a swimming pool..Over time leather will crack from the expansion and contraction from wet to dry...The last thing you want to worry about in survival is babying your tools..The blade is also a bit short..Couldnt pep fire wood easily or hack down limbs.. .Im almost surprised it doesnt have a sawback,bottle opener and glass compass in the sheath..Looks more like a light use trout knife over anything deemed to be labeled "survival".. Though Im not sure how much actual survival is done by the jesters on TV anyway..More about eating bugs, drinking urine and other shock value strategy for the couch survivalist...

Sorry I know Im bad...Dont hate...Hope I didn't crap in anyones cookies..But I saw this thread after seeing the All New Paris Hilton Street Defender Tactical Knife and had to input..HAHA

BTW: PH Street Defender now on sale for $345.99


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beautiful knife...but like others have mentioned, I have a hard time paying that much when I'm playing blade steel roulette
 
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