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After seeing folks raving about how well there scandi fiddlebacks were working on the try stick thread, I started to get excited to get my hands on one. My scandi experience before this was comprised of a lot of time with the mora scandis (which I must say for the price and performance, are outstanding) and one other popular semi custom makers scandi. The moras are great but somewhat fragile and the other scandi I have I was not that impressed with. Knowing how much I have been enjoying my convex fiddlebacks, I was very interested to see how the fiddleback scandi performed. After a bit of searching, I was able to get my hands on a couple of very nice fiddleback scandis, an arete and a keb. Many thanks to the previous owner, who was generous enough to part with them! Side note -I am often overwhelmed by how this community helps each other out in finding and acquiring the fiddlebacks that our own particular tastes crave. I have really enjoyed seeing which fiddlebacks each one of use are drawn to and how people often let go of knives they like to help others get the ones they are after.
Back to the scandi:
Sometimes you build something up in your head and then when you actually experience it does not live up to your expectations. Would this be the case for me with the fiddleback scandi?
Absolutely not! I have only used the arete and I can say that this thing is awesome!!! Many of you know how much I love my convex kephart and now allegiance has been challenged! Actually, I love them both in different ways. Both are exceptional knives.
There is a lot to this arete that makes it really cool besides the scandi grind. The weight of this thing is just perfect. I think it is probably full tang and at 1/8" the weight for me could not feel better. The spalting is to die for. I just love the spalting on these older fiddlebacks. You can get lost gazing into them. The shape and handle of the arete are really nice for me.
The scandi grind is superb. I had heard people say the scandi fiddlebacks just chew through wood and they really do. It really feels like a knife through butter. My goodness. What more can I say, then I am very happy with this knife.
I apologize to all the fiddleback scandi lovers out there. I hope this thread doesn't make it harder for you to get what you desire.
Lastly, I know that my spoon has shown up in a lot of my pics... I am going to post a thread soon called - How many fiddlebacks does it take to carve a spoon?
Back to the scandi:
Sometimes you build something up in your head and then when you actually experience it does not live up to your expectations. Would this be the case for me with the fiddleback scandi?
Absolutely not! I have only used the arete and I can say that this thing is awesome!!! Many of you know how much I love my convex kephart and now allegiance has been challenged! Actually, I love them both in different ways. Both are exceptional knives.
There is a lot to this arete that makes it really cool besides the scandi grind. The weight of this thing is just perfect. I think it is probably full tang and at 1/8" the weight for me could not feel better. The spalting is to die for. I just love the spalting on these older fiddlebacks. You can get lost gazing into them. The shape and handle of the arete are really nice for me.
The scandi grind is superb. I had heard people say the scandi fiddlebacks just chew through wood and they really do. It really feels like a knife through butter. My goodness. What more can I say, then I am very happy with this knife.
I apologize to all the fiddleback scandi lovers out there. I hope this thread doesn't make it harder for you to get what you desire.
Lastly, I know that my spoon has shown up in a lot of my pics... I am going to post a thread soon called - How many fiddlebacks does it take to carve a spoon?
Some many cool fiddlebacks, so little time. I am sure there are folks with more experience that could chime in. I will say that the tip of the kephart has been great for working on my spoon and this arete also has been a great size too. I used a mora crooked knife to carve out the spoon part. Eventually I want to post my experience with the major four inchers and the major smaller blades, but I need more time playing with them first. I just went camping for a couple days and I ended up just using my kephart the whole time. There was a fire ban so I didn't get to use my camp nessie like I thought I would.
