My knives are getting smaller and stiffer

How timely! Just got this from Alan directly, and I love it :)
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~Jim
 
Double Ott said:
"Some of my Bark River knives and pocket sheaths that are in my "pocket EDC" rotation. Lately since I've discovered GEC, I've been carrying more folders along with the fixed blades.

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Very good selection there Tom. May I ask, which is the second knife down on the left? Looks like a Sharpfinger type of pattern, thought I'd bought all the Bark Rivers I need but not so sure....

A stainless (Sandvik) Bark River I like for food duties is the Blackwater Boot Knife, about 15.5cm/6" and of thinner stock than most of their stuff, they can be too thick for my tastes. Also their PSK knife is a really handy small knife but well credible, so too the Pro Scalpel Plus whose finger grooves ensure a safe grip in all weathers, this too is within 16cm.

Bark Rivers are not cheap, and I've had quality issues, but they have undeniable attractions. A cheaper alternative is Hess Knifeworks also in Michigan, I have ben delighted with their Caper knife in Burlmaple, carbon convexed, this makes really good firesticks, a tidy food knife and of course it will skin stuff 16.5cm, a great coat pocket or daybag knife for sure.
 
I have the same problem with small pocket fixed blades that I do with small slipjoints. It's not so much the size of the blade as the size of the handle. Unless the handle is of good size, I don't want it. The width of a palm is about right, in my case ~ 3 1/2". Anything smaller is uncomfortable to use.

Three-finger grips need not apply.

- Christian
 
I have huge paws, and while I carry a single blade Huck Finn boys knife and a Remington peanut every day, a comparable sized fixed blade is not for me. The smallest traditional knife I carry is the small Hackman Tapio Wirkalla pukko. The original sheath is rotting apart, I am getting a Skookum style sheath from Scott Gossman for it. It is a great knife either in a coat pocket or under your coat/vest etc in colder weather. Unobtrusive too.
 
Let's keep it Traditional, folks. Screw construction, especially like the one above doesn't make the cut.
 
Sorry about that. I thought that it would be OK being a fixed blade.

I put the handle on myself. It is a JK tin knife I won in a GAW on the JK handmade knife forums. It's made flat to fit in a survival tin and I made the scales removable so I could do that if I wanted.

 
Double Ott said:
"Some of my Bark River knives and pocket sheaths that are in my "pocket EDC" rotation. Lately since I've discovered GEC, I've been carrying more folders along with the fixed blades.

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Where are the leather pocket sheaths in the bottom row from?
 
Boker PSK is my personal fixed-blade pocket companion (about 2.5" blade). I don't carry it regularly, but when I wear a fixed blade in town this is usually it (or a BK14). When in the outdoors it's a BK2 on the belt in kydex sheath.

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I was not happy with the handle of the pocket puukko I had started to make, the handle was just too chubby. So I shaped the handle again and found that the handle was badly cracked. Decided to throw the thing away.

Then I took the Hultafors chisel-tip knife I had bought from hardware store. The handle is light yellow plastic, blade is carbon steel and yeasy to sharpen. I cut down and sanded the handle to shape. It is still chubby, but gives a good grip. This is not pretty, but at least it looks like something I could really use. Pictures coming. The plastic sheath I discarded, I will make a simple leather pocket sheath.
 
And I also ordered an Enzo necker (scandi grind) kit with curly birch handle scale material. Rest assured that I will have to ask for instructions also here. I will make a pinned and glued handle to it so it will be suitable for display on traditional forum.
 
warato1 said:
Where are the leather pocket sheaths in the bottom row from?
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They are from a Jason a friend of mine.. He has a rather large knife dealership in Wisconsin. I 'll send you a PM, he isn't listed on this forum.
Tom

EDIT: I looked and see that I can't send you a PM or email. If you update your profile, I'll send you a PM. I don't send emails out to people I don't know as my email addy shows up with them.
Tom
 
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I'd been hankering after one of these for a while. It's Andy Roy's Fiddleback Hiking Buddy.



Andy puts a convex edge on a lot of his knives, much like Bark River. This one is ground from 3/32 stock so nice and thin:)





I've taken to carrying it in this pocket knife sheath for now. If I could carry a fixed blade legally here this one wouldn't leave my pocket!
 
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I enjoy folding knives a lot for their history, quality, and fun not to mention convenience but I like a small fixed blade just fine, "better" is not a word you can use really, situation and person specific, but I imagine I would be able to give up all fold knife easier then my fixed.
 
I got the Enzo necker today. The knife is fine, scary sharp and well finished. Now I have to start the assembly, wish me luck. Also I need to make a sheath.
 
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