My new Bushcraft Knife

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TonyC

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Hi Guys,

I thought I'd post a picture of my new Bushcraft knife it's made by Alan Wood here in the UK, he's the guy that makes Ray Mears Woodlore Knife.

This knife is called the Bushcrafter. It's a four inch scandinavian ground blade with a slight hollow grind, this of course will polish out to a true zero grind over time.

It's 01 Tool steel,
The handle is Brazillian Rosewood Root which came off a tree which fell down in an Earthquake in belize.
The blade also has a very slight recurve to it making it an excellent slicer.
Oh and the sheath is made of Buffallo hide.

Anyway here she is:-

MyBushcrafter.jpg


All the best,

Tony
 
Tony,
That is a great looking knife. Allan Wood is a true master at grinding that style blade. I love the wood, I love the sheath, I just love it. :D
 
Tony,

That is a real piece of craftsmanship. Thank you for being able to take such good pictures. I wish I was not so photo challenged.

At first I really wondered why the hollow grind. After considering possible benefits it finally dawned upon myself that such a grind (should it truely be single bevel to begin with) would make resharpening much easier since so much less steel would need be removed. Why not - since while laying flat upon the stone only the edge portion and that portion above the hollow would contact the stone. I wonder though if I were to try such a grind if it be better to slightly flat grind over the hollow. No real matter to consider because resharpening alone will accomplish that effect all by itself. I think you said something to that effect in your original post, except that it would be a long - long time before you resharpened enough to flatten out the hollow; and you don't need or want to do that anyway.

Anyhow, I think it a superb piece of workmanship with top notch materials for the job. That sheath is a real looker too.

Thanks for sharing. How thick is the spine?

Roger (RL)
 
Thanks for all the kind words guys, she is a real looker and is even more gorgeous when she's in your hand.

rlinger - Yep you're spot on with your thoughts. The idea of the slight hollow on the zero grind was to make sharpening an easier and smoother process as you rightly stated only the cutting edge and the top of the grind will come into contact with the sharpening stone. It was an idea which would hopefully make it easier for people new to zero grinds to get used to sharpening the knife without damaging the grind. Lot's of people seem to make a zero grind convex through improper sharpening technique. Eventually of course after many many many sharpenings the grind wil become a true zero grind.

The blade thickness is 5/32" not really thick so as to make slicing meat, food preparation etc. difficult but thick enough to give plenty of strength.

So far the knife has performed well, it's what you would call a good all rounder. It skins relatively well, it's not bad at the old food prep and it's pretty darm good at wood carving. At first I didn't think it would be that good at fine carving due to the deep belly, but there is still a good useable point on the knife so no problems there.

Cheers,

Tony
 
Evidence that the most simple forms are the most elegant. Very nice.
 
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