My Scandi's arrived today!

grease-man

grease-man

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I reveived my Frosts Clipper and Kellam Utility knife yellow (both carbon steel) earlier this afternoon. Neither of them were hair shaving sharp, but a few strops on my heavy leather shop apron changed that in a hurry! Both are comfortable, well made knives, with the Kellam being just a tad shorter and heavier than the Clipper. I can't wait to do some more cutting with them! I can't believe I waited so long to get them! :D -Matt-

Here's some pics for comparison. I like the sheath on the Kellam a bit better because it's ambidextrous.

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nice knives, congrats on the purchase. If I may ask, where did you get the Kellam?
 
Welcome to the wonderful world of Scandi knives, Matt! BE CAREFUL! The inexpensive but awesomely functional Scandi knives can be addicting! I started with one stainless steel Frost's Craftsman and one carbon steel (Triflex) Frost's Craftsman, thinking that one of each would satisfy my Scandi/Mora itch. Several years an maybe 10 knives later, I'm still scratching!

They're great tools, and for a great price. They make excellent give-away pieces to friends who could use, but don't have, a good edged tool. Enjoy, and spread the fun around!

And for IUKE12, www.kellamknives.com.
 
hikeeba said:
Welcome to the wonderful world of Scandi knives, Matt! BE CAREFUL! The inexpensive but awesomely functional Scandi knives can be addicting! I started with one stainless steel Frost's Craftsman and one carbon steel (Triflex) Frost's Craftsman, thinking that one of each would satisfy my Scandi/Mora itch. Several years an maybe 10 knives later, I'm still scratching!

They're great tools, and for a great price. They make excellent give-away pieces to friends who could use, but don't have, a good edged tool. Enjoy, and spread the fun around!

And for IUKE12, www.kellamknives.com.
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Thanks for the warning Hikeeba! :D I think there are more in my future! I'm already thinking about who may appreciate these fine tools as gifts. I used the Clipper to cut up 2 heads of broccoli for supper and was wishing all my kitchen knives performed as well as that one! I think my wife needs one in the kitchen even though I cook the most! ;) I can't wait to get them in the real outdoors! Yes, kellamknives.com is where I got the Kellam. Another outstanding purchase! -Matt-
 
I just build a custom knife off of a bare 4.25" Frost Mora laminated carbon blade with a full length, 4.25" tang.

That laminated carbon blade is awesome.
 
mrostov said:
I just build a custom knife off of a bare 4.25" Frost Mora laminated carbon blade with a full length, 4.25" tang.

That laminated carbon blade is awesome.
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How bout some pics? I'd love to see it how it turned out. As soon as I get the time (about a year at the rate I make 'em) and finish 2 other half finished knives, I'm gonna try a scandi style from a recycled file. I have no illusions of how hard that grind is gonna be, but I think if I can get it right, it would be awesome. -Matt-
 
grease-man said:
How bout some pics? I'd love to see it how it turned out. As soon as I get the time (about a year at the rate I make 'em) and finish 2 other half finished knives, I'm gonna try a scandi style from a recycled file. I have no illusions of how hard that grind is gonna be, but I think if I can get it right, it would be awesome. -Matt-
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Pics should be forthcoming in a couple of days.

Instead of making your own blade, buy the blade and just make the handle. Mora knives are a testament that you CAN mass produce a first class blade inexpensively, BUT, as a general rule, the handles on Mora's suck, as do the sheaths. There is a reason that a brand new, complete Mora #2 knife with a 4-1/4" laminated blade and a sheath is only $15.

Unlike the dirt cheap Clipper with it's 1/3 blade length tang, the only slightly more expensive puukko style Mora #1 and Mora #2 have a tang as long as the blade. The Mora #2 has a 4-1/4 tang and I think that the shorter Mora #1 has the same length tang because they seem to use the same handle. Get either the 3-3/4" Mora #1 laminated blade or the 4-1/4" Mora #2 laminated blade.

The laminated carbon blades are a steel sandwich with outer layers of a more flexible, softer steel, around Rc45-50 and a hard center layer of Rc61-62.

A Mora #2 with a 4-1/4" laminated blade seems to be the knife that Mors Kochanski uses and is featured in his book, "Bushcraft".

This guy has what you need:

http://www.bensbackwoods.com

He's up in Michigan and he has all sorts of stuff including ferro rods, bare Mora knife blades for making your own knives, etc.

He's selling the basic Mora #2 puukko style knife with a 4.25" laminated carbon blade for $15. The bare blade is $11. His ferro blanks run from $6 to $18 depending upon the size.
 
Mrostov, I actually bought my Clipper from Ben on an auction on E-bay. He's got some great stuff there. The reason that I haven't put a handle on a pre-finished blade yet is that I do this...

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but very slowly due to lack of time, and have focused on the whole process. I never gave it much consideration in the past until you mentionted it. I may have to look into that. When I do finally get around to making a scandi style from scratch, I will have a thru tang on it for sure. -Matt-
 
Moras are nice and all, but if you want some really great Scandinavian knives, go for hand-made stuff. It's not expensive at all compared to superduper tacticool knives so awesomely popular in many places. For example, an absolutely beautiful and very functional hand-made arkitommipuukko goes for under 100 euros. All Scandinavian countries have very good bladesmiths in terms of traditional Scandinavian knives. :)
 
fedaykincmndr said:
That Kellam is cooler than a cucumber! I might have to get me one!
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Feels nice and cuts very well. It has a higher degree of polish on the blade than the Mora, which is kinda nice. The one thing about the Kellam is that there is a gap where the handle meets the blade. It's not too bad, but I'm gonna have to plug that with epoxy or loctite or something to prevent moisture/debris from getting in there and causing problems down the road. Ragnar suggested this on his site for the utility knife made by Ahti, and judging by the decription and another member on this forum, these are probably the same knife with the Kellam logo on it.

Elen, I am definitley going to have to explore the possiblility of getting myself a hand made scandi. They are just too cool. -Matt-
 
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