My Second Breeden Knife

Mistwalker

Mistwalker

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After working with the first knife Bryan and I designed together I realized that I had one habit that I just couldn't break. All of the knives I have really liked working with over the years have had flat, unsharpened areas imediately in front of the guard. Thus I fell into the habit of hooking my fore finger around the guard during times of rest while using the knife in order to rest my hand by relaxing my grip some. I also tend to do this without thinking about it when ever I am pacing and thinking...I tend to "play" with my knife changing and reversing grips and what have you while I am off in thought. Soooo...after barely knicking my hand on the razor sharp edge just in front of the guard a few times I decided it was safer for me to discuss a different design with Bryan. I recieved it while I was out of town working for two weeks and got to take to it the woods a couple of times just to check it out for feel. I even got to cut a few Honey Locust limbs with it but didn't get any pictures at the time. Because I have been gone for two and a half weeks I have a lot of catching up to do and I will have to post this in segments.


This one is very similar to the original design but with the addition of a shallow choil, and a slightly narrower hande.

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The balance is excellent as ever.

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I really like working with it. It had no trouble chopping through this dried green bamboo.


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It handled chopping this seasoned Apple wood very well, and still shaves.

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and it will easily make fuzzies too.

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This little guy stopped in to see what I was doing.

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Very nice:thumbup: Bryan is the king of doing things your way as far as I'm concerned:) Have fun with it.
 
Yep, Bryan is great to work with, he really listens to what you want and need.
 
I like the blade shape, as I did the other one. We still like the same types of knives from what I have seen you use. Thanks for sharing, and the review. But, you made me hungry, so I must go eat my dinner now.
 
Glad you like the knife....sorry I made you have to leave lol.

One other aspect to the choil is that in a combative situation where the knife is to be employed in an offensive/defensive role it gives you a place to hook your forefinger to help pull the knife back out should it become hung up in bone or cartilage without slicing your finger on the blade. If you know in advance that is what it may be used for Bryan can even add some grooves in that area for enhanced "traction" when the handle becomes slick from body fluids.
 
mistwalker said:
Glad you like the knife....sorry I made you have to leave lol.
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No worries, my mom had porkloin cooking on the grill and mashed potatoes, corn and butterbeans in the house.

So, I was happy. Just put me in the mood to want to eat more :thumbup:
 
Well, I got to take it out back for a while today.

The first thing I did was chop a section of seasoned Dogwood, which is pretty darn hard, into small pieces.

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Then proceeded to split that into smaller pieces. The knife handled it like a champ, still sharp enough to shave and still no loosening of the handle scales.

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Then I did some tip work with it first boring a hole and then stabbing it into a spilt apple limb and prying out chunks and pieces. The tip handled that just fine with no failure what so ever.

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Then I did a little firecrafting using the edge to whittle off some shavings and the spine to scrape off some finer material. A few minutes creating tinder, two sparks from a fire steel and had fire.

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So far I'm thinking this knife is pretty darn awesome, I am very pleased with the design and with all of the pacing and thinking I've done in the past two days not once have I knicked my finger, I am very well pleased!



I'm already looking forward to the next one!
 
Yup, another good review. I am happy to report that I have the same knife and it is a beast, but not one that I would hesitate to carry with me hiking. I don't mind a little extra weight!
 
Rockywolf said:
Yup, another good review. I am happy to report that I have the same knife and it is a beast, but not one that I would hesitate to carry with me hiking. I don't mind a little extra weight!
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Glad you like it, I really enjoyed working with mine today, and loved how it performed. I wish I would have had more time.

That size is just where we started at because of our own personal preferences, but we have also worked out ideas for both larger and smaller versions of it.
 
mistwalker said:
Glad you like it, I really enjoyed working with mine today, and loved how it performed. I wish I would have had more time.

That size is just where we started at because of our own personal preferences, but we have also worked out ideas for both larger and smaller versions of it.
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A smaller version might be pretty awesome! :thumbup::D
 
WOW mistwalker, Great pics as always. Glad to hear yo like the Combat Recon, That pic with the little spider comming out to see what you were doing was sure cut. Quit posting food pics LOL That plate full of meat makes me hungry :D. Glad that tip held up in the pic where you stuck it in and pried it out, that is so cool. It looks like it handled cutting up that dog wood just fine, That wood is some tough stuff.
LOL glad to know that you are not cutting you finger anymore. Ever since you and I chatted about choils and I made them a little bigger I have been thrilled with them choils now. Really choking up on that knife just make doing some finer carve a breeze. My Rat- 7 has a choil on it but that darn thing is to small and that is why I hated choils never thought about making a bigger one till I chatted with you and now I am so dang glad that I did. Them choils are pretty cool now LOL.

it looks like you had fun battoning. I just love to do that. Those that have never done that or say they do not need to are really missing out on some fun stuff. In reality most times you do not need to batton wood to get dry shavings. Even after a few days of rain you can pic up a stick and just start making a fuzz stick or just shave off shavings. the outer part of the wood is wet / damp but then rest of the stick is dry on the inside. Now in real wet areas you have to cut in deeper to get the dry heart wood. But for the most part well at least in my area of the midwest you do not have to batton but boy is it fun to do. That stuff is addicting LOL.

Reading the posts by the game it sounds like he likes the tactical type knives then just the bushcrafter type knives.

Alen N from here on the forums got his Recon and told me he wished he could have had his Recon knife in 1960 and 1970 when he was over in Nam. I can just see Alex prowlen and growlen and slipping through the jungle quiet as a ghost, all camoed up and on patrol looking for the VC.

I am wondering if Rockywolf is going to chime in tell what he thinks of his;):D.

Cool fire pic to Brian, using the spine to scrape off wood.
Glad to hear you thought that was easy to do to. Those thin little scrapings that you get when you do that , just really take a spark and light up pretty darn good.

Well chat with you later and thanks again for the kind words on the number 2 knife. It will be interesting to hear what you think of the number 3 knife ;)


Bryan
 
Rockywolf said:
A smaller version might be pretty awesome! :thumbup::D
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Well, when Bryan gets around to making one up I'll be happy to demonstrate it :D . We were thinking 5/32 or maybe 1/8 ...lol, I tend to go for strength...I tend pick my knives like I'll never be able to get another one and the knife I had carried for the last decade or so had a blade thickness of .280 inches so 3/16 was a big step down for me (but the blade was also narrower and the edge hollow ground). With the width of this knife and the convex grind I am perfectly happy in fact I couldn't be happier. It has a great density and I love it.
 
Yea I will take a convex over a hollow ground any day of the week LOL.

LOL I do have 1/4" thick steel to.

Bryan
 
I will tell you, it is one of the best purchases I have made. I was going to buy a pathfinder from Bryan, but after the Becker thread then this one (both by my buddy Mistwalker), I decided to get this one. I was lucky enough to play with the longer version, thanks again Bryan for your generous offer to play with it! The longer one was just a bit too big. And that extra length made it a little scary too! Soooo flippin' sharp.

This one is sitting on my desk right now, waiting for me to use it for something. I am going to learn how to make traps with it soon.
 
sicily02 said:
WOW mistwalker, Great pics as always. Glad to hear yo like the Combat Recon, That pic with the little spider comming out to see what you were doing was sure cut. Quit posting food pics LOL That plate full of meat makes me hungry :D. Glad that tip held up in the pic where you stuck it in and pried it out, that is so cool. It looks like it handled cutting up that dog wood just fine.........
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Glad you don't mind me giving your creations a work out :D
 
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