Nessie chat. I'm thinking about taking the plunge on a nessie. Sell me on them!!

You guys are awesome! Thanks! Between the in hand shot, and the dollar bill shot, I got it!
Think I may have to place an order.... I was, after all, a very good boy this year.
 
Better get your order in quick. Check out his forum, he's going to be pretty busy for a while with the bushcraft project...

Stephen
 
I made these two variants recently. They are made out of J Russell buffalo skinner blades. The osage handled one has a more rounded profile and the owner of the bocote handled one wanted more of a point. The bocote knife is more like a Grohmann IMHO. They are fairly thin blades, .135" thick.

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I made the osage one as a user for myself. I wanted a good camp knife, I don't think the nessmuk is really a "bushcraft" knife.

I have a Koster scandi grind nessie which, due to it's thickness, is better for woodworking tasks, but slicing is impaired.

Just waiting for the Ariel Salverria nessmuk to arrive.
 
Has anyone tried a Bark River Lil Nessy? I find the size and shape appealing, although I'm not a big fan of bolsters on fixed blades. I have a Northstar as a bushcraft knife, but I'd love to try a Nessmuk too for a camp and food knife. I've always been enthralled with the shape of the Nessmuk pattern.
 
I have 3 of them. They are really nice knives. The bolster doesn't bug me but I like the Nessmuks with the thinner and wider blades. The Lil Nessie is not much wider spine to edge than like a Bravo1 or someting, and it's fairly thick. i think because of the grind it still slices well but not as well as a 3/32 or 1/8 like FB's or some others. Still, as a knife you can't go wrong with almost any Bark River.:thumbup:
 
Dang it! Because of this thread, I had to go off and order a nessie from Fiddleback.....
 
You know I am planning a grand winter escape to the wilderness. I can't eat knives. I could sleep under them but it would be cold. So just stop with the "Nessie this" and "Nessie that" until I get back.

Sorry for the outburst, but I thought it best to just nipit. Nip it in the bud. I don't need a Nesmuk. I don't need a N...

Codger
 
Snow,

What kind of handle material did you ask for, I went with the cocobolo.

You know one of us probably should get a Koster too, just for comparative analysis.....
 
The thing about Nessmuk is that his fixed blade was his camp chore and hunting blade. Many of the bushcraft items he accomplished with a hatchet and axe. This is the turn of the century where people would set out into the wilds and build camps staying weeks at a time.

Also, I have seem two Kephart designs. The long sort of butcher knife and the Marbles Woodcraft. Not sure which was his preffered.

tjg
 
Here are 2 versions. One was made by Dave Beck. He made it for himself, but he needed to sell off a few. The other is an unfinished blade that I've been squirreling away since about 88' made by Bob Engnath. Bob kept the original crown antler profile.
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I think that a Koster is a good chioce. I know that alot of guys use the guardless style of Nessy but if I'm out really using my knife in the woods, I prefer to leave less for Murphy to play with.
 
That was my major decider in going with a Koster style. It looks like he's taken cues from professional chef's knives in the way he's set the handles up higher so that the entire blade surface can be rocked across a cutting board and your fingers will never get in the way...
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.... plus it looks freakin' awesome :)
 
Well thought. A nessmuk is supposed to be your all around camp chore knife. I like the chef knife profile for that also.
 
I carried my Koster a lot this weekend. It was the last weekend of blackpowder season here in Oklahoma. I missed a tough shot on a 6-pointer saturday evening :foot::foot::foot: so I can't comment on how it performed as a skinner yet.

I did use it on sunday to get ready for rifle season. I cut some camo netting to hang around a couple of stands and trimed a bunch of vines and small limbs with it. It did well on the light chopping and the tip was pointy enough to use on small things like opening packages and starting tears in cleaning rags. I don't think I opened my SAK all weekend.

Stephen
 
IMO, Fiddleback is making one of the best looking Nessmuks out there. This is coming from someone who also makes them. :)
Scott
 
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