Nessmuc pictures

[sicily02]

Here is two of my nessmucs. Made by Lee Reeves. A kershaw locking blade pocket knife. A Grohman number 4 survival with my home-made leather sheath. With a pocket that holds a four inch fire steal and a knife sharpener.

 

[Gossman Knives]

Very nice. Love those double bits. :thumbup:
Scott

 

[1whitefoot]

Nice set.

Do you use same or different angles on the edges?

 

[hollowdweller]

Love those hatchets!!!

 

[daniel4572]

great pics......nice set up.........

 

[sicily02]

I use the same as what Lee put on them.
Thanks for the comments.
Bryan

 

[1whitefoot]

I use the same as what Lee put on them...

sorry,
I meant are the edges on both sides the same angle or different.

 

[EmsRescueGuy]

If you are attacked by four trees Man will you be set

Seriously though Nice set up.

 

[pinetree]

Very nice. I being a #4 fan think your setup is great.

 

[Fiddleback]

Thats a sweet setup. I've still not got the hatchet acquired yet.

 

[GibsonFan]

This is probably a dumb question... what's the purpose of the forward swell in the blade of a Nessmuck style knife? Is it to allow a nice wide belly or just to pull the balance forward some? I've never handled one but fans of the style really swear by them, so there must be a legit reason.

 

[Fiddleback]

It serves both purposes GF. I dunno if either was intentional. I've heard speculation that his knife came from one with a broken tip. I believe it would be hard to tell for sure. He tells stories about designing his hatchet, having it made, and traveling to pick it up. Even lists the cost, admits its assinine, and mentions his acquaintances teasing him about. Yet, no mention of the knife really except to say it needed to be thin bladed, and well made. Maybe HD can shed more light on it. He knows a considerable bit more than I about it.

I will say that the ones I've made, the shape is a winner. If the blade is nice and thin and the edge is convex, the slicing power is amazing. The belly helps with this. I even use one as a skiv knife for leather (bueno).

I've done somelight 2x4 chopping with it just to test the edge, and they've held. But a chopper it isn't, so I'm not sure the weight forward thing makes much of a difference. Again, others know vastly more than me on this.

 

[sicily02]

1whitefoot hopefully I answer your ? one side is thin and the other is a little thicker. I have not changed anything that Lee Reeves did to the axes. For sharpening them I use a dmt diamond sharpener that is 2.5" wide and 8" long that I got from the cutlery shoppe out of Idaho. There are two plates one side has extra course the other course. then I have one with fine and the other side is etra fine. Like I said I hope have answered your ?

Take care,
Bryan