New Recurve Camp Knife

Bill Siegle

Bill Siegle

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Been busy as Hell the last few weeks and needed to get in some shop time to clear my head. I wanted to do some freestyle grinding on an idea for a recurve blade. I used some natural linen micarta for the scales since I recently bought some for the first time. I kinda dig the stuff! It has a nice golden/honey color to it and finished up nicer than the canvas micarta I usually get in natural. This knife is 14 3/4in overall with a 9 1/2in blade tip to handle. I used 1/4in thick 5160 for blade stock. The flat of the blade is finished in a fast/rough finish with a 36grit belt running pommel to point then hit with a Scotchbrite belt for a nice satin finish. The bevels are flat ground on both sides. I drilled out the tang for some better balance and weight reduction. I have been watching that show Alone and this is one of the designs I thought of while thinking about what would I take with me if I was to go solo to the woods for a while :)
 
Looks great Bill!!! Work sucks right now for me too...nothing puts a smile on my face more then taking one of my Siegle's out in the bush and taking out some stress aggression on a few trees!!! Those handles are very nice, almost a wood like quality to them.
 
Well after watching TV and handling this one for a few days, I couldn't leave it alone. With the wide spine it was almost a pure chopper. Not bad really but I wanted something more general use so back out to the shop :) I took the bevel a little higher grinding very slowly and dunking it after every couple of passes. Still has that choppy feel but it will do a lot better at actual cutting and be lighter in the hand. I forgot to weigh it in the before form but it is now 21 ounces. Now I really love it!!!!
 
Thanks guys! I really like this one myself and look forward to using it next week in the woods :) The handle is one that I have used on a bunch of blades. It feels really good and fits a lot of hand sizes. It is right up there in popularity with the handle shape I use on the JEST bolos. The large pommel keeps it in your hand when chopping but the slope keeps "pinky pinch" to a minimum. The forward section allows you to really choke up on the handle. I am thinking about doing a short run of these in this general size but with different blade shapes. Might work up some patterns next week around the camp fire :)
 
Like the higher ground bevel. Looks like it will go through anything. Always great blades Bill !!

Just dreaming but........if that had a choil and a nice jimped thumb ramp for close up work and a glass breaker on the but end, it would be my perfect blade. Add to much to the cost though I assume.
 
Man Bill that higher grind really lets you see the temper line too. I keep coming back and looking at this one again. This, your Hoodlum, and your Jest bolo are really something else.
 
Very nice, if I was going to design a large blade do all knife that's :thumbup: about it.
Like to hear more after you use it some.
 
Looks like you really nailed it with that design, and the execution on your builds is always superb.
 
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