One knife?

JustinFournier said:
I’m glad to see someone else on team SFA!
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It’s a fantastic axe! Though, my favourite is the Gränsfors Bruk Ray Mears Wilderness Axe.

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JustinFournier said:
I’m glad to see someone else on team SFA!
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I do love my blades and any excuse to use them, but, in the deep woods an axe is hard to beat and an SFA is the HDFK of the axe world. Although I’m sure I’d clobber myself in the forehead a bunch of times I think I’d be able to dress out a deer by holding the SFA upside down by the poll with the edge facing away.
 
- SpyderMan - said:
So I’ve heard. I just can’t seem to get my hands on one. I’ve tried to a number of times during his sales, but to no avail. :thumbsdown:
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I have 2. One was direct from him, another I scored here on BF. I also keep a small Velvicut that’s ok for what it is. I miss my little wildlife hatchet from GB though. That was a sweet little camp hatchet when I didn’t wanna baton kindling. Paired with a Silky saw and a belt knife, perfect trio.
 
ManOfSteel89 said:
Had a few Gransfors and they’re really super nice.. then I found Liam Hoffman a few years ago and I can’t go back. His work is impeccable IMO.
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I’d like to see one in person but in pics the work isn’t any better than my Autine. I tried to get one for a while even speaking to Liam’s Mom but eventually was unsuccessful and the topic slid into my pile of ideas for another time.

At the end of the day I grew up with an axe as we had a wood furnace and my Grandpa sold firewood. It’s why I don’t really like big chopper knives, I have too much time on a chainsaw and an axe. I’ve perfected my safety squint over the years.

If there was an axe head to lust over for me, it would have to be a CPK project.
 
I'm not sure which is scarier in post #49 above...that blade or the look on Jo's face as she's holding it! :D
Edited for clarity 8/19:...just in case anyone misinterpreted my original comment as indicating that Jo's face is scary...what I thought (and should have written) when I first saw that picture of Jo holding a giant sword with a sort of Mona Lisa half smile was:
"Well, now there's someone you do not wanna eff with!"
My apologies to anyone who may have taken my initial comment as offensive.
 
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My perfect duo is the fk2 or swamp rat rmd paired with the sfa. For camping or messing around the yard I can’t find a better pair. I do like a chopper but my sfa out chops my choppers. I don’t have a ton of experience with choppers though and I think with the choppers do provide good utility as they can be used as a slicing type knife easier than a small axe.
 
JustinFournier said:
I’d like to see one in person but in pics the work isn’t any better than my Autine. I tried to get one for a while even speaking to Liam’s Mom but eventually was unsuccessful and the topic slid into my pile of ideas for another time.

At the end of the day I grew up with an axe as we had a wood furnace and my Grandpa sold firewood. It’s why I don’t really like big chopper knives, I have too much time on a chainsaw and an axe. I’ve perfected my safety squint over the years.

If there was an axe head to lust over for me, it would have to be a CPK project.
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never handled an Autine. He’s a young kid doing it right and right here in the USA. That goes a long way with me.
 
For me, if I had to pick a current CPK, I'd go with the HDFK. If I had my druthers, I'd have this HDFK XL that's been mentioned, which sounds like is the lovechild of a HDFK and a LC. :thumbsup: @Nathan the Machinist where is this golden boy at??? O_o

The "one knife" for me is somewhere around 8.5", not too thick, but not too thin, can slice well, but is still a good chopper, relatively easy to sharpen, but still holds a decent edge for a while, and is tough as nails. Right now, the knife I own that fills this role quite well is the Busse Basic 8 LE. It's a full-height flat grind, transitioning to a zero convex edge, made of satin uncoated 0.22" thick INFI at 8.25" long. Due to the lightweight Res-C handle, it chops quite well above it's weight class. Damned near perfect. :cool:

(If I was home, I'd take a pic of the HDFK next to the B8LE...)

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Close runner-up is Swamp Rat M9... ;)
 
using a high carbon bit allows the use of milder steel the rest of the head- saves money and time and helps avoid failures. A lot of time those decisions are purely process driven
 
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