OT neck knife alternative

firkin

firkin

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Recently got some stuff from Ragweed Forge.

I know some here are into neck-knives, so I thought I'd mention this item. It's not suitable for concealed carry, but it is illegal to carry a fixed blade concealed here anyway.

One of them was a very handy little knife and sheath from Finland. Called it a wood carver's knife. Has narrow little blade, 2 1/4 inches and a molded leather sheath with a simple flat belthanger with slots cut in. AND a third slot for hanging from a button. That's the neat part. You can tuck this little thing anywhere that there's a sturdy button to hang it from and not know it's even there until you need it. Said to be carbon steel, I've seen no sign of patina/rust in the short time I've had it, anyways, it hones up plenty with a little effort. Mine has a polished blade unlike that shown in the pix, which is why I wonder if it's stainless. Full tang peened into a keeper, and the birch handle polished and oiled up nicely. Maker is called Iisakki Järvenpää.

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I think it's a deal--and prefer the button attachment to something around my neck. And it has a real handle, unlike of lot of folding knives or neck knives. Of course one could still hang it on a cord or chain if they must. This is a neat compact little package, maybe a similar sheath could be worked out for a kagnes katne.
 
Iisakki Jarvenpaa was royal knifemaker for Tsar Nicolas, sort of a northern european counterpart of Bura. The knives of Scandinavian are made to earn their keep and they do, nice knife Firkin.:D

Greg
 
The knives of Scandinavian are made to earn their keep and they do...
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Maybe the best thing is... I didn't have to earn much to buy this litle puppy:)

The end of the tang is 1/4 x 1/8! That's built khuk-sturdy.

Credit--Pix from Ragweed Forge.
 
I find the knife hanging around the neck works just fine for me. I gave one to my second son that I had from Cold Steel for just the reason you mentioned. Not enough handle. The little KK and the neck knife made by Sarge/Greg out of a file and antler work just fine. I trade off every couple of days to help me keep track of rust if it forms. I sure haven't had to sharpen the file at all and the KK just a touch up maybe once a week.

The knife that you have, you can bet, is a very good blade. I agree with you about the size of the handle. Like Sarge says, the Scandinavians sure do make a knife to be used. Good blades and handles that you can put in your hand.
 
"I sure haven't had to sharpen the file at all"

I once, as a very young man, made a 9" blade bowie out of a big old metal cutting file I got from an uncle who was a helicopter mechanic. My methods were rather crude, and consisted of sitting for hours at a time at a primitive bench grinder (an abrasive wheel mounted on an old pump motor). The handle was slabs of dogwood, epoxied and pinned with steel rivets (cut down nails set and peened).

Some knives come closer to "the riddle of steel" than others. I sold the bowie to an adult friend who was an avid hunter, and it had many adventures. He told of skinning and dressing not one, but two, large whitetails and the knife would still shave hair from his arm. Once when his truck was stuck he used the bowie to chop brush to stuff under his tires, again, the knife emerged shaving sharp. A couple years later, I got to thinking about how special that bowie was and how I'd put my very sweat and blood into it's making, and I tried to buy it back. I might as well have asked him to give up his first born child, no dice. The fact that the kamis put their "sweat and blood" into every single khukri is something I can relate to, and is a measure of my respect for them.

Greg
 
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