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I started making knives a few months ago, and decided to do a pass-around of one of my 'bushPick" knives on a bushcraft forum I'm a member of. One of the guys in the pass-around did his testing today and really wrung out the knife. It survived, except for a small chip in the handle near the pommel. I'm really thrilled at how well it held up!
Anyhow, I got his permission to re-post his pictures here.
Here you can see the split. I assume this is from batoning the knife on the pommel to drive the tip into the bamboo. In his own words, "not a big deal". It's a failure of the dymondwood itself, not my heat treat or construction methods. (Though I did ask the folks testing the knife not to baton on the handle.) I'm glad it made it through with as little damage as it did.
Here he actually uses a wooden mallet to baton the knife into some punk wood...
He said after all this it no longer shaves. But he will strop it.
Overall I am pleased with it's performance. It handled a severe beating and didn't chip, roll or snap. The handles stayed glued on, and it did well overall. Now it just has to make it past 3 more testers!
Anyhow, I got his permission to re-post his pictures here.
Here you can see the split. I assume this is from batoning the knife on the pommel to drive the tip into the bamboo. In his own words, "not a big deal". It's a failure of the dymondwood itself, not my heat treat or construction methods. (Though I did ask the folks testing the knife not to baton on the handle.) I'm glad it made it through with as little damage as it did.
Here he actually uses a wooden mallet to baton the knife into some punk wood...
He said after all this it no longer shaves. But he will strop it.
Overall I am pleased with it's performance. It handled a severe beating and didn't chip, roll or snap. The handles stayed glued on, and it did well overall. Now it just has to make it past 3 more testers!
