Questionable bushcraft knives

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LostCause

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Similar as tacticlol thread, just bushcraft oriented.

Knives that got either too over the top or too boring...

This is IMO an example...
Otzi.jpg
 
Well my friend, I think you're going to get some disagreement over the assertion, regarding this particular knife.

"Boring" and "over the top" are subjective considerations, same as, these days, "bushcraft".

I'm a town boy, and I have no idea what's needed for a "bushcraft" knife. I went and looked at preserved Iron Age knives, and reproductions of the same. I figure, those shapes served people well for... quite a long time, and if I wanted to see what a really functional knife should look like, that would be the way to go.

Those knives do look quite "boring", and some of the bigger ones may seem "over the top", until you consider that Iron Age people were occasionally on the wrong side of the food chain.
 
And it has a history. For those who aren't familiar with Otzi the Iceman, you may find it interesting. Even if you're not into history, Otzi's possessions have been referred to as the earliest EDC kit, yet found. Condor's rendering of his knife may be boring, but it has quite a lot of "form follows function" in it's design.
 
LostCause said:
Similar as tacticlol thread, just bushcraft oriented.

Knives that got either too over the top or too boring...

This is IMO an example...
Otzi.jpg
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This knife is an anachronism in that it takes the original shape of a flintstone blade and re-creates it in steel, with brass wiring at the handle.
 
The worst thing about some of the posted knives is the fake hammering left on them. Makers and blacksmiths were able to have smooth blades a few millenia ago, so this look is as bad as the fake battleworn look on guns that never looks right at all.
 
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