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Gday everyone.
Early in the new year, I became the new owner of a TK2. I got it because I am interested in seeing how the TK2 would go as a bush craft knife.
With my two children getting a dog within a couple of weeks, I had too much work around the house to do, so I couldn't get out in the bush to do some preliminary testing.
So, in the course of constructing a lattice side fence (to keep the dog in), I came across a problem with a slight bulge in the hardwood retaining wall on our boundary with the neighbour. As I was using a firm fit between the lattice and the boundary retaining wall to help support the structure, I couldnt swing the lattice into position because of the bulge.
Here in Australia, most of the wood thats available for use in the bush is seasoned deadfall, so most of the bushcraft related wood work is done on seasoned hardwood. As it turns out, the bulge presented me with an opportunity to see how the TK2 performs with this type of wood. As you'll see, the TK2 did an excellent job.
An early picture of the shaving
No surprises with the 3G steel. Even after ½ hr of slicing and drilling seasoned hardwood, it was still sharp enough to slice the thinnest curls...
At the end of the job it still has a perfectly good working edge so I haven't needed to touch up the edge yet.
On thing Ill say about the handle is that after using it solidly for about ½ hr, I had no hot spots (or any spots that felt like they might develop into hot spots). Working in close proximity with the wall ruled out a lot of conventional grips, but I found the subtle handle contours gave me control in a range of different grips, allowing for varying the depth of the cut from literally shaving off the face of the wall in thin sheets to very fine curls.
Some pics of the finised job
My first impressions are . I cant wait to get this knife out in the bush for further testing
Kind regards
Mick
Early in the new year, I became the new owner of a TK2. I got it because I am interested in seeing how the TK2 would go as a bush craft knife.
With my two children getting a dog within a couple of weeks, I had too much work around the house to do, so I couldn't get out in the bush to do some preliminary testing.
So, in the course of constructing a lattice side fence (to keep the dog in), I came across a problem with a slight bulge in the hardwood retaining wall on our boundary with the neighbour. As I was using a firm fit between the lattice and the boundary retaining wall to help support the structure, I couldnt swing the lattice into position because of the bulge.
Here in Australia, most of the wood thats available for use in the bush is seasoned deadfall, so most of the bushcraft related wood work is done on seasoned hardwood. As it turns out, the bulge presented me with an opportunity to see how the TK2 performs with this type of wood. As you'll see, the TK2 did an excellent job.
An early picture of the shaving
No surprises with the 3G steel. Even after ½ hr of slicing and drilling seasoned hardwood, it was still sharp enough to slice the thinnest curls...
At the end of the job it still has a perfectly good working edge so I haven't needed to touch up the edge yet.
On thing Ill say about the handle is that after using it solidly for about ½ hr, I had no hot spots (or any spots that felt like they might develop into hot spots). Working in close proximity with the wall ruled out a lot of conventional grips, but I found the subtle handle contours gave me control in a range of different grips, allowing for varying the depth of the cut from literally shaving off the face of the wall in thin sheets to very fine curls.
Some pics of the finised job
My first impressions are . I cant wait to get this knife out in the bush for further testing
Kind regards
Mick
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