Show me your custom camp knife/chopper.

^one of my favourite knives to ever be posted in this forum!
 
Roger, great narrative, for no less great camp, I do not know if the photo was made ​​before or after but if indeed it is after the knife still looks as new as when you received it.
I always said that the ideal knife is a knife like said mr BILL BAGWELL is a knife that this case must be used to save your life you can be against the scariest monsters
I think this could be the the elected
congratulations for this wonderful mr Andrews
(note abuse coconut is dangerous for health)
 
Thanks Lorien - I know you appreciate a knife that both looks good and performs extremely well.

Thanks Allain - the pic was taken when the knife was new. It has seen a fair bit of use since (most of it not coconut related) but is very little worse for wear. That is what I like about a plain satin finish on a working knife - very easy to maintain.

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Coincidentally, here is one by Lorien that was put through it's paces by my friend Matt Gregory on the same occasion as the above photos:

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Matt's a good friend and an excellent knifemaker, but he does occasionally have some less than cerebral moments:

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love that picture, sums up life, pretty much. We're all that guy, holding the wasp nest, in some way or t'other. Thing I like most about Matt is his unabashed awareness of it, which this photo illustrates well :)
 
I have to let Matt off the hook a little bit - the hive was abandoned - just can't resist yanking his chain every so often.
 
there long time.
the knife is at home. the bear he remained in Canada
I am not a hunter but Cutler and arc gifted shooter, this is what displays the trophy
 
Roger, you lucky I live so far away or I would fly over there, break into your house while you slept and steal that knife! So cool...:D

RogerP said:
I know that makers love to get performance feedback on their knives. Here's the text of an e-mail I sent to Russ Andrews today:

"Russ - I gave your camp knife a real workout yesterday. A friend of mine brought me a dozen water coconuts. I didn't know whether to hug him or choke him - my wife and I love coconut water, but getting to it is a real chore.

I don't know if you've ever tried, but there is real skill involved - you can't just chop the thing in half - you'll spray water everywhere and accomplish nothing. You have to chop thin slices of the stem end of the cocont off to make narrow pointed pyramid, then lop off the top of the pyramid to only JUST nick the hard inner nut to get access to the water.

The husk is thick and dense - so you need a quick, fast, short chops to get through it - slicing through won't work at all. And the inner nut is rock hard - you need a sharp edge with some mass behind it, or the blade will just glance off.

The blade of choice for the guys who sell fresh cut coconuts on the beaches in Jamaica is a short machete. Your camp knife did spectacularly well - made me look better than I am. Though my arm still feel like it's going to fall off. 12 is a lot.


I wish I had snapped a pic of the giant pile of chopped up coconuts, but I was a hot sweaty mess (serious heat wave up here right now) and couldn't immediately think where I had left the camera. But here is the knife in question anyway:
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RogerP said:
Thanks Lorien - I know you appreciate a knife that both looks good and performs extremely well.

Thanks Allain - the pic was taken when the knife was new. It has seen a fair bit of use since (most of it not coconut related) but is very little worse for wear. That is what I like about a plain satin finish on a working knife - very easy to maintain.



Coincidentally, here is one by Lorien that was put through it's paces by my friend Matt Gregory on the same occasion as the above photos:

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Matt's a good friend and an excellent knifemaker, but he does occasionally have some less than cerebral moments:

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C'mon - that hive was going to look fantastic hanging from the ceiling of my library.

...alas, it wasn't exactly abandoned, as a few of the bald-faced hornets that had made it came out of their slumber and awoke - in the back of my car!!!! Noticed them just as I was about to leave camp. Had I thought of it, I should have placed it in a plastic bag and sprayed a bit of poison in there - it really was a gorgeous nest, and in perfect condition.

If you wanted to talk brainless, Rog, you should have described what I had to do to get it! ; )

That was a short but fun weekend. It was a lot of fun putting the blades through their paces. I used that Lorien Arnold blade a couple of weeks back to teach my 12 year old niece the proper methods of chopping, and it worked great. Truly a knife I cherish!
 
Matthew Gregory said:
I used that Lorien Arnold blade a couple of weeks back to teach my 12 year old niece the proper methods of chopping, and it worked great. Truly a knife I cherish!
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F'in eh, man! I love ya brother :)
 
I think steevee made it by himself:) great job :) both with micarta an d the knife
 
This is a terrible thread :eek: So many amazing knives...

Sorry for the jabber, just astounded and felt the need to post something about how impressive this all is, and it's only ... page 48!
 
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