Mistwalker
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Some first impressions
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Still think that a slight bump of a guard would be better for safety. Very cool using review.
nice job Brian
great photos & insight
nice job Brian
great photos & insight
Fiddlebacks handles are a design of form and function and aesthetically pleasing. A lot of thought goes into their construction. I also like the term Wayfaring Explorer mentioned above.
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And thanks, I've been a wayfaring explorer since I was a kid exploring the coasts and everglades with my father or practicing the things he had taught me while he fished lol
This may be off topic, but have you done any exploring in other nations? Any one that ypurnreslly liked?
Personally, I find that more edge curvature up to the tip, lessons the tips effectiveness. Typically for me, this means the spine of the knife must come down to the tip to a greater extent. Sometimes severely down, as in Japanese kitchen influenced knives - santokus, gyutos, or Andy Roy's Shaman pattern.
An added bonus is sharping tends to be easier on straight edges or gentle curvatures.
But, some ancient seax patterns were too straight edge, and gentle edge curvature can be a helpful characteristic for some cutting techniques, properly placed during the shaping of the blade.
This Seax Tasker looks pointy, but with some useful edge curvature. I don't mind the lack of guard, except I would hesitate to use this if I had to wear gloves due to cold conditions.....although guard-less knives have been used in Scandinavian countries for sometime into the past and they must have been using them with gloves/mitts through out countless Nordic winters.
I have a Fiddleback Scout -
which is supposed to be a little bit like a puuko (I think that's the story) with no finger guard. I like the handle. But, I like the pointy end on the Tasker better.
As a side note, the multitude of blade shapes and patterns that FF create is partly what drew me to the maker. There is a great lineage and timeless breadth of knife design just in the Scout, Tasker and Shaman - and that's only 3 of Fiddleback Forges library of work!
Thanks for reading and thanks to BGriffen for shooting and typing this post into being.
Thanks for sharing the write up and beautiful photos Brian! That is a great looking knife too! I am in the same boat of usually preferring some kind of guard, but I must say I really like the lines of this one.
Thank you Todd! I'm glad you enjoyed the post! Yes, I'm still safer with a guard in my uses lol, but I do like this one a lot better than most guardless knives I've tried out. I bought a blue Mora Eldris to give to my daughter a few years ago, lol, it's still in my desk drawer. She thinks it's mine and wonders why I never use it...
LOL! I bought the blue Mora Eldris for my son but never gave it to him for the same reason!
These days I still prefer knives with narrow blades and below center tips.
The new models - Shogun, Daimyo and Emperor - sort of fit this bill for me and I take a closer look for certain, when one of these comes up for sale. However, these offerings have more exaggerated, below center line points.
I do think these 3 new patterns will pierce well - better than the Pygmy or Shaman which are truer sheepsfoot blades and tend to pierce well until the angle of the dropping spine increases too much.....
Any interest in Shogun, Daimyo and Emperor in your personal kit?
Greetings! New on this sub-forum. Been lurking here and on FBF's available page a good bit of late and this thread caught my eye as I just could not resist grabbing the lime green Seax Tasker that was up. I cannot wait to try her out! Fantastic lines! Thanks for the excellent review here.
Hey Brian,
I've been debating between a Seax Tasker and a KE bushie. It sounds like the Seax might actually feel more secure in your hand? Do you by any chance have comparison pics? This thread is kinda pushing me towards the Seax Tasker.
Thanks,
Matt