some wild and not so wild projects

[koyote]

Random knife pron, yay!

Here's a few I've been working on:

this is a youth model field knife- veyr much like my trail knife model, sized for smaller hands.

8 inches overall, with some nice maple.

Here's a nessie style I'm doing up in maple as well. Sheath is done and another finish coat is drying on, so you get in progress shots:

Blade on this is only 3 3/8 inches.

and.....

 

[koyote]

not really Wilderness knives, but fun, nonetheless:

 

[Carolina River Rat]

Very cool, Christof.

 

[Fiddleback]

Neato Christoph. I like the rebar stuff a lot.

 

[mtnfolk mike]

great looking blades Christof...:thumbup: i really like that nessie and those rebar knives..

 

[mneedham]

The youth knife is very cool:thumbup:

 

[BarberFobic1992]

Those rebar one look like they would be fun to throw. That nessmuk also looks very cool.

 

[koyote]

The rebar is a lot of fun. Makes a handy knife and is so much more useful than the railroad spike knives, which weigh 80 pounds

 

[Rupestris]

The rebar is a lot of fun. Makes a handy knife and is so much more useful than the railroad spike knives, which weigh 80 pounds

I really like the drop point rebar knife. I'm probably wrong (more often than not) but I seem to recall that rebar doesn't harden well. That, or the alloy/chemical make-up can vary from batch to batch so hardening can be dificult.

Any truth to the rumor?

Thanks,
Chris

 

[koyote]

I have lots of rebar that won't harden worth spit. There is a bit of variability (not as much as you'd think- engineers rely on this stuff), but there are also different types of rebar. Grade 60 makes decent blades, chisels, and such. grade 40 is lower carbon, but easier to bend to forms on a jobsite.

 

[tonym]

Great stuff Christof!!

I like the 1st two alot!!

 

[John G]

That youth model looks great with the maple.

 

[koyote]

well, got the rest of the nessmuk done, so:

 

[coaldigger]

Those look nice 'Ol Bud :thumbup:

 

[C Bryant]

ohhhhh..... I really like that nessmuk sheath. (and obviously the nessmuk)

 

[koyote]

Yeah, Sierra really did a good dye job on that. The design itself is simple (and of course, she executed it perfectly) and I went for something you can tie on or toss into a cargo pocket or whatnot. Though even on a knife this size, neck carry in the field isn't bad.

I have been leaning more and more to game work on nessies instead of full scale bushcraft. I think the design makes a really perfect hunting knife.

 

[pitdog]

Love the handle shape on the Nessie !!!!

 

[lumpymike1]

My children would KILL for that youth knife. I may have to talk to you about Xmas presents soon.