Swedish "bushcraft" knife

ilbruche · Apr 19, 2008

I got this blade a while back from the Swedish knifemaker Seved Hjelm. I finally got around to finishing it. The scales are ipe (Brazilian walnut) with white liners and some mosaic pins.

It is close in size and shape to my F1 and unfinished Koster bushcraft. Seved actually made this blade before the Koster blades were introduced. It is thicker than the F1 and has sort of a modified scandi grind with a convex edge.

Seved makes some great scandis and also some nessmuks and other blades.
http://www.sevedsknivar.se/Knivar/Eng/

bacman99 · Apr 19, 2008

Nice Knife

hollowdweller · Apr 19, 2008

I have a pukko from Seved also. It's stainless and hollow ground.

Mine I'd class as more of a hunting knife than a bushcraft knife cause the handle is thin and the hollow grind.

Horn Dog · Apr 19, 2008

Very nice. Sure puts my cheap plastic handled Moras to shame!

tknife · Apr 19, 2008

That is really nice, beautiful job on the handle.

mneedham · Apr 19, 2008

Ilbruche,

That looks like real cutter, but wheres the pants???????????????

tarmix101 · Apr 19, 2008

Nice job on the scales. Very good take from the maker on a Woodcraft knife. :thumbup:

SpookyPistolero · Apr 19, 2008

That's pretty rad man, good work.

koyote · Apr 19, 2008

nice job on that!

I run into few people using ipe - what's your strategy on gluing up and finishing? Most of mine are fairly basic, though there are tricks to the heavy oils in the wood and tendency to split if unsealed.

kgd · Apr 19, 2008

Scandilcious!!!!

Rockywolf · Apr 20, 2008

Why do you torment with this beauty?! Seriously, another beautiful looking knife.

ilbruche · Apr 20, 2008

koyote said:
though there are tricks to the heavy oils in the wood and tendency to split if unsealed.

Don't shape it on a belt sander and the oils stay put. Never heard of it splitting before. It's mostly used for decks so I think that might be disinformation..

StretchNM · Apr 20, 2008

Outstanding work, Ilbruche! Now you've got me perusing Seved's site!

ilbruche · Apr 20, 2008

StretchNM said:
Outstanding work, Ilbruche! Now you've got me perusing Seved's site!

If you like his site you should check out some of the axes his buddy Cegga makes.

http://cegga.spaces.live.com/

Cegga makes some blades that Seved grinds and finishes for him.

stingray4540 · Apr 20, 2008

ilbruche said:
If you like his site you should check out some of the axes his buddy Cegga makes.

http://cegga.spaces.live.com/

Cegga makes some blades that Seved grinds and finishes for him.

Amazing, does he sell these? If so, what do they normally go for?

ilbruche · Apr 20, 2008

stingray4540 said:
Amazing, does he sell these? If so, what do they normally go for?

He mostly posts here.
http://forum.ramanon.com/showthread.php?t=57332

His axes ain't cheap but they are gorgeous. Ask Fiddleback about the nessmuk axe he made for him.

This is one similar to Fiddlebacks. Fiddle made his own handle.

redscorpion6 · Apr 20, 2008

Basic design of the knife looks similar to the Large Work Horse Knife by Blind Horse Knives.

ilbruche · Apr 20, 2008

The similarities end with looks.

The Blind Horse is 5/32" D2, hollow ground with 3 3/4" sharpened edge.

This one is 3/16" 5160, convexed with 4" sharpened edge.

StretchNM · Apr 20, 2008

To me, it looks nothing like the Work Horse, except, of course, that all fixed blades have a blade extending out from a handle. Then, it looks like a hundred others.