What Fiddleback Forge knife are you totin' today?

[Luca917]

Brian,
I love that knife. That combo is perfect.

 

[Luca917]

Mine today. Along with my Patch, or my old school Karda. Because I'm at home. Hiking in my little patch of woods. Smoking my pipe by the fire. So I can wear a big knife if I want without freaking out the townsfolk.

 

[Mistwalker]

Brian,
I love that knife. That combo is perfect.

Thanks Tony. I am working on a somewhat biographical piece on RMJ Tactical at the moment. The story of how Ryan Johnson went from forging historically accurate hawks from the French and Indian wars, the American Revolution, and from earlier times in Europe, to making purpose driven tools for the modern battle field has some really dark moments in it, but with good reasons and from a good place...from a "good guys smetimes wear black" perspective. I've been fortunate enough to actually meet some of the guys that have provided data from the battlefield to aid in their designs. I don't want to risk losing or down playing the good guy aspect of the story.

I love Allen's fighter. I think I want an Osage one...with green liners

 

[Luca917]

... has some really dark moments in it, but with good reasons and from a good place...from a "good guys smetimes wear black" perspective...I don't want to risk losing or down playing the good guy aspect of the story.

I love Allen's fighter. I think I want an Osage one...with green liners

Yes. This. I'd rather there be truth to it.
And Osage, with Green. While I'm all about the blue, I see your point. Could be a beautiful thing.

 

[Mistwalker]

Yes. This. I'd rather there be truth to it.
And Osage, with Green. While I'm all about the blue, I see your point. Could be a beautiful thing.

I've done a lot of interviews, and some are reliable sources that I can't even cite for reasons... But overall I think it is actually a great story. Its primary role remains to this day just as it started. As a tool to facilitate rescue and E&E type tasks. It was developed for chopping through fiberglass and sheet metal, Plexiglas, masonry, and live wires. But in facing old world edged weapon cultures, the guys also couldn't help but recognize the psychological aspect of it in CQB. So it's secondary role has been nurtured as well.

 

[Luca917]

So Brian,

Where does one read your work?

 

[Mistwalker]

So Brian,

Where does one read your work?

My old editor from Tactical Knives landed as the editor of Survivor's Edge when AMG Parade bought all of Harris Publications' assets when they went under. So this one will be in a future issue of Survivor's Edge. Early next year if I can get it in under the wire, mid year if not. The forrest fires here have played havoc on my work life, and put me a good bit behind.

 

[Nbrackett]

Out in the woods with the Rapscallion today. This model doesn't get the attention it deserves.

 

[Luca917]

Nathan....agreed! And a beautiful pic.

Now...I've had my lunch, and I'm heading back out myself. See you out there!

 

[Mistwalker]

Out in the woods with the Rapscallion today. This model doesn't get the attention it deserves.

It would get more attention if I wasn't so afraid of staining the one you've loaned me or messing it up. I handle it a lot and like it a lot actually. I just used it to slice the bacon

 

[Mistwalker]

That is beautiful and also those scales are a pretty close match match for my Shank.... if you ever......well you know the rest Phillip

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I keep staring at your Shank, thinking how badly I need one of the newer versions in Camel Thorn...

 

[varga49]

I keep staring at your Shank, thinking how badly I need one of the newer versions in Camel Thorn...

Aye!! I'd like a guardless hemp wrapped one in camel thorn. But that's just me!


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[NOLA]

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[Mistwalker]

Aye!! I'd like a guardless hemp wrapped one in camel thorn. But that's just me!


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I suppose it could have changed somewhere along the line and I missed it...Andy did actually make a one-off KEB with a guard once, but to my knowledge all of the Shanks are guardless. That's one of the reasons I want one with the newer style handle.

Hemp wrapped? Do you mean like Allen does his fighters, and the forward end wrapped? That woyld be really cool actually. I like the grippiness of the wrap.

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Great looking Sylvrfalcen. I don't even remember the name of that wood, but I love the look of it.

 

[pertinux]

(Oreos)




~ P.

 

[Mistwalker]

The Esquire today. Nice having it in my left pocket now

But only because I'm too busy with work to carry this one today. As six years later I found the Bushinger that spoke to me. But this one deserves a few of a bit more than rough phone pics before I start using it, and if I carry it, I'll use it Glad I'll be wrapping a late-running project tomorrow, because I'm going to have fun with this one.

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[Luca917]

Brian, I think that is the nicest Bushfinger I've ever seen. I've never been a fan of the green stripes - until I saw this.

 

[Mistwalker]

Brian, I think that is the nicest Bushfinger I've ever seen. I've never been a fan of the green stripes - until I saw this.

Thanks. This is one of the ones that has spoken to me, and it spoke the loudest of all. I had gone through a lot of thoughts on just what my grail of the final version of the Bushfinger was. Initially, because of the fondness of the original, wanted it bolstered. But then bolsters started changing sizes and I watched and looked at all the handle configurations. Then after a while I wasn't sure if I really wanted a bolster or not. Then he started doing some CPM S35VN, my favorite steel for a knife this size, and then I wanted that steel. But hand made versions in that steel were few. Then he started tapering a lot more tangs and I decided I wanted one in tapered CPM 154 for the corrosion resistance. But then tapered stainless ones were rare too. Through most of this time my financial situation was a roller coaster. If I had the money, the Bushfinger offered at the time didn't speak to me. When the Bushfinger did speak to me, I didn't have the money, and so time wore on. Then he started doing A2, which has more corrosion rsistance than O-1 so it's more appealing for my coastal trips. So finally I decided I needed one in tapered 5/32, but not too thinly tapered, with a relatively simple wooden handle and green liners. When it arrived I immediately wanted to use it, but I am on a very tight schedule on some critical work, and that isn't an option for me today. So I snapped a few quick pics, and put it up for a couple of days untill I can do it justice outside in natural light

 

[SonnyJim]

Great pics as usual Brian! Is your Esquire in a Diomedes "APS Reaper"? Looks like a great fit!

~Jim

 

[Mistwalker]

Great pics as usual Brian! Is your Esquire in a Diomedes "APS Reaper"? Looks like a great fit!

~Jim

Thanks Jim! Yes, an APS Reaper. I wanted to give it a go and not have all my sheaths the same style or shaped the same...I can be a bit moody lol, but it fits great. I really like it.A lot of the time I will need my knife while I am holding my camera in my right hand, so I much prefer the option an ambidextrous sheath offers.