Ok so I have been creeping around lately and not posting as much. So I have a question. What knives do you find for you have the best ability to make fuzz sticks? For me, I seem to find folders are easier for me to make fuzzies. Though my Enzo and Mora make nice ones, they are a bit thicker. My folders, especially the slipjoints I have been getting into lately make killer fuzz sticks and can do just about everything I want them to.
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What knife for you makes the best curls?
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SAK is the king!
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I test all my knives with fuzzies. For me knives all work really well that
a) are sharp
b) have flattish single bevel geometry with acute edge angle
c) have edge come close to handle
Most impressive results have been with a finnish puukko with 3.5 inch blade at about .16 inch thick so it's not really that thin. When whittling in general and fuzzying Im not comfortable with the lateral and torsional flex with thin blades or their weak "bite".
I test my knives on both softwood and hardwood, fresh and seasoned with and without knots to get a picture where a knife works and when it's facing too hard of a task. It has always been the same. Softwood shows small differences and blades with thicker bevel shoulders and obtuse edge angles still work good enough but moving to hardwood and knots starts to show bigger and bigger differences in performance. Also, not all scandis are created equal. the angle matters. Big angle differences show big differences in performance eventhough the grind type is the same.
a) are sharp
b) have flattish single bevel geometry with acute edge angle
c) have edge come close to handle
Most impressive results have been with a finnish puukko with 3.5 inch blade at about .16 inch thick so it's not really that thin. When whittling in general and fuzzying Im not comfortable with the lateral and torsional flex with thin blades or their weak "bite".
I test my knives on both softwood and hardwood, fresh and seasoned with and without knots to get a picture where a knife works and when it's facing too hard of a task. It has always been the same. Softwood shows small differences and blades with thicker bevel shoulders and obtuse edge angles still work good enough but moving to hardwood and knots starts to show bigger and bigger differences in performance. Also, not all scandis are created equal. the angle matters. Big angle differences show big differences in performance eventhough the grind type is the same.
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In softwood
and in seasoned hardwood
The TK2 works well.
Kind regards
Mick
and in seasoned hardwood
The TK2 works well.
Kind regards
Mick
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I find the wood determines that more than the knife.
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BGA bushcrafter or M2K. They carve with a lot of ease.
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i woud say any scandi or convex knife will work well.