What Style Of Knives?

I'm really liking the wharncliffe design lately, but I seem to be in a minority with that one. The pocked fixed blades seem to be really catching on now.

My favorite design is an upswept tip blade about 5" long with a big, comfy handle.

Really like the Slim Hunter I got from you, but haven't used it much lately. May have to take a few action shots of it and get them up here sometime.
 
rocketbomb said:
I'm really liking the wharncliffe design lately, but I seem to be in a minority with that one. The pocked fixed blades seem to be really catching on now.

My favorite design is an upswept tip blade about 5" long with a big, comfy handle.

Really like the Slim Hunter I got from you, but haven't used it much lately. May have to take a few action shots of it and get them up here sometime.
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I like wharncliffe`s too, I`m working on a pocket model now.
 
Didn't you offer a hiker's back-up with thin handles. I would like something along those lines with a pocket sheath like AG Russell offers for the woodswalker. A simple pouch on the front of a sheath that would hold a SAK would be nice. As soon as I figure out how to post pics I'll show-off the one I got for Christmas.
Thanks John
 
Thin and Tall. 3/32. 1 1/4. A t longer handles on the small knives. However it's much to do about to each his own.
 
udtjim said:
Thin and Tall. 3/32. 1 1/4. A t longer handles on the small knives. However it's much to do about to each his own.
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It looks like you will really like the one I`m finishing up for bearthedog! 3/32" by 1 1/4" tall blade.
 
[American Indian movie voice]

Stands With A Confused Look (that's my Indian name) wants big camp knife. Something big enough to let whole tribe know of Stands With A Confused Look's manliness... and to make him feel better about wa'-do-li size. ;)
 
There are two ranges of knives that I have for survival preparedness, those aiding bushcraft skills:

1. Small knives for finer work, cleaning small game, making traps and snares, etc. Fixed blade neck knives are a good example. I tend to use folders for this stuff.

2. Larger knives that can do heavier chores. Good batoning qualities are high on my list. In fact, it would be interesting to see a knife made for batoning-- something with a wharncliffe style blade and a thick straight spine. The goal is gathering firewood and shelter building. This style knife could still be used for general cutting chores, food prep and so on. It doesn't need to be a huge chopper-- 4"-5" is enough. My current "big knife" is a Fallkniven F1.

Handles do not need to be pretty, but they should be easy on the hands and protect from slipping.

Carbon steels seem to go with your designs, but I prefer stainless as I do camp near salt water and spend a lot of time in the rain.

I'd love to see a knife that can hold a firesteel in the handle. Imagine one scale that has a split bolster and one half that forms the handle for a firesteel and the scale is bored parallel to the blade for the firesteel to slip into. The lanyard hole could retain the firesteel.

What you are talking about is marketing. For the survival market, I would have fewer and more distinct models: a knecker, a skeleton blade with paracord wrap, a medium general purpose blade, and a stand-out survival knife with the batoning and firesteel features.
 
Looking at your site, I really like your Nessmucks! I hope you continue those as well.
The thing I like about your knives is that they seem to say "use me".
There are others that look too pretty. Yours are great looking and seem to beg for hard use, not show.
 
I've been eying a Scout model for a while but I had to get some INFI lately with knife money and family first at Christmas time.

I have really been planning on getting a Scout in 2009 so I hope that I may still be able to get one - especially if you're not mass producing them and taking them on an order basis.

I really liked the large camp knife you did but had monies already allocated.

I'm looking forward to your passaround and handling that blade. I know I'll be sold.

I think the beauty of what you can do is that you don't have to necessarily "drop" a certain model - take them on an order basis, people ordering will wait - and produce your larger selling models to meet those demands.

Always glad to see someone looking ahead as well.
 
A full-size scandi would certainly be cool, variations on your bushcrafter. But I haven't gotten to handle it yet and can't make any intelligent suggestions.
 
I`ve seen a lot of good ideas and recommendations here. As of right now I won`t be dropping any models, due to what looks like some interest in them. As soon as I get over being sick, I will be finishing bearthedog`s knife and the passaround knife. After that I will be working with C Bryant on some pocket models he came up with. One thing to remember is if you have a special design you want made, I am always willing to look at drawings, that`s the fun part of knifemaking.
 
Stomper said:
I`ve seen a lot of good ideas and recommendations here. As of right now I won`t be dropping any models, due to what looks like some interest in them. As soon as I get over being sick, I will be finishing bearthedog`s knife and the passaround knife. After that I will be working with C Bryant on some pocket models he came up with. One thing to remember is if you have a special design you want made, I am always willing to look at drawings, that`s the fun part of knifemaking.
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And it's this kind of attitude that makes you so popular! :thumbup:
 
Seems like the smaller knives have some popularity. My vote is for thinner when smaller, 3/32 in a 2.5-3.5 inch blade... Thanks!
 
Yesterday I had to break down some large cardboard boxes. What I used was an old Imperial fixed blade that I got from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. It has a 2.5 inch blade and 4.25 inch handle. To me it would be pefect but it has a ricasso that constantly got hung up in the cardboard.
A 2.5 to 3.5 inch spearpoint with a full sized handle and no choil or ricasso to me would be the perfect user.
 
I have been thinking about what type of knife you could maybe come out with out with John and I think there would be a demand for a small companion knife.
Kephart had his companion knife and although BRKT came out with this very nice version of it......

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I find I'm still drawn to Kepharts origional version ! His version came with a saw back as it was to be used for de-scaling fish, I'm sure it would also get by in a pinch for cutting notches in wood for traps etc ! Normally I'm all for straight backs as they take to battoning better but on a companion knife this size who's gonna batton it ?

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Also I was thinking that maybe you could sell a knife such as this along with a simple two pronged fork as a eating utensil set for camp use !!!!
 
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