Wilderness Bushcraft Knives

[scottishsmith24]

Hello all I wanted to share my new line of Wilderness Bushcraft Knives and get your thoughts on them This is the first run and my first attempt at duplication. This first series will have 20 knives in it unless they are popular in which case I will make more. The first ten are made from 1095 and the others will be made from 1095 and some from pattern welded steel. The first eight are shown here with photos of the sheathes to come next week. The blades are 4 inches x 1 inch wide with a handle that is 4 1/2 inches long. The handle is made from textured aluminum, walnut, leather spacers, and curly maple. Please let me know what you think as suggestions may alter future incarnations of this line of knives. Thanks for looking!


-Robert

 

[Grapevine]

I think they look great. Very user friendly looking but with elegant lines. The shape of the handles look very comfortable.

 

[Buffalohump]

Im no bushcrafter but they look right handy to me. I like the combo of wood and stacked leather, that's a bit different. They also look to have quite a bit of Scandinavian puuko influence to them, which I am sure is just peachy as far as the bushcrafters are concerned.

 

[scottishsmith24]

Thanks for the comments, you are quite right about the scandi influence originally I was going to make a more robust puukko knife that morphed into the knife you see before you.

 

[DavidZ]

I like your work! It has it's own look to it. A unique combination of puukko, laplander ..... with a slender American twist to them. Cool!

 

[awestib]

Nice design, I like the bladeshape and the handle. I prefer actually your oval shape of an handle over a contoured handle and yours look beefy enough to be comfortable. One thing that I would prefer is a rounder butt since drilling (at least how I do it) is done with my palm "on top" of the butt. The rounder the better for comfort. I also use the butt with my palm to "hammer" through a thin slice of wood for even finer sticks and this can get quite uncomfortable if there are any edges.

 

[scottishsmith24]

Thanks David that's just what I was going for. I wanted a knife that would do well in the Minnesota Scandinavian marketplace...hopefully they'll see it too. Awestib, That's definitely helpful input I was originally considering have almost a full doming but decided against it. I never grip a knife in that way and so wouldn't have thought of it. I'll definitely be considering a more domed end on the next batch.