Care package for grum!! 2 bits of iroka, 2 bits of black walnut,2 bits of moranti (mahogany type), 2 bits of ash, 1 large chunk of ash/lime (not sure which) a lump of antler and some offcut leather…. [/url]DSC_0644 by daftvader77, on Flickr[/img]
Drop me a line with your address and I’ll get it in the post…

Hey Grum, just send you an email.

Daftvader, thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

No problem, happy to help

YGM both of you. This place is ace sometimes. 😀

If in doubt buy a Frosts Mora, any of them

I have a lot of knives, though haven’t bought any for a good few years. Most of my nice ones are all handmade, some very spendy, but the Moras are functionally just as good

When I go camping with friends, I usually take a couple of Moras in case someone wants to borrow a knife. I don’t mind if they get wrecked as they’re so cheap. My wife has a stainless one in the garden, it gets sharpened every now and then but is used and abused regularly

I have one of these that lives in my pocket when working in the wood… An Ontario Knives RAT. I think it was about 30 quid, fantastic knife for anyone who wants to go down the ready-made-folding-knife-that’s-not-particularly-hipster-but-works-really-well route.

This has served me well, first as an archery knife and now for general trail building purposes. So impressed I bought a couple of their excellent kitchen knives too.

B’md for my own interest…

This has served me well, first as an archery knife and now for general trail building purposes.

I fine ACE’s fly much truer and make less of a mess of the boss… 😉

I have the exact same knife but branded as “Rapala” – bought it from a fishing shop, very cheap and perfectly serviceable although it’s not the best steel… The Marttini filleting knives are excellent though.

As regards the posting thing, anything that protects the edge is fine, when you buy a Nic Westermann blade, he wraps an offcut of fleece around it and then puts an elastic band around it to hold it in place, and his blades are chuffin’ sharp!
I bought a little bearded axe head from Bulgaria, very cheap, hand forged, and the bloke made a neat little mask for it out of a piece of cereal packet. Worked so well I’ve reinforced it with thick vinyl black and yellow hazard tape, works a treat. Just finished a handle for it, out of a branch cut from a dogwood tree in a mate’s hedge, just needs oiling, and the top slitting and a wedge made up out of a piece of oak offcut.

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Got some birthday money recently and I fancy getting a knife for general camping/bushcraft type stuff and just cos I like nice tools/knives/axes etc. Nothing too specific in mind but not too massive

This ^ And I struggle with the ‘hunting knife’ description. What are you doing with these knives? Clenching them between your teeth and acting out your fantasies on national trust land while families wander by on their way to the tea shop

Hardcastle Crags is rough ground, being able to baton and feather some wood is essential as the café is too far away for a brew 😉

Anyone tried these Karesuando knives?
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Saw some yesterday and liked the look of them…
This is particularly nice, except the price for the Damascus blade 🙁

Admittedly not a practical general purpose piece though…

Good knives, I have handled a couple (no pics unfortunately) and seem to last a good long time… I have seen them alot cheaper tho. Try greenman bushcraft as they seem to always have a sale on…

I am not keen on knives with Ricasso as I find it difficult to sharpen. Not difficult as in unable to but just bothersome because knives with Ricasso, when sharpening, will always catch the sharpening stones. I don’t like that coz my Shapton glass stones cost me an arm and leg.

Edited, wrong question. sorry.