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As you know I usually shy away from the 'draw queen' end of the knife making world.
But rules as they say are made to be bent until they're broken.
Having done a bit of school boy forge work myself in the past, I'm a huge admirer of the work these guys do, but fear of loss or damage, and the kind of money that they have to charge for the time they put in, stops me from buying this kind of tool.
Somewhere along the way, surfing the internet, I came across witchblades where the design ethic sits so perfectly between 'artisan recycler' and the 'serious craftsman' that I thought I'd share it with you.
The top half of the blade is from an old railroad spike and the cutting edge is made from a Damascus steel that the maker Rik Palm beat, twisted, and wielded himself.
Rik has published some pictures of the process here and some excellent pictures of what it takes to make Damascus here.Have a look at the gallery where there are too many neat design ideas to shake a stick at. I particularly like the maggot knife and this totally authentic Nessmuk, with it's blade forged from an old file. Without wishing to sound like some new age loon claiming to 'channel' the spirit of bushcraft's grand old man of letters, I reckon it's pretty much what the old chap would have been looking at when he did those drawings of his perfect camp knife.
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Thanks for reading
Bushwacker
3 comments:
Wow.... that Thunderbird knife is exquisite! It gives me some good ideas for a knife I want to make myself.... thanks so much for this post!
- Falls-Down-Laughing ^_^
Thanks for sharing that link. Pure knife prOn. Delicious! I dread to ask him about prices though.
Hey Judy
thanks for stopping by, i had a quick look at your site, very cool, i've added you to the off grid section of my blog roll.
SBW
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