What are you looking for in the perfect knife...

[Missourian]

"Made" my first knife this fall. It's actually a reprofiled vintage 8" Ontario Slicer in 1095 carbon steel cut with a Dremel, quenched often to retain heat-treatment. The new profile is based on the Canadian Belt Knife. The example pictured is my Cold Steel CBK. While it is a very practical knife, the CS is not full tanged, and the Grohmann that it is based on it a minimum of $100 new. So I made my own. The handle I cut and shaped from seasoned oak with a stain that was made from boiled black walnut hulls. The rivets are repurposed from the original Onterio Knife.

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Example of the donor knife...

Now it's time to make something bigger, a general purpose wilderness knife.

I'm considering a Nessmuk style knife.


What qualities do you like in or what knife do you suggest for all around wilderness/survival use?

 

[Ringel05]

What are you looking for in the perfect knife.

The ability to cut things........

 

[waltky]

Pointy...

... it should be sharp an' pointy.

 

[tyroneweaver]

if you took this over to ar15.com general discussion you would get some great answers.

 

[Moonglow]

I need a knife that never dulls,, and never pits..

 

[jon_berzerk]

the WASP

 

[irosie91]

have you consulted our very own JIM BOWIE?

 

[The Great Goose]

"Made" my first knife this fall. It's actually a reprofiled vintage 8" Ontario Slicer in 1095 carbon steel cut with a Dremel, quenched often to retain heat-treatment. The new profile is based on the Canadian Belt Knife. The example pictured is my Cold Steel CBK. While it is a very practical knife, the CS is not full tanged, and the Grohmann that it is based on it a minimum of $100 new. So I made my own. The handle I cut and shaped from seasoned oak with a stain that was made from boiled black walnut hulls. The rivets are repurposed from the original Onterio Knife.

​

Example of the donor knife...

Now it's time to make something bigger, a general purpose wilderness knife.

I'm considering a Nessmuk style knife.


What qualities do you like in or what knife do you suggest for all around wilderness/survival use?

I don't know what's more worrying, this thread or your past.

 

[yiostheoy]

I am torn between jack knife and fixed blade.

I have a couple of each.

I like the discretion of a jack knife.

But if I got into a fight I would want a fixed blade -- faster to deploy.

 

[yiostheoy]

I need a knife that never dulls,, and never pits..

Don't ever use it and then it won't dull.

 

[yiostheoy]

Pointy...

... it should be sharp an' pointy.

Long is more important.

 

[Missourian]

"Made" my first knife this fall. It's actually a reprofiled vintage 8" Ontario Slicer in 1095 carbon steel cut with a Dremel, quenched often to retain heat-treatment. The new profile is based on the Canadian Belt Knife. The example pictured is my Cold Steel CBK. While it is a very practical knife, the CS is not full tanged, and the Grohmann that it is based on it a minimum of $100 new. So I made my own. The handle I cut and shaped from seasoned oak with a stain that was made from boiled black walnut hulls. The rivets are repurposed from the original Onterio Knife.

​

Example of the donor knife...

Now it's time to make something bigger, a general purpose wilderness knife.

I'm considering a Nessmuk style knife.


What qualities do you like in or what knife do you suggest for all around wilderness/survival use?

I don't know what's more worrying, this thread or your past.

I apologize...it was not my intention to give you the Vapors. Perhaps a good lie down will dispel them.

 

[Missourian]

I am torn between jack knife and fixed blade.

I have a couple of each.

I like the discretion of a jack knife.

But if I got into a fight I would want a fixed blade -- faster to deploy.

I am firmly in the fixed blade camp for my usage.

Though if I was going to try to create a folder at my current skill level, it would have to be based on the French Opinel.

 

[Missourian]

Going to try making a Kephart and a Nessmuk style knife out of an Ontario Old Hickory Butcher and Skinner.

Also working up some mosaic pins and black walnut scales.

 

[Missourian]

 

[Missourian]

I really dig this Nessmuk with a slightly offset handle (top)-

 

[Missourian]

Kephart articles of interest

Project Kephart: Part 1

Project Kephart: Part 2

Project Kephart: Part 3

 

[Missourian]

Timelapsed Kephart (from youtube)

 

[Missourian]

Good article on Kephart modeled knife:

Kephart Woodcraft

 

[Missourian]

Disassembly, template and rough shaping:

Try to save a scale intact.

Cut with a dremel:

Keep the metal cool as you cut, or you'll lose the temper: