Crixus
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"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?
31/2" inch blade with a good strong drop point. I'm also a huge fan of those Russell type belt knives like the one you emulated. But as far as a preferred blade a small 3-4" fixed blade like the Baja 3.0 or ESEE3 will be fine.