Missourian
Diamond Member
"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?
![47d6947c-6b4d-471e-a845-8a6dc8c5fc6b_zps8ivfcu48.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi414.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp221%2FThe_Missourian%2F47d6947c-6b4d-471e-a845-8a6dc8c5fc6b_zps8ivfcu48.jpg&hash=262e7129112c017924046b47df49b1e6)
Example of the donor knife...
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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?
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