Thread: Show me your knives

So after losing my knife I got for my 21st

I have been on the lookout for another but not found anything I like yet at I price I am willing to pay!

So yesterday after dropping the kids at school I dropped into the local hospice shop to see if there were any hidden treasures lurking undiscovered.
Not much caught my eye, so I was about to leave but for some reason decided to have a look at the kitchen section.
Amongst the piles of rubbish kitchen knives I spotted one of these (stupidly I forgot to take a before photo)


It had a 3mm chunk out of the edge about 20mm from the hilt but at the princely sum of $3 I couldn’t resist.

I originally just thought I would give it a sharpen and use as is, but then the mind started turning over (a problem of mine)

So into the garage and out came the grinder, files, sander, various grit sandpapers and a rough guide that I printed of the old knife I had lost as a template.


I had not done this before so after trying lots of different methods and about 2 hours this is what resulted!



Pretty chuffed with the end result, just need to find a sheath for it now. Still has a little remenant if the chip out of the blade but hopefully after a few sharpens it will disappear.
It may not be beautiful like my old knife but should stand me in good stead until a suitable replacement is found, or until I bite the bullet and get a Bark River


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Originally Posted by Spudattack

So after losing my knife I got for my 21st

I have been on the lookout for another but not found anything I like yet at I price I am willing to pay!

So yesterday after dropping the kids at school I dropped into the local hospice shop to see if there were any hidden treasures lurking undiscovered.
Not much caught my eye, so I was about to leave but for some reason decided to have a look at the kitchen section.
Amongst the piles of rubbish kitchen knives I spotted one of these (stupidly I forgot to take a before photo)


It had a 3mm chunk out of the edge about 20mm from the hilt but at the princely sum of $3 I couldn’t resist.

I originally just thought I would give it a sharpen and use as is, but then the mind started turning over (a problem of mine)

So into the garage and out came the grinder, files, sander, various grit sandpapers and a rough guide that I printed of the old knife I had lost as a template.


I had not done this before so after trying lots of different methods and about 2 hours this is what resulted!



Pretty chuffed with the end result, just need to find a sheath for it now. Still has a little remenant if the chip out of the blade but hopefully after a few sharpens it will disappear.
It may not be beautiful like my old knife but should stand me in good stead until a suitable replacement is found, or until I bite the bullet and get a Bark River


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Clever. Nice job.

If you need a sheath I could do you a little kydex job, might be able to get rid of the chip for you as well at the same time, well after I have made the sheath, not exactly the same time but pretty damn close!

I thought I would post a quick review of a new knife. After seeing photos of a few bark rivers on here I decided that I needed one! My requirements of a knife were primarily something of high quality that was going to last well, hold an edge and be lightweight as most of my hunting involves a large amount of walking. So I was tossing up between a few of their small EDC and neck knives but settled on the featherweight fox river with an elmax blade and black canvas micarta handle. When it arrived I was a little concerned that it would be too small for butchering deer but after using it it is fine for my purposes. It is almost like using a scalpel, is very sharp and seems to hold an edge well. I would recommend one for anyone looking for a knife but they are concerned about the weight and the issue of such a small knife being hard to use doesn't seem to be a problem as it is so sharp.

Originally Posted by Spudattack

So after losing my knife I got for my 21st

I have been on the lookout for another but not found anything I like yet at I price I am willing to pay!

So yesterday after dropping the kids at school I dropped into the local hospice shop to see if there were any hidden treasures lurking undiscovered.
Not much caught my eye, so I was about to leave but for some reason decided to have a look at the kitchen section.
Amongst the piles of rubbish kitchen knives I spotted one of these (stupidly I forgot to take a before photo)


It had a 3mm chunk out of the edge about 20mm from the hilt but at the princely sum of $3 I couldn’t resist.

I originally just thought I would give it a sharpen and use as is, but then the mind started turning over (a problem of mine)

So into the garage and out came the grinder, files, sander, various grit sandpapers and a rough guide that I printed of the old knife I had lost as a template.


I had not done this before so after trying lots of different methods and about 2 hours this is what resulted!



Pretty chuffed with the end result, just need to find a sheath for it now. Still has a little remenant if the chip out of the blade but hopefully after a few sharpens it will disappear.
It may not be beautiful like my old knife but should stand me in good stead until a suitable replacement is found, or until I bite the bullet and get a Bark River


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SAcub the name off the handle and sell it on Trademe as a Fallkniven F1

Originally Posted by kiwijames

SAcub the name off the handle and sell it on Trademe as a Fallkniven F1

Haha! Good idea!


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