Thread: Show me your knives

I’m moving to Wairarapa in the near future and will be looking at the idea of opening up to teach people to make their own knives, any interest drop me a line.. will be keen on hunting as part payment if you can take me to good spots but only if you are a responsible person, had my share of going out with great people…. Until a deer is making noise then they become Liabilities, not saying people here are like that but the one person I hunt with I trust with my life, he never shoots without 110% identifying target and I know because we have had a few pretty scary moments in the bush.

One shot, any more info on that knife in image 5370? NGA are you the maker?

Originally Posted by Dicko

One shot, any more info on that knife in image 5370? NGA are you the maker?

That's made by @Nga, I'm not sure if he has anymore, or if he is going to do another run of them, but I'm sure he will let you know. I haven't used it yet but there are others on here with experience with this knife.

Thanks to @Puffin for organising the buying. Big bugout brother to mini bugout. Very light and very sharp.




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Big call out to @Shelley who has very kindly donated a set of liners and S/S pins for my project.....

Originally Posted by Nga

I’m moving to Wairarapa in the near future and will be looking at the idea of opening up to teach people to make their own knives, any interest drop me a line.. will be keen on hunting as part payment if you can take me to good spots but only if you are a responsible person, had my share of going out with great people…. Until a deer is making noise then they become Liabilities, not saying people here are like that but the one person I hunt with I trust with my life, he never shoots without 110% identifying target and I know because we have had a few pretty scary moments in the bush.

Best of luck with the move, at least its close to Masterton so easy to get bits and bobs from artisan supplies, and pick your self up a Tuatahi as well!

Been beating the crap out of this rwl 34 test knife for a couple of days. It's whacked through a couple of 4x2s and smashed some nails, Very impressed with the steel. Keeps its edge well and doesn't deflect. Could be run very thin. All in all an excellent stainless option that sharpens and finishes much like a simple carbon but has edge holding capability not far of more complex vanadium alloys like s30v.

I've tested a few steels now looking for the right steel for my hunting knives, this is a front runner for me.

Used some little tasmanian blackwood offcuts for the handle, man it's pretty timber.

I will have a similar style rwl 34 bird and trout knife that doesn't have a home in weeks if anyone is looking for one. Just need to whack a handle on.

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Slow progress :
I have hardened the blade then heat treated at 200c for two hours twice. I presume my oven was not quite at 200c as the steel is still really hard on some parts of it and the file barely attacks the steel. I have carried on the grinding in the scandi edge style a bit more and finished it with diamond stone. It holds a very sharp edge very well. Not the flashiest design but I wanted a scandi grind with a drop point so as to be able to gut a deer with out piercing unwanted parts. Also the point is thick enough and strong enough to cut the wood around an arrow head buried in a tree .

I managed to get three knives finished over lock down, this is number two. Mamba model in 14c28n, full grind , laguna snakeskin juma combined with stabilized curly birch from Finland.
Heading off to a southern hunter based out of Dunners.

New knife from Cutlers.
It awaits testing

Originally Posted by Boxton

New knife from Cutlers.
It awaits testing
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Nice profile. Love the trad skinning knife

Hi team, well John’s donated stabilized Rimu arrived at the weekend (huge thanks again mate), so its time to get my ‘A into G’

First off, this will be a Bushcraft Knife, ive been getting into it lately and it’s a hobby I want to pursue in the future

The knife will have ALL the attributes I want in this project, a true ‘one off’ even though it’s a production blank (Condor Bushlore)

So it will have jimping, (for choking up) lanyard hole (orange paracord so I wont lose it) rounded pommel, (for ease of tip drilling) and a nice forward finger groove (for comfort)

I will ‘base’ the overall shape on the ESEE RB3 knife (below)……


First off, cut the Rimu into two scales, cutting with the woods grain


Then in the milling machine, make both scales flat, square, parallel and the same size…..watch this space

Scouser’s Bushcraft Knife Project Phase 2

Auckland level 3 today, so I was off to Blademasters to ‘click & collect’ my Knife Blank……

Made a simple aluminium jig so I could machine the new shape with a carbide cutter




Finger groove & pommel done…..


Jimping grooves done…..



Will de-burr jimping groves with my diamond files when I get home……

Found my first sheath knife, must be 60 years old, didn’t get Chinese crap back then!

Originally Posted by Maca49

Found my first sheath knife, must be 60 years old, didn’t get Chinese crap back then!Attachment 179486Attachment 179488

I had something very similar almost sixty years ago (not as old as you) but there is no way I could ever remember what happened to it. The old man was quite prone to borrowing things without asking and then assuming ownership.