Just received a Skinner. It feels great in hand with a nice heft. Thanks for making me aware of this Craftsman (Some Busse/SR thread me thinks). Impressed and very pleased.
Need to sort out my camera but will try to do so in the next few days. I have the Tamarind handle one (Same one as the pics on brudertool.com). Love the grain on it. I must admit I am an amateur at knife collecting and have never skinned anything but fish
. This little guy it such a pleasure to handle that I have moved up learning how to on my bucket list. I also purchased the Orange/Yellow Burl Alger. I get lost looking at the beautiful swirls of the grain (Wood pins/lanyard awesome touch). Will try to post close ups soon. It is my first Scandi grind knife. Spent a couple hours whittling by the fireplace. Was not gentle at all with it. Took a close look at it this morning and saw zero edge deformation. Ran it across a strop a bit and it is well...better. I am just learning how to sharpen/strop beyond a belt sander. Came with a wicked sharp edge though. Is it safe to say Scandi grinds are like having a giant chisel (Again first Scandi)? This ones spine is pretty thick. I just notice it seems to behave very differently than my other knives.