pitta-pitta
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- Dec 5, 2009
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You might all remember I was looking to buy a nice knife before Christmas. In the end I did. Well kinda!
I bought two. The wife wasn't happy.
I bought an Enzo Badger with a convex grind. It's extremely sharp and the one I bought was really nice looking with buffalo horn, vulcanized fiber and G10 with mosaic pins for the handle - like the one shown. It's a great knife and really gets the job done whilst being a bit different from all the Ray Mears Woodlore bushcraft clones that are about in the UK these days. I nearly bought a Busse but they looked a bit too combatty for my liking.
The other knife I had made by a young blacksmith from Sheffield called William Rogers. Hope he doesn't mind me mentioning his name here. He made me a very flashy folding bowie knife. I showed him some pictures and he made it from scratch for me. Its about 12 inches long when opened, full bowie sized, is razor sharp and really caused a stir last time I went shooting with some mates. It's too good to use really. It's a bloody work of art.
Not sure it's quite what I set out to get but I've got to say the end result is really something else. It's the biggest folder I've ever seen and is a really sharp nice knife. It makes me feel a bit like a Mississippi pimp but I love it!
Thanks for all your help on this. It was a long learning curve. I ended up with two knifes that I'll cherish forever.
My next knife is going to be one of Bernie Garland's bushcraft knives. After the wife recovers from these two of course.
I bought two. The wife wasn't happy.
I bought an Enzo Badger with a convex grind. It's extremely sharp and the one I bought was really nice looking with buffalo horn, vulcanized fiber and G10 with mosaic pins for the handle - like the one shown. It's a great knife and really gets the job done whilst being a bit different from all the Ray Mears Woodlore bushcraft clones that are about in the UK these days. I nearly bought a Busse but they looked a bit too combatty for my liking.
The other knife I had made by a young blacksmith from Sheffield called William Rogers. Hope he doesn't mind me mentioning his name here. He made me a very flashy folding bowie knife. I showed him some pictures and he made it from scratch for me. Its about 12 inches long when opened, full bowie sized, is razor sharp and really caused a stir last time I went shooting with some mates. It's too good to use really. It's a bloody work of art.
Not sure it's quite what I set out to get but I've got to say the end result is really something else. It's the biggest folder I've ever seen and is a really sharp nice knife. It makes me feel a bit like a Mississippi pimp but I love it!
Thanks for all your help on this. It was a long learning curve. I ended up with two knifes that I'll cherish forever.
My next knife is going to be one of Bernie Garland's bushcraft knives. After the wife recovers from these two of course.