I hate to topic drift too far, but I gotta ask, is that a birch tree?Some traditional northern English steel for an Australian backyard
For comparison, I'm in Alaska... about as far as you can possibly get from Australia and still have trees. We have millions of them here.
You have a Schmachtenberg? I'd love to see it! (maybe in the Old Knives thread)
Yes, the covers are wood. There is still a little paint down in the grain, but it seems to be lifting out with some oily rag rubbing.
The corner of the broken blade can hook on the edge of a table like a one arm blade.
Just so people know that there is more than 1 Schmachtenberg @r8shell . Carrying my Schmachtenberg Bros and a Kronenkrebs
Harry
Two Saturday stunners there JJ, outstanding knivesMy Saturday totes are a couple of Schrades, the big fella was an early GEC SFO.
Excellent working pair TaylorCarried these two today. Helped brand some calves for my buddy today.
It is a silver birch - Betula Pendula. But it’s not a native to this area. It’s the ‘garden centre edition’. It’s in a little grove I planted in my backyard. I love those birch forests you guys have. Beautiful.
when they first come into bud (soon I hope...) it is an incredibly beautiful green haze in contrast o the brown khaki deadness of winter aftermath( the leaves are literally referred to as 'Mouse Ears'/ hiirenkorva) But, they lose their leaves first of all in August Sept.. Still, Birch makes excellent firewood, the bark a superlative fire-starter, you make sauna whips out of bunches of leafy twigs, front doors are adorned with branches at Midsummer, and the sap is allegedly health giving. The exotic/unusual is always alluring so I understand the lure of Birch in Aus...I've planted a lot of Maples here, especially the red ones, wonderful autumn colour . They grow very well -as it's like Canada here in certain ways-but they are surprisingly not a commercial forest tree very much- the 'sap' tastes better than Birch too and the wood is strongstuff. fortunately!
No, it actually came from the factory like that.
Magnificent stag handles on a beautiful knife - I can see why it is staying in your pocket! OHGot this one. Again. Can’t seem to leave the house without it. On vacation today. First time since covid hit. A week at the family beach house and I got a happy wife and kid...and two tired dogs, and me new trusty edc. At a restaurant last night my kid got a piece of steak stuck in his teeth - no toothpick in sight - and the blade cut a plastic straw into the perfect fix
Un-Chained
that is a fine looking Premium Stockman. OH
Old Hunter
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I hated to do it, but it was necessary to spook an oriole and a catbird off of the feeders to take these photos.
Funny that you posted the additional pic, I was thinking I have to ask how big the knife is; now I know, bigger than a coffee lid…
Thank you as always Bruce
Here’s the pile.. and I accept either name, as the local coffee gals’ use Gas.... or Gus
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