i mentioned on here a week or so ago that i was waiting for three blade blanks fron duncan chandler at dorset woodland blades...one of which was one of his XL camp nessmuk's in 3.5mm
well, while waiting patiently a full knife with the same blade came up second hand and i couldn't resist it
nice leather sheath with it too
the blade and handle shape are just how i thought they would be. the blade shape just feel "right" for a camp knife and the handle is good and long with enough grip for as many different chopping and carving holds as you could want
the only down side to this particular knife is it seems to have been handled for show rather than use. i must point out this knife was not handled by duncan. but by a professional none the less!
if you look, the scales are made from two different woods. i assumed these would be bonded together very well and be about as strong as a single piece. turns out the handle is made up of four seperate pieces of wood, the smaller piece being at the front only makes it worse
they are slightly loose. which showed up after only a coulple of swings to see how it chopped
very poor show IMO and its gonna get re-handled at some point
also i'm not 100% convinced by the grind on this knife. i feel a slightly thinner grind would serve it better all round
but having said all that. i'm still glad i bought it an its certainly more than capable of completing your average camp tasks with ease
even managed to get some weird optical illusions going on in those last two lol
all in all i this knife may well go through some changes but the blade shape and handle (scales not included) are just about perfect for me and the the knife sits happily somewhere between my favorite kukri and cut down tramontina camp knives
cheers.......adam
well, while waiting patiently a full knife with the same blade came up second hand and i couldn't resist it
nice leather sheath with it too
the blade and handle shape are just how i thought they would be. the blade shape just feel "right" for a camp knife and the handle is good and long with enough grip for as many different chopping and carving holds as you could want
the only down side to this particular knife is it seems to have been handled for show rather than use. i must point out this knife was not handled by duncan. but by a professional none the less!
if you look, the scales are made from two different woods. i assumed these would be bonded together very well and be about as strong as a single piece. turns out the handle is made up of four seperate pieces of wood, the smaller piece being at the front only makes it worse
they are slightly loose. which showed up after only a coulple of swings to see how it chopped
very poor show IMO and its gonna get re-handled at some point
also i'm not 100% convinced by the grind on this knife. i feel a slightly thinner grind would serve it better all round
but having said all that. i'm still glad i bought it an its certainly more than capable of completing your average camp tasks with ease
even managed to get some weird optical illusions going on in those last two lol
all in all i this knife may well go through some changes but the blade shape and handle (scales not included) are just about perfect for me and the the knife sits happily somewhere between my favorite kukri and cut down tramontina camp knives
cheers.......adam