every week at my forge and workshop(updated)

[midnight 657]

[midnight 657]

#1 and #2 sold

[Sjt657 191]

They all look good but i like the design on #2 and #3 ..

[midnight 657]

Thanks Steve I thought they would appeal to you. I have a final design that's been put to cad ready for cutting !

[midnight 657]

7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 still for sale ........

theres a few spares as i have been let down on some custom orders and i managed to get a few finnished i didnt thick i would get done .

 

ok before i put these up, tomorrow is the last day we can get these to use before xmas day , im happy to post after that but it wont make it unless you pay alot more for post , sooo pay up fast and i will get it to you !!!!

 

 

ok and old design the forrest and field but with a shorter 2.5" blade of 4mm thick o1 tool steel . red stag antler with leather liners and brass pin and tube . belt carry sheath .

there are two of these both the same . £65 each

 

 

ok next a feildcrafter in black linen micarta, 5mm thick o1 (the same as my personal knife) £85

a standard forrest and field with 3" blade in 3mm o1 with scandi grind and marlee burl handle £65

a mini forrest and field in 4mm o1 with marlee burl £60

 

iv sent pms to all that ordered custom stuff ...

[midnight 657]

ok this the first of a pair of large cutting knives , its based on the greek kopis , the famed blade of alexander the greats army , and believed to be the forerunner for the also famed napalese kukri \ gurkha knife.

constructed from 4mm thick o1 tool steel with a differential temper , meaning the cutting edge is hard to retain the cutting edge, and the spine - ricaso and tang all spring tempered for flexability.

the blade its self is 27 cm or 10 3\4" long 5cm or 2" at the widest point . it has a convex grind for strength when chopping , this is a superior grind for chopping tools in my mind as the cross section is stronger than a flat grind. blade is satin finnished .

the handle is a very nice piece of cocobolo wood with multipal brass pins and single lanyard tube.

the sheath is made from 3 thicneses of leather , hand brushed dye effect that ranges from light tan to dark brown at the edges and very dark brown on the back, it has a bras rectangle hoop and a belt hanger for better movement when walking etc .

 

asking price is £185 which covers paypal fees and firstclass recorded delivery .

 

ok pictures .

 

[Tiercel 6,986]

Superb.

 

TC

[Gin 496]

Agree

[Gin 496]

Where else would you get a knife like that, at that price.

[Longers7 720]

That looks so nice, although I'd never have a use for it, id still love to own it!!

[socks 32,253]

Oh FFS why do you do this to me mat ..........

[midnight 657]

Ha ha . There's a kukri coming next . A full sized one .... Just need leather to sheath it..

[socks 32,253]

I've got a Kukri ... Nice but an awkward knife to use ........

[GruffaloGriff 1,852]

Beuty of a knife that, a bit of a beast to cary around though.

[midnight 657]

Next to the kukri its light and fast with great balance . I never wanted to make the kukri because I thought it would be so hard to make , I dunno if it's because iv made a good few larger knives lately but it wasn't as bad as I expected to make . It's true the kukri is a blade heavy knife but after a lot of reading and research it's meant to be ..

I think because I shoot pigeons a lot and live in the countryside I use a machete axe etc all the time so I would use this sort of thing Weekly .

But I can imagine lots wouldn't .

I had a very good mate over this weekend , known him all my life . We where looking at the knives as you do . And when I showed him my 3 personal knives he laughed at me .

I have a very cheap machete that I customised the blade on , a fieldcrafter that was a second (Iv never looking after it ) and a weird little neck knife I made years ago that's also been badly abused they have all worked very hard been badly reground and are stained or rusty ( just the machete is rusty ).

 

I really should have a machete like this , and it's high time I had a few others of my own making !!

So I have a new design built for my needs that I will be marketing very soon , funny the one design has branched off to become maybe 4 separate knives .. Iv spent a lot of time on the design over the last 3 months and I think I'm close to something very different , and very usable ..

But as we have all herd me say many times I can't afford the materials to Finnish them ...

This Christmas was the worst in the 5 years Iv been making . Iv never offered so much variety at such low prices . My fear was I wouldn't sell enough to survive Xmas/new year so I kept the prices low and the volume up to Taylor for empty pockets like mine . And my fear came to reality , things have to change so I am phasing out the budget stuff very soon .

Some of you know Iv lost a lot while making knives, house , relationship , income blar blar .

I don't regret any of it but I think I have earned the right to live well off this practiced skill ??

There's around 1,000 of my blades out there from the last 5 years , so I can't be accused of not giving everyone a chance to use / own one ha ha

When I look at other makers in the professional side of the industry they are light years ahead of me .

So as a slowly build up new tools , skills and work space I want to bring the budget stuff to a close .

 

If it doesn't work out trying for more international based sales with Prestige knives I can always return to the budget hunting market.

 

But I'm still a long way off that goal so there will be knives week in week out .

 

Iv tried so many things to make it pay , this is the final one for me .

I and those that are makers or live round a knife making workshop don't think anyone realises how hard it is to do , how messy and expensive , noisy and dangerous . In that statement I don't me retired makers or hobby guys making 3 a month I mean proper time served craftsmanship workshop with big tools and 200 processes all happening at once .

 

I can't think of many trades that don't return a living on that sort of thing . Iv had a few jobs in my life , this one I love the most but in reality a cleaning lady has a higher earning potential than me , sad state of affairs but true ..

I'm not bitching just getting it said and doing something about it .

But not being able to afford a gift for your sons 12th birthday is a thing of the past . The poor sod got to choose one of the unsold knives and ordered a throwing knife he will also probably never use ..

Unfortunately he doesn't use or like knives like us lot ..

 

Anyway that's where I'm at and where I'm heading . If non of it works out I'm off to be a cleaning lady !!!!