Enzos are a brilliant knife for the money, I have bought 3 blanks over the years and put my own scales on them, for the money they are brilliant and if you've got a little DIY skills you can customise them to suit yourself.
The perfect knife?
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Scandially
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Anyone do a DSC of knife sharpening?
Yep, I can see that now makes more sense. To be honest I solid the realise you were in NZ
. Thanks for the pics, the sheath looks nice. Have you had any problems with the blade chipping with hard use?I bought mine off here a few months ago. I have wanted one for literally years and I am super chuffed with it! There is still one for sale in the classified that was quite a bit more than I got mine for, but I did find an advert for a cheaper one too on a bushcraft forum but I’ve just checked and that looks to have sold
Took Guy Stainthorp out with me on the fallow which is my mainstay. He noted my ladylike small hands and how I work a carcass. Worth every penny, I can say that every day of the week.
We spend hundreds on the rifle and bullets are £50+ a hundred not including the powder or primer. The knife will still be with you as long as you aren’t a careless bafoon which I can be accused of. Especially after last weeks escapades resulting to a bleed on the brain. Very lucky to be here. Wife isn’t happy, I’m thinking I need two more custom knives for girls 2 and 3 to have as memento’s. Suffice to say wife is not going along with that
We spend hundreds on the rifle and bullets are £50+ a hundred not including the powder or primer. The knife will still be with you as long as you aren’t a careless bafoon which I can be accused of. Especially after last weeks escapades resulting to a bleed on the brain. Very lucky to be here. Wife isn’t happy, I’m thinking I need two more custom knives for girls 2 and 3 to have as memento’s. Suffice to say wife is not going along with that
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hedge hunter
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Anyone on SD making kydex seaths
Who made those? They look nice2 favourite knivesi think
Both 4" and stainless.
Rafter
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The edge did get a very small chip early on, but you could only notice it testing the edge on paper.Yep, I can see that now makes more sense. To be honest I solid the realise you were in NZ
I try really hard to avoid bone with the belly of the blade, and that helps a lot. Basically I treat it as 3 blades. The section nearest the choil I use for hocking, so it gets the most abuse. The belly for peeling the skin away, and the first inch or so for opening the skin and ring gutting.
It works for me, but there is more than one way to paradise.
Years ago a friend went hunting overnight and discovered 4 hours in that he had left his knife at home so he sharpened a teaspoon handle in a rock. The deer looked like a lion had been playing with it, but it worked.
This may help:
If you don't like listening to Dutch people speaking rubbish, skip to 2:50.
The green handle was made by "dorset blades" and i forgotten the orange handle maker
but its very light in the hand and easy to manouver, both very sharp.Stainless Mora Companion for me too, nice and bright if Im doing rabbits by headlamps too!It is so difficult to chose a knife without handling one...I was really fooled by the photo of the J.Marttini knife on the Monarch site...It looked like it would be a narrower blade than the standard Mora Companion which I thought would make it better for tunnelling out Roe and Muntjac.
Perfect proportions I thought.
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It was perfectly proportioned...but it turned out like Spinal Tap's Stonehenge Mini Monoliths. They had shrunk the whole knife down and I couldn't fit all my fingers between the knops on the handle
Alan
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zimtrout
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Who made the orange handled one??2 favourite knives
Both 4" and stainless.
I have watched the videos, been shown by others, but even with hours of trying I simply cannot get scandi knifes sharp freehand on whetstones. I was about to throw them all away until I discovered this technique
StephenToast
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The Dorset blades profile doesn't look too dissimilar to an F2 @ShabzThe green handle was made by "dorset blades" and i forgotten the orange handle maker
His standard length for that style is 5" but i went 4".
It is a really well put together knife with great fit and finish
This is about the best 'how to' in real terms that I have found. 'Seven secrets of knife sharpening' from Bladeforums.com
StephenToast
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4" is 100mm so only a fraction shorter than the F2 but it sounds like he is willing to customise. Could be a solution for Shabz then?His standard length for that style is 5" but i went 4".
It is a really well put together knife with great fit and finish
It looks a tidy knife, as does the orange one.
hedge hunter
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Green handle one looks very handyThe green handle was made by "dorset blades" and i forgotten the orange handle maker
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