Small knife recommendations
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Whalberg86
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Fallkniven F2, found it ideal for your requirements
Rake Aboot
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What’s the difference?
A sharp knife is a sharp knife no ? .
A mate of mine used to do fancy grinds with fancy stones etc. I used a couple and to be honest , as long as it’s sharp it made no difference.
Rake Aboot
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Nice but 10x the price
When you look at the cross section of the grinds, comparing the flat grind (often called a 'full flat grind') to the Scandi, you can see how much more efficient the grind is for slicing and incising. The low shoulders of the Scandi make it a strong blade - but best suited to roles that have a lot of lateral pressure exerted - like bushcraft, wood carving, chopping. The Scandi grind is not great at slicing, food prep and cutting through dense materials - mostly due to the steep angle transition from edge to max blade thickness when compared to a flat grind.
Once you try a good flat grind or even a good hollow grind, you'll never want to go back to Scandi for a hunting knife.
Rake Aboot
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I doubt my skills would expose a difference.
As I said. As long as it’s sharp , it works fine.
As I said. As long as it’s sharp , it works fine.
CookM
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I agree with the flat grind for butchery purpose,used on my Swibos and Victorinox.
When you look at the cross section of the grinds, comparing the flat grind (often called a 'full flat grind') to the Scandi, you can see how much more efficient the grind is for slicing and incising. The low shoulders of the Scandi make it a strong blade - but best suited to roles that have a lot of lateral pressure exerted - like bushcraft, wood carving, chopping. The Scandi grind is not great at slicing, food prep and cutting through dense materials - mostly due to the steep angle transition from edge to max blade thickness when compared to a flat grind.
Once you try a good flat grind or even a good hollow grind, you'll never want to go back to Scandi for a hunting knife.
I like the Scandi on my field knives though.
Well, you can drive along in a Morris Minor or BMW M3, just because you might not be an F1 driver doesn't mean you won't be able to appreciate the difference.
Rake Aboot
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I’m going to hazard a guess that I won’t tell much difference cutting the arsehole out of a roe
I’ve always thought they look a good little knife. Quite a wide blade for tunnelling smaller species though.
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Thanks for this picture
When you look at the cross section of the grinds, comparing the flat grind (often called a 'full flat grind') to the Scandi, you can see how much more efficient the grind is for slicing and incising. The low shoulders of the Scandi make it a strong blade - but best suited to roles that have a lot of lateral pressure exerted - like bushcraft, wood carving, chopping. The Scandi grind is not great at slicing, food prep and cutting through dense materials - mostly due to the steep angle transition from edge to max blade thickness when compared to a flat grind.
Once you try a good flat grind or even a good hollow grind, you'll never want to go back to Scandi for a hunting knife.
Nothing stopping you reshaping it, as I've done with other knives, and using it as a good starting point for personal preference.
That’s fair enough but there’s plenty of knives that are the right size and shape for small deer for those that don’t want or have the tools to regains and refinish a knife.
3 knives that are about perfect for small deer, full gralloch not just tunnelling, in descending value .
Guy Stainthorp Claw. Love this little neck knife, though I carry on my belt, the quality of Guy’s knives needs no further explanation.
Moki Banff. Again very good, hollow grind and takes a very keen edge.
Sdokedc. Cheap copy of an Esee knife, from Ali express. Bought to keep as a back up in my camelbak pouch. DC53 tool steel, great edge and hard to lose! Good value at £30.
Guy Stainthorp Claw. Love this little neck knife, though I carry on my belt, the quality of Guy’s knives needs no further explanation.
Moki Banff. Again very good, hollow grind and takes a very keen edge.
Sdokedc. Cheap copy of an Esee knife, from Ali express. Bought to keep as a back up in my camelbak pouch. DC53 tool steel, great edge and hard to lose! Good value at £30.
kenbro
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Are these EDC knives?
Ken.
As in legal carry with no reason? No.
kenbro
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Yes, Every day carry.
Cheers, Ken.
All fixed blades buddy so not legal to carry without reason, I don't really like folders for gralloching as they're a bugger to clean.
It would if you did not go into this with blinkers on . Lets forget the whole idea of the hand built knife market and any bias from myself eh ? Not that any exists ! I did indeed recommend the victorinox straight boner and the rabbit model many times supierior as the cheap option anyhow . Both designed for skin and flesh cutting.
I actually have two Bushcraft knife builds on the bench at this current time as it happens , so i am not a Scandi knife hater , for from it in fact ! Its the very best grind for wood especially green wood. But Deer you will find are handled better with thin full flat ground or Boning knives that are pretty much thin flat stock to start off with a tiny primary edge .
While you dont need to know how many degrees to sharpen at the bevel should create very low friction . V type and other similar pocket sharpening devices will unfortunately quickly lead to a blunt knife , try a larger flat stone or even a block of wood with various abrasive paper grits when dealing with true V grinds / scandi grinds . Most More are based around scandi and V grinds , i assume that is what you got ?
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