This is a knife I like a lot these days... made from magical sorcery steel I found in the woods and which contains more than just a bit of tungsten- it is frighteningly sharp. The blade is quite thick, but cuts well enough for a constant taper. Scales are bog oak from an iron mine in the #Muttental fitted with hollow pins. The sheath is vegetable tanned top grain leather with a dangler from mild steel, hand forged of course. I have come to just fit a long leather thong to the dangler and carry it under my shirt under the armpit... quite comfortable to carry, and you do not freak anybody out and it does not tug your pants down if you wear the light and loose-fit trousers I have come to like for the woods. For EDC you can just shorten it and stick the knife into your pocket with the same effect.
This is the common birch polypore, fomitopsis betulina, also known as birch bracket or razor strop. For a bushcrafter, it is a treasure ...
Maybe you know this feeling: The woods call you, call you out into their solemn embrace. They call you in your everyday business, in work ...
On Sunday, Kai, his girlfriend Marie and myself met to have a cuppa and a cake at the various smithies and museums in the Muttental. We f...
Cool thing about the Vic is that it is totally inspiring arsing around carving. Just occurred to me- sometimes you maybe want a gift for the...
Kai has done it again! When I was on a visit at his place recently, he presented me his newest project. 1.2842 steel, blade 76 mm long,...
Today I have reached another milestone in my learning. Just started my first fire with flint and steel. The striker I forged myself ages a...
This knife you might be familiar with. It has a blade out of the St. Jakobus pilgrim´s trail that runs near my home. The trail is virtually ...
This my latest conceptual work. I found another chisel in the woods, and on the detour, I met a fox in the moonlight... so I came up with...
Last weekend Martin from Ireland came visiting to do some forging and general horsing around;-), and yeah, here´s the story;-). Martin a...