Those are some of many projects currently going on: A handforged spoon out of mild steel with a handle out of reindeer antler, a BIG sgian achlais , spring steel with a yew handle and copper ferrules for a friend of Craig´s, and a hadseax out of wire damascus with a reindeer antler handle.
The sgian achlais with a finished handle, not yet glued nor with the tang peened over the buttcap, for I have to do some grinding still. Wrecked half of my tools, so everything extremely tribal... but rugged to boot. Maybe I´ll do a video test on that knife soon, it certainly can take a beating! As is it chops through antler, oak and ash, carves mild steel rods and still cuts paper. I will take this to test and try harder still!
Those are the adventures of Mr. Fimbulmyrk, in bushcraft and blacksmithing, mountainbiking and hiking, reenactment, writing, singing, dancing, stargazing and having a piece of cake and a coffee. Pray have a seat and look around you, but be warned - the forest´s twilight is ferocious at times.
Beliebte Posts
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You all have read my post about the Knifemaker´s Fair in Solingen Klingenmuseum which...
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This is somewhat of an edit of an ancient post from way back then. But as is, the times have changed a lot, and so has my persp...
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Now, this was hardcore. On Sunday I had two demos: First in the Bethaus smithy in Witten, and then it was our traditional Sunday hammer-in ...
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In the thicket, under the crescent moon... the fox is hiding on its prowl. In the dark soil, rich and of musky scent, a bar o...
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This is my collection of traditional Hungarian hunting knives. I am quite interested into the ethnographical and morphogenetic influences of...
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This is part of my not exactly tiny collection of German hunting knives, representatives of a very distinct and ancient style of knife. Y...
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On 25th September the 3rd fair at the Martfeld castle in Schwelm is hold. There will be smiths, gold smiths, falconers, wildstock, dog obedi...
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Whether you call it Chrismas time or Yule time, there is no denying of the fact that these are special times. Being fed up with the c...
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Prepared the wild apple I collected recently. I removed the pips and sliced it into rings and dried it at 50 degrees Celsius in the oven for...
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Yap, I know, it has been some time ago, but then I have never claimed to be the New York times;-). Burns night, that is. Craig...