My hold up for a good carving video has been overtime work and a lack of good wood. That oak club I made came from my father's land an hour away. However, now that I know what that tree is on my property, I think I'd like to carve some of that cherry. I have a doctors appointment today instead of work. When I get home, I want to saw off one of the lower branches and see what I can do.
@@Captain-Electro I was fairly certain you'd have the test review cooking on the back-burner. In a sense I brought the whole thing up to inject a bit of drama into the long video ;D Having said that, I do appreciate the reassurance and all your support! Your Cherry wood will of course whittle very nicely I should expect. It also occurred to me to include in your package (today's the day!) a nice piece of Oak that was featured in my first YT video, it seems a fitting inclusion. (Today isn't a bank holiday, right?! ;)
@@KuukkeliBushcraft Thanks for the feedback! I think the channel name contains a story about synchronicities. It's interesting how they pop up. For another instance, how you and I lived in Catalunya, durant la mateix epoc; now you live in Finland, where I spent much of my first four years of life. I gather that you train dogs for the Iditterod and I currently have five lab mixes all under a year old I want to put to work. But I'm ignorant. If you see what I mean ;D
@@dongkhamet1351 sounds like you have lived everywhere Erik 🤣. The dogs are for tourist husky safaris. Not even the mighty Unni beast is quite up to the Iditarod. That's a really hard race.
@@KuukkeliBushcraftI did have quite a footloose life up until the past couple years. 2021 was the first year of my life, which began in '79, that I didn't get in an aeroplane. I'm sure you're right about the Iditterod! Actually my notion with the dogs is not competitive. They're good to have around so they earn their keep by keeping predators at bay, hunting rodents and being a laugh. Thing is they have a lot of energy to burn and I think if I could harness that they might be towing me to the lake or hauling some logs out of the bush. Am I being at all realistic? I am a fairly inexpert and inexperienced dog owner. I read that training begins with getting the dogs to run alongside an ATV and we do that sort of thing. Then at one year get them to start tugging something like a tire, with a harness. That's about all I know so far, so any pointers are most welcome!
I wish higher quality hawkbills were more readily available. A GEC is hard to get ahold of. It's strange because they aren't that much more quality materials than any other hawkbill. They just look good. Other knife makers think a karambit is a hawkbill. Or they copy case styles it seems. Those older ones you have, I'd like to see them made new again.
@@Captain-Electro Largely agreeing with all you say, I just looked at all 147 entries for "Hawkbill" on Arizona Custom Knives. If memory serves they had 4 GEC; 1 Case and 1 Reese Bose (this last one shaped like the two oldies, the Schrade Cutco and the Wostenholm IXL!) Everything else was kinda something else. I think that it must be a difficult blade to get right, because of the thin geometry especially being at its slightest down at the plunge grind: so the blade will warp easily during heat treatment. The two GEC Harvesters I have both have really excellent straightness and centering. Everything lines up better than on most folding knives I have seen. So as well as what you said, they have that going too and it's major! I want to start a knife company. Perhaps I already have started, since I have an original brand name and an original knife design - so now all it needs is a lot of a lot of hard work. Anyway, the classic Hawkbill is a niche I wish to occupy - since I love the pattern and use it daily, plus next-to-nobody is making them right IMO. By now I have a fair notion of how the knife ought to be - how could I not, with such a collection?! - so I really need to learn how to make a slipjoint. Then perhaps I will make a fine Hawkbill!
Killer stuff 👍great pattern. Thanks for sharing. Those hooks are always monster tight and like a lock back when opened.
@@CuttingEdgetools it's a pleasure!
My hold up for a good carving video has been overtime work and a lack of good wood. That oak club I made came from my father's land an hour away. However, now that I know what that tree is on my property, I think I'd like to carve some of that cherry. I have a doctors appointment today instead of work. When I get home, I want to saw off one of the lower branches and see what I can do.
@@Captain-Electro I was fairly certain you'd have the test review cooking on the back-burner. In a sense I brought the whole thing up to inject a bit of drama into the long video ;D
Having said that, I do appreciate the reassurance and all your support!
Your Cherry wood will of course whittle very nicely I should expect. It also occurred to me to include in your package (today's the day!) a nice piece of Oak that was featured in my first YT video, it seems a fitting inclusion.
(Today isn't a bank holiday, right?! ;)
Nice hawkbills but that Slojd knife looks awesome. Interesting to hear about your channel name too.
@@KuukkeliBushcraft Thanks for the feedback! I think the channel name contains a story about synchronicities.
It's interesting how they pop up. For another instance, how you and I lived in Catalunya, durant la mateix epoc; now you live in Finland, where I spent much of my first four years of life. I gather that you train dogs for the Iditterod and I currently have five lab mixes all under a year old I want to put to work. But I'm ignorant.
If you see what I mean ;D
@@dongkhamet1351 sounds like you have lived everywhere Erik 🤣. The dogs are for tourist husky safaris. Not even the mighty Unni beast is quite up to the Iditarod. That's a really hard race.
@@KuukkeliBushcraftI did have quite a footloose life up until the past couple years. 2021 was the first year of my life, which began in '79, that I didn't get in an aeroplane. I'm sure you're right about the Iditterod! Actually my notion with the dogs is not competitive. They're good to have around so they earn their keep by keeping predators at bay, hunting rodents and being a laugh. Thing is they have a lot of energy to burn and I think if I could harness that they might be towing me to the lake or hauling some logs out of the bush.
Am I being at all realistic? I am a fairly inexpert and inexperienced dog owner. I read that training begins with getting the dogs to run alongside an ATV and we do that sort of thing. Then at one year get them to start tugging something like a tire, with a harness. That's about all I know so far, so any pointers are most welcome!
I wish higher quality hawkbills were more readily available. A GEC is hard to get ahold of.
It's strange because they aren't that much more quality materials than any other hawkbill. They just look good.
Other knife makers think a karambit is a hawkbill. Or they copy case styles it seems.
Those older ones you have, I'd like to see them made new again.
@@Captain-Electro Largely agreeing with all you say, I just looked at all 147 entries for "Hawkbill" on Arizona Custom Knives. If memory serves they had 4 GEC; 1 Case and 1 Reese Bose (this last one shaped like the two oldies, the Schrade Cutco and the Wostenholm IXL!)
Everything else was kinda something else.
I think that it must be a difficult blade to get right, because of the thin geometry especially being at its slightest down at the plunge grind: so the blade will warp easily during heat treatment.
The two GEC Harvesters I have both have really excellent straightness and centering. Everything lines up better than on most folding knives I have seen. So as well as what you said, they have that going too and it's major!
I want to start a knife company. Perhaps I already have started, since I have an original brand name and an original knife design - so now all it needs is a lot of a lot of hard work.
Anyway, the classic Hawkbill is a niche I wish to occupy - since I love the pattern and use it daily, plus next-to-nobody is making them right IMO. By now I have a fair notion of how the knife ought to be - how could I not, with such a collection?! - so I really need to learn how to make a slipjoint. Then perhaps I will make a fine Hawkbill!