Knife porn thread

That one you're pointing to in the first pic only needs to be there if the clip is at that end. The other screw is the one that holds the knife together.

Not been on this tread for a while. Last time I was in Paris I went a little Opinel mad and bought a few Opinel kitchen knives from the Parallell range. When for the trio pack, santoku, fillet and meat and poultry. They are my favourite knives just so nice and easy to use.

Easiest to start with.

That one you're pointing to in the first pic only needs to be there if the clip is at that end. The other screw is the one that holds the knife together.

Yes, I'd gathered that from taking it apart. If they'd included a spacer that took the place of the clip in the stack (as it were) then the screw would be the correct length.

As it is, it's not - can't be, in fact.

I feel just as I did when I bought an Android telephone- really looking forward to something that turned out to be a crushing disappointment.

Also picked a douk douk up. For no other reason than I wanted one...

I'd forgotten your android saga. That sucked.

Sadly I threw all the packaging in the bin having opened it, erm, destructively.

If only you had a sharp knife to open the package neatly....

They look really good, don't they? The knife blade is great - better steel than victorinox - but the scissors and some of the other tools just aren't as nice as on Swiss army knives.

one of the downsides of finally having a sharp knife in the house, bad technique and poor habits are exposed as little knicks, grazes, and little cuts that don't draw blood, but are sensitive and irritating as fuck..

One of the upsides of having a really sharp knife in the house is you quite soon learn good habits and good technique! (or bleed a lot).

I don't have any Boker knives now, mostly for that reason. What looked great in the adverts was less than great in the hand. The sportmesser especially. I had it in my pocket for about three months, used it for all sorts of stuff, it soon became loose to point of being sloppy and the main blade ended up not sitting straight because either a side plate or the pivot pin had got bent. I gave it away, and went back to my leatherman, which is almost out of warranty now, but still more or less perfect.

Ha,

Next time you're over I can show you some good tips on how to use a knife without slicing yourself up!

Finally have all the pieces to build up my Julius Pettersson blade from the Ray Mears website. The pieces will need to be cut to size and then peened on. Still deciding if I want a brass boulster and end plate on there though. So far a combination of reindeer antler, an old leather wallet and some curly birch.

Anyone done this before? What glue did you use?

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You beauty. Can't help, but am jelly.

I used some standard 2 part stuff.
Do you have araldite over there?

Nice. I built a knife kit (but with a full tang and loveless bolts rather than a stick tang like yours) and just used 2-part epoxy. I only had 5 minute stuff and it was a bit cold in the shed while I was doing it so it was a bit thick but it seemed fine.

@drøn I believe we can get that over here, will check it out down the DIY shop tomorrow.

@hiraethus From what I've read some sort of 2 part glue is useful. Apparently you shouldn't need any glue if you do it right but I'm not risking it on my first go!

Gotta grab a junior hacksaw/coping saw for the antler and then good to go. Haven't got any power tools so it's going to be a laborious task.

I don't have any Boker knives now, mostly for that reason. What looked great in the adverts was less than great in the hand. The sportmesser especially. I had it in my pocket for about three months, used it for all sorts of stuff, it soon became loose to point of being sloppy and the main blade ended up not sitting straight because either a side plate or the pivot pin had got bent. I gave it away, and went back to my leatherman, which is almost out of warranty now, but still more or less perfect.

I'll be ordering another Victorinox for permanent pocket duties very shortly.

Get one custom made to your design from Robert Lessard https://www.instagram.com/robertjlessard/
Or buy the one I got from him which I never use:
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13697176/
£150, no waiting, and only used for a few weeks.

BTW:
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/147065/?offset=725#comment12139613
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/147065/?offset=850#comment12320134

Oh awesome! How did you find making the sheath? Was it difficult?

Thanks. No quite easy, but I do have a little experience working with leather.
Soak it real good in water with baking soda, it will make it soft and stretchy when wet and hard and rigid when dried out.

Be sure to wrap your knife in multiple layers of wrap and grase and let the sheath dry on the knife. Give it some good massage a couble of times during the drying to make it nice and tight.

What are you going to get?

With mine I was gluing micarta and G10 to steel, so nothing was going to flex but as your handle dries it might crack. Is your curly birch stabilised?

Mine isn't stabilised but hoping it's ok. I've been following a lot of people on IG who make knives and it seems they don't (fingers crossed!)