Knife porn thread

Nice find. ^
I have been given these great scissors. Is it possible to replace the centre pivot rivit with something that can be u screwed / tightened? Over years of use they have become a bit wobbly.

Just tap the rivet gently with a hammer, with the other end on something solid (an anvil, vice, flat rock) one tap should be enough, but go gently, one tap may be too much if you hit it too hard.

Thanks I'll try that. They are great scissors made in Hong Kong probably about 1960/70s still cut well. 👍

Bonsai scissors, they are.

Touché, Sir!

Think the blades are too long for Bonsai scissors but I may be wrong the handles are that style.

Big Bonsai?

What’s the top tip of loosening the lock ring on an opinel knife.
I got my son a kids one and it’s ridiculous. I have to wrap a cloth round it to open it.

Prise it open a bit with needle nose pliers or a flat blade screwdriver?

Should not be like that as rhb said, ot is it sticky like the wrong lube has been used?

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I’ve just found these old pictures of the knife I made for my daughter. Enzo Necker blade and olive wood

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That’s a nice job! Does it need the fire steel with the rod? ( is that a fire steel even?)

The rod is ferocium, I didn’t want her to use the knife on it in case she slipped and cut herself. so added the round striker. She was only 11 when I made it.
The liners are yellow and black, Hufflepuf colours, she went off Harry Potter soon after I made it.

The girl has taste ;)

Was knowingly using bad technique for splitting some wood today for convenience on the it'll be ok just this once basis. It wasn't.

Final score:

Barebones no.6 field knife 1 - 0 rhb

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Shit, heal up soon! What happened?

Machete suggestions - there are times I want to clear brambles etc and I’d rather not use the proverbial sledgehammer (chainsaw or flail mower on the tractor) to crack the nut.

Tramontina.

Given the thread I'd expect to see the Niwaki Billhook, although a Swiss Hook is a third the price and absolutely fine.
Probably not knife porn, though.

I’ve been using the martindale Golok

It comes without an edge but mine came with a file so you can put an edge on to suit your needs.

I was splitting kindling wood down further to very small thickness for my tiny woodstove. It was hard to balance them on end... steadied a bit of wood I was splitting with my left hand, just so I could engage the knife to then "baton" it through without a mallet once hand removed. I'd done this carefully a few times but this particular piece split through immediately with very little force = knife into finger quite deep & smaller cut to thumb.

(I changed back to resting my left palm over the knife instead to help it balance, accepting that sometimes the kindling will topple but ensuring my fingers should never be under the blades direction of travel.)

+1 Tramontina for cheap n cheerful. Mine does allotment duty where I might ding it on a permieter fence or stone so won't feel too bad about that.

I tend to lay the wood flat and then use the axe along the grain of the wood. It saves me from swinging a blade toward a hand that is supporting the wood. Otherwise I put a few logs into an old car tyre on top of a wooden chopping block and will then strike end on.

Machetes are for the jungle you want a Billhook. There are scores of traditional regional patterns but I have a modern Fiskars one which is very effective.

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