Re: Nessmuk knife

The old hickory skinner came in. Like the green river skinner this
has a thicker blade than the butcher knives by old hickery or the
hunter or or Dadley by green river.

I bought a few OH's a while back and the blades were .055" thick. :/
You might have been sent old stock?

I decided to take a chance on turning my less than ten dollar
investment into trash and ground it down to make a Nessmuk.

Cool! :)

Yeah, modify that cheap sucker, and make it worth keeping. ;)

The blade is now about the same length as a Dadly but much
stronger. It leans back from the base to the tip. Lo

Picture! :)

The scales look like very dark hickory. I assume heart wood. If
they don't have some sort of penitrating oil finish on them they
look like they do.

Mine looked like very plain walnut and dry as a bone.
English walnut cheaper than hickory right now?

Not sure when I will get the chance to test it out but I can
understand why a man would want to carry a knife like this. You
could pay a lot more and end up with a lot less knife. This is
about the right size for easy carry.
deowll

A good tool is a good tool and something as basic as a fixed blade
hust hasn't needed to change much except in the market place?

Happy Easter and don't none of you go shotting the Easter bunny.

Hmmm... good idea, thanks. :)

Alvin in AZ
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