Caught a bunch of 8-10 inch fat rainbows from Tenya Creek in Yosemite Valley. Honestly probably overlooked for fishing as it’s right by a trail and not conducive to traditional fly fishing or spin fishing… but perfect for Tenkara! Most of the hits were on a copper kebari.
My second version of a combat/utility knife.
I made it out of 4 mm thick magnacut. Tapered tang. Chamfered top. Burlap Micarta scales with g10 liners and pins. Blade is just shy of 5” long and total weight is 7.34 oz. Balance point is right over the index finger. Very sliccey!
Next version will have a saber grind and will make the being the top sedge back about 2 cm.
I wanted a light weight compact camp chopper. Made this out of 1/8” thick CPM 3V with a convex grind and Osage orange scales with brass and aluminum bolts. 10.52 oz and due to the design can carve with the initial portion of the blade while retaining good chopping ability. Really comfy in the hand!
So, after making and owning hundreds of knives this is my current favorite for bushcraft. It looks ghetto but works oh so well :)
I took a cold steel commercial series scalper, made it into a spear point, very subtle recurve, and conveyed the edge. I have short fingers so ground the rubber coating a little thinner. About 5.5-6 inch blade and 5.5 oz overall.
Not a heavy knife but slices like you would not believe with the convex edge and can chop above its weight. Holds a great edge as well. All in all fits my need for a robust full sized bushcraft knife for hiking where I count ounces.
Not a full tang so goes against dogma but I cut the handle off another one of these. It’s incredibly robust, to break it you’d literally have to pound it into a tree with a hammer and then pound on it sideways which would be silly for any knife.
Reminds me of the old time scalping/frontier knives with thin blade abs convex edge. I can see why they were so popular with mountain men and trappers.