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Short review of Lizard Moro Mid stalking shoes
I recently got some new shoes. I have long considered making my own mocassins, but wasn´t able to get decent aftermarket soles. Of course you could use shoe goo, but then you get no traction profiles....
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Willy´s new blacksmithing multi-tool and a technical trail ride home
On Friday it was ruckus in the smithy again. I wanted to come early to have a chance to pursue my own projects, but to little effect. Julia and Nick joined in and I had to try to tutor them while...
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Steampunky survival tribal tactical whatnot...;-)
This is a recent experiment I made.. it started as a bush knife with a socket construction... I did a quick linen wrapping and stabilized that with epoxy. In atime consuming process it then was...
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Encounter with the hornéd ones...
After work, and unnerved as usual, stressed and miserable like most of the times these days, I took the bus overland to get out into the woods. I hurried along, but as I hit the deep, silent and...
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Spring is here!
Yeah, it´s about to begin around these parts... the birds are trilluping madly and the deer are not shy in the least, as you can perfectly see..;-) Lesser celandine (Ranunculus Ficaria, in German:...
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Úlenklawe wiärd báren (Owl´s claw is getting born;-))
Okay, here they come.. some progress shots of my Sica, now aptly named Úlenklawe. In my local vicinity there was a special language spoken (some elderly people still speak it). It is called Nether...
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Whittling a bear´s head with a bushcraft knife
On a recent bimble I came across this lovely piece of pine wood and thought to get some whittling practice in. Now many people argue you can´t do delicate stuff with a bushcraft knife... but it´s...
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On the bench these days...;-)
Top to bottom: Damascus blade, spring and file steel-ring hilt EDC, forged from an old wrench, skinning knife, a three-layer laminate blade, a bushcraft knife with less than 1% stock removal, and a...
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Those alien woodland worlds
After a really shitty day at work I almost ran to the bus to get "out there". It was nearly a run into the thicket, where I at once had a sit-down and did some breathing to prepare myself to get into...
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Getting born from the forest´s twilight-Úlenkláwe wiärd báren...
Slowly rising from the depth of my thoughts, from the deeper regions of my soul and the deep of the rich, black soil, from a wood contaminated with waste and poison, steel rose to the surface,...
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First try in repoussé technique on Úlenklawe´s hilt
I had this old tableware in fine silver lying around not doing anything, so I figured I ´s just try out some jewellery work for Úlenkláwe´s hilt. Might not look the part, but it should be an owl ;-D....
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Somewhat of a stinky finger;-P
Ron pointed out somewhat of a weak spot with me... fact is, I make a lot of knives. Noone wants to buy them, and many have a story that is quite personal, so I would not sell them. So I am left with a...
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On the bench- jewellry and crap steel...:-)
Just a quick update on what is up to now: Arm ring from table cutlery... Another one from bronze... This one I found in the forest in a very strange manner: I followed two wild pigs into a holly...
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Of Swords and Owls and new and old wisdom- Solingen knife expo 2016
On Sunday the tides were turning again towards the DAY. THAT day. In every year I - and more and more of my friends- visit the Solingen knife expo. Nick and Kathrin were meeting me in the train, and...
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A tired ride to the smithy
It is happening again.It would be a laughing matter if it happened to someone else, but as is, I am not quite sure about it. For I am the one making a dunce of himself again. You might have seen it...
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OTB-new project knife
This my latest conceptual work. I found another chisel in the woods, and on the detour, I met a fox in the moonlight... so I came up with an idea for a byknife for Úlenklawe named Maandevos...
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Progress on Maandevos-Maandevos wiärd báren!
In the thicket, under the crescent moon... the fox is hiding on its prowl.In the dark soil, rich and of musky scent, a bar of steel did hide for decades...Steel it is of skillful provenience, ardent...
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Progress on my Fimbulmuk
Now this is a knife that I am increasingly fond of... It´s my trademark Fimbulmuk design that incorporates characteristics of the Canadian belt knife design and a Nessmuk. Scales are stag antler, the...
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New belt pouch
I tend to be bit lazy when leatherwork is concerned, but not because I do not enjoy it. Yesterday I found my resolve and made this belt pouch... it´s still not perfect and has to see quite some...
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New viking sheath knife
This is my latest project: A Viking sheath knife inspired by Norse blade finds and Mammen carving patterns. The Damascus blade (100x 5-1.5 mm) is made from file and spring steel. And here comes the...
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