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Iämpedahler waldmetz (Ennepetal forest knife)
This is one of the latest incarnations of a breed I simply love to make these days - and it seems others do actually approve as well, for some already found a home elsewhere... ;-). This one´s a...
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Long time user test... Victorinox /Wenger new ranger
This is one of those knives I own and use for quite a long time now. It rides in my pocket every day, since 2013... for a reason. In the meantime, the corporation had shut down, but the good thing is,...
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Das grosse Buch vom Messer by Oliver Lang - Geffroy: A Review
Oliver Lang-Geffroy, publisher at Underwood Publishing and author of Messermagazin fame, kindly sent me his book, "Das grosse Buch vom Messer" to read and tell you my opinion.The book arrived via...
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A recent ride... much needed again...
Sometimes it is outright disturbing... there´s so much going on and on, and work to do in a shitty job and messy voluntary work and stuff and a bike that keeps constantly falling apart that I just...
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Sheath for my #Iämpedahler waldmetz
Some two weeks ago I came home from work and, after opening a bottle of beer I realized it tasted like piss. So I thought, that couldn´t be it, made myself a tea and took out the leatherworking tools....
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Highland Games 2017: Blood, sweat, no tears ;-)
Last weekend was a busy and painful one for me. Highland Games 2017 in Wuppertal took place, and Jogi of www.clanmaclarenfriends.org invited us along to forge with kids and have a good time. bad...
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A short review of a Victorinox forester wood pocket knife
The other day there arrived a package from Nordisches Handwerk, a supplier of knifemaking goods, knives and bushcraft gear in Germany which I had long anticipated. In fact, I messed up the address, and...
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New En-Nep by Jonas
Jonas, our "apprentice" is making huge progress these days. Here he proudly presents a HUGE BSTD of an En-Nep made from steel of unknown provenience. The knife is forged into shape almost 100%,...
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A hike to Schmiedefest @Krenzer Hammer crafts fair
Last Saturday I met with Natalie and little Jonas to go on a foraging hike to the legendary crafts fair @ Krenzer hammer. (www.krenzer-hammer.de). We had an early start and were greeted by a snail and...
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Cookies, tea, and steel ;-9
A shitty day at work. An extremely shitty day at work. One of these days when you start to believe what your "fellow humans" tell you that you are. So, what to do? Off with me to the bus that´s bound...
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Alive. Just so. Hobbit Day 2017 galore impressions
Hobbit Day 2017 was a HUGE success. It is only natural that the chairmen of the club decided to cancel the layout for 2018, making it a slightly medieval crafts fair in actual. I was really fond of a...
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Krampus, Yule time, skóggángr and penitance of the wicked
Whether you call it Chrismas time or Yule time, there is no denying of the fact that these are special times. Being fed up with the clash of religions and all the ranting and self-entitlement going on...
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Luzie and the sica... ;-) a Yuletide post
Those who know me know that I have been growing ever more fond of the Dacian sica. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sica). This is a weapon / knife that dates back to the iron-age geto-Dacians, an...
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Bold copyism with an advantage
On the Jagd und Hund expo, which took place last weekend, I bought a bold copy of oe of my favourite bushcraft folders of all time, the EKA Swede 90. It is made by a corporation named "Ed Mahony" and...
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Brief review of an István Nagyi Hungarian shepherd´s knife-the Laguiole...
Also on the recent Jaagd und Hund expo I met with István Nagyi, who gave to me this beautifully accomplished Hungarian shepherd´s knife. Those who know me know that I am not overly fond of slipjoint...
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These murky woods - thoughts on the civic duty of escapism
I like to think that I am a thinking man. I like to think that I have a reasonable amount of common sense. I have a day job like so many others, and like so many others I only find space for dreams...
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On the bench these days...
It has been quite a while since I last posted some projects, for a good reason. With all the human scum tango going on again I simply could not find the creativity and energy anymore to get anything...
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On the bench: Some progress on my new bushcraft knife
Mustered some precious little time and worked on my new bush blade... just some refining the grind, some polishing and cleaning up the tang... and a bit of filework. Blade is some mystery stainless...
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So feicin´what
I have tried to be a decent member of our society. Indeed, I have. I have tried hard, so hard, that I suffered from it. I did a lot of things for others that I denied myself. For lack of time. For...
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An early spring foraging hike
These days I am not overly fond of my "fellow" human beings, to be frank. I did a lot of work for others, and of course charity bears its reward in itself, but if you ALWAYS get mobbed and deadbashed...
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