Hand sanitizer comes in handy.
I daresay we all had enough of it. Personally, I can safely say that the smell of hand sanitizer is no longer anything I can enjoy (maybe because I never did in the first place) 😉. But actually, the...
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Short Review of a Hartkopf Solingen traditional pen knife
Testing out the Hartkopf Solingen pen knife. Frighteningly sharp out of the box, ace for feathersticking, with a really secure backlock, lovely, beautiful ebony handle with nickle silver bolster and...
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Introduction to a traditional Turkish knife-Serik Biçaği
Those are some knives I got for next to nothing on a local flea market from a really nice Turkish gentleman. They are native to Serik in the Antalya region of Turkey and they are a really traditional...
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Trying to make a decent knife with a 6cm blade
Politicians happened. Course they tried to push it through during bread and games, aka the European Football Championship. Of course. I talk about the novelty offensive weapon act in Germany. We all...
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Making a ceramic sharpening strop from junk
The other day, on a stroll to Fritz' place, I found a piece of Ceramic, maybe from an electrode or a filter. Had a piece of roe deer antler lying around not doing anything (also found in the woods,...
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A use for the #Victorinox multi purpose hook
Now those Victorinox Swiss Army knives are really a strange thing. I mean, I do make knives myself, and some of them are pretty decent ahem, and I own quite a lot of production knives. As a kid, I was...
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Fun little carving practice with a #Victorinox #SAK
Cool thing about the Vic is that it is totally inspiring arsing around carving. Just occurred to me- sometimes you maybe want a gift for the family or other loved ones, and here' s an idea. How about...
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Review of a #Victorinox Farmer X #SAK
I have been meaning to get myself this knife for a good ten years. But, well, you know how it is. Actually I did suspect that the knife would be capable. A lot of you guys, especially in the UK, use...
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Fun little #carving project with a #Victorinox #Farmer X
This is a really fun, quick carving project, also great for carving with kids. Carving a mushroom is relatively easy and fast. Take a longer stick and round the tip. Carve or saw in an incision around...
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The essence of Evil-a knife?
(Book: Sven Nordkvist: Pettson och Findus) The current move towards an even more strict offensive weapon act in Germany makes me want to reflect upon the topic. It is, of course, easy to think along...
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Really awesome new book
(Doris Fischer: Flechten, Färben, Schnitzen, Aarau und München 2017) Got myself a really cool book, which is rather unusual compared to other works. The systematic approach is centered around plants...
View ArticleWhy I protest the current move towards more knife restrictions in Germany
" The law of Germany (German: Recht Deutschlands), that being the modern German legal system (German: deutsches Rechtssystem), is a system of civil law which is founded on the principles laid out by...
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Why Mora is simply ace
Today, a parcel from Sweden arrived. With a good old thing in it, an old Frost's Mora knife, one with the old laminate steel and an early plastic sheath, maybe from the 50s or 60s. Now I certainly do...
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I forged a titanium knife
On a crafts fair ages ago I had forged a knife from titanium, an old piece of material from a prothetics corporation, 6AL4,5V. Fact is, I had heard it were impossible to forge a knife from it with an...
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Musings on a very old German knife- 1865's Jagdnicker
One of the oldest and most interesting knives in my collection I only got recently. I have been fascinated by the traditional German and Austrian hunting and utility knife, especially the Jagdnicker...
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Another rugged and very traditional German pocket knife- El. Herder Hippekniep
This is a very traditional knife from Solingen. In Solingen it is called a Hippekniep or Notschlachter (emergency butcher's knife), but it has seen worldwide recognition. In the US and UK it is...
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History of an iconic Austrian knife
"A rechta Bua hoat a feitl, feia und a schnua", is an old Bavarian and Austrian saying. It translates loosely as "a true boy has a jackknife, fire, and some cordage". Not long ago it was customary...
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Carving challenge with a Mora Robust and some foul-mouthed sarcastic philosophy
Having some sort of container is not only practical and sometimes even beautiful, but can also make all the difference in the woods. You can collect water in it and even boil it in order to achieve a...
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More traditional firecraft
Well, a lot of people do keep telling me that there is no point in making fire the traditional way. You can just buy a BIC lighter, right? Fact is, I always carry one, together with a tin of matches...
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An attack on democratic structures in Germany.
Well, look at that. Look at this knife. It is a Swiss Army knife. It will become illegal to carry. The Bundesrat initiative in the current move towards a Security concept for Germany after the...
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