Originally Posted By: tunefink
Joe, I am all for you modifying a knife to fit your needs and stylistic desires. You own it, do what you will.

Several people here have had Randalls rehandled and even refinished with hammer marked blades, especially by James Behring. I have a Randall kit knife that he finished for me..... and I really like it. Most (none) have not reshaped the blades.

I am in the process of having a run of Randal APFK's "customized" to my specs. The blade grinds will nor be altered, but none the less, they will not be stock Randalls. I will share the results once I get the first 10 knives back from my guy.


I am curious..... and this is a serious question.

What are "woodcrafting" and "bushcraft" duties. I have spent a day or two in the woods and I have never used those two terms to describe my knife related activities.

Could you elaborate on those two terms and what the mean in camp?


For me "bushcrafting" entails most EVERY aspect of being as comfortable and self suffecient for extended time periods in a remote wooded area. Shelter building, basic firewood processing and kindling, fire starting thru anything from primitave means to more modern means, food prep and outdoor cooking methods,...and MANY more individual aspects of setting up and maintaining a comfortable woods camp.

There is a lot of overlap, and most folks have their own personal thoughts on various aspects of the hobby and what categories a task should be placed in. It's not critical as far as I'm concerned.

"Woodcrafting" in my mind is a bit more specialized, in that I'd include making wooden tools and utility items for use in camp. Things such as spoons and forks, bowls, fire making bow and related parts, making and setting snares and deadfalls, making more complicated wooden shelters with beds and campfire cooking setups, primitive weapon making,...etc,......

A thinner bladed spear pointed knife seems to work best for me, and to date I have had my thinned out Model 26 Pathfinder out on a few occasions. (the subject of my 1st modified knife in this thread)

This 01 tool steel blade works well with that knife, although I'd like it even better without any choil. Fortunately it has a short and fairly shallow one, and I've adjusted to that.



Edited by Joe Tousignant (04/09/15 03:22 AM)