Back in August of this year, we posted some photos on our blog of a Julius Pettersson knife, which Woodlore customer Nick Simmons had made a handle for. Shortly after this, Nick got in touch with us again to share some photos of his original WK1 Woodlore Knife, which, after years of use, he decided to re-scale.
When asked if he'd mind us posting the pictures on our blog, he replied, "Yes, but I fear the puritans will hunt me down and lynch me for changing it!" Well, there's only one way to find out! Let us know what you think of Nick's handiwork:
Hi there,
I had some fun over the past few days re-scaling my Woodlore Knife. The original maple had stained over the years, so I decided to have a change:
[caption id="attachment_1972" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Nick's re-scaled WK1 Woodlore Knife"][/caption]
I incorporated a black fibre liner, a brass plate and some cape buffalo horn. While it was sat there without scales on, I had a go at some file work along the tang as well:
[caption id="attachment_1970" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="A close-up of Nick's file work"][/caption]
Hope you like it!
All the best,
Nick
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Hi Martin,
Sadly I’m not the intrepid guide from Wales!
Hope you’re enjoying Vienne!
All the best and thanks to everyone for the nice comments!
Nick
Is this the Nick I know from Wales, the intrepid guide of Roc de La Peche fame ( Extreme survival 1999/2000 ?? ) If so Veronique and I are back in her hometown of Vienne.
Knife neatly brought back to life with good taste!
Kind wishes,
Martin
We’ll forgive you for doing such a lovely job on that handle.
I have a self handled Mora blade with Madrone Burl wood, as the property I own in Oregon has lots of Madrone scattered throughout. Great to have a knife that works, even better to have a personal connection to such a great tool. Not sure my choice of wood is the best either, but it’s survived camping, canoeing, fishing, several dunks in the water, etc, so it works fine for me!
If that handle turns out to be a bit slippery in the field you can always make it a little less slippery with a bit if beeswax rubbed on the handle. When you get back to civilization you can just clean off the wax and the dirt it trapped to keep the knife looking good. Beeswax works well with gloved or mitten hand slip issues too.
looks gorgeous! i love the original but this is also fantastic espescially the file work and by the way when i saw it the first thing i thought of was the gibson XD beutiful work.
Nice work! Personally if my work was that good: I’d have sold the original, bought a woodlore clone blade, handled it and trousered the difference. But as we all know knives are more than just cutting tools, the memories come to mean a lot.
[/caption] I incorporated a black fibre liner, a brass plate and some cape buffalo horn. While it was sat there without scales on, I had a go at some file work along the tang as well: [caption id="attachment_1970" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="A close-up of Nick's file work"]
[/caption] Hope you like it! All the best, Nick
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Hi Martin,
Sadly I’m not the intrepid guide from Wales! Hope you’re enjoying Vienne! All the best and thanks to everyone for the nice comments! NickIs this the Nick I know from Wales, the intrepid guide of Roc de La Peche fame ( Extreme survival 1999/2000 ?? ) If so Veronique and I are back in her hometown of Vienne.
Knife neatly brought back to life with good taste!
Kind wishes,
Martin
We’ll forgive you for doing such a lovely job on that handle.
I have a self handled Mora blade with Madrone Burl wood, as the property I own in Oregon has lots of Madrone scattered throughout. Great to have a knife that works, even better to have a personal connection to such a great tool. Not sure my choice of wood is the best either, but it’s survived camping, canoeing, fishing, several dunks in the water, etc, so it works fine for me!
If that handle turns out to be a bit slippery in the field you can always make it a little less slippery with a bit if beeswax rubbed on the handle. When you get back to civilization you can just clean off the wax and the dirt it trapped to keep the knife looking good. Beeswax works well with gloved or mitten hand slip issues too.
looks gorgeous! i love the original but this is also fantastic espescially the file work and by the way when i saw it the first thing i thought of was the gibson XD beutiful work.
Nice work! Personally if my work was that good: I’d have sold the original, bought a woodlore clone blade, handled it and trousered the difference. But as we all know knives are more than just cutting tools, the memories come to mean a lot.
SBW
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