Higonokami

[desmobob]

Darn nice photos and collection Bob
I like all three of those last three on the bottom.
I've kind of migrated to the inexpensive end with the fixed blades I carry now. So far, I'm getting the service I need from these two older style Mora 511 knives;
Still, one of those small Busse knives might sway me from that path.
Regards,
Greg

Greg,

Funny you mention the Mora knives... of all the Busses I have, only a handful are what I consider generally useful because most have overly thick blades with steep edge bevels. My favorite backpacking/camping knife is a custom made with a Scandi-style blade like on a Mora.



I also love this one:




Each of my hiking, camping and hunting packs has a Mora stashed in it (either a Classic, Clipper or Companion; around ten bucks each). You can't beat those knives for five times the price!

Tight groups,
Bob

[gb6491]

Greg,

Funny you mention the Mora knives... of all the Busses I have, only a handful are what I consider generally useful because most have overly thick blades with steep edge bevels. My favorite backpacking/camping knife is a custom made with a Scandi-style blade like on a Mora.



I also love this one:




Each of my hiking, camping and hunting packs has a Mora stashed in it (either a Classic, Clipper or Companion; around ten bucks each). You can't beat those knives for five times the price!

Tight groups,
Bob

Bob,
Once again excellent knives and photos of them!

As I had made a couple knives at about the same time, I remember when Daniel Koster first started making knives. Back then, he used to post quite regularly on the HI forum at bladeforums and I had sent him a smaller khukuri for his father's use (or maybe it was for father in law).
Anyway, I enjoy seeing your knives, keep'em coming (if you are of a mind to).
Regards,
Greg

[downtownv]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"A higonokami (肥後守^?) is a type of folding pocket knife originating in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1896. The knife has no locking system, but is a friction folder or "penny knife",^[1] using the friction of the swivel or the pressure of the user's thumb on a protruding tang to prevent the knife from folding during use."

And here I thought it was folding paper into cool stuff like swans...

[desmobob]

Bob,
Once again excellent knives and photos of them!

As I had made a couple knives at about the same time, I remember when Daniel Koster first started making knives. Back then, he used to post quite regularly on the HI forum at bladeforums and I had sent him a smaller khukuri for his father's use (or maybe it was for father in law).
Anyway, I enjoy seeing your knives, keep'em coming (if you are of a mind to).
Regards,
Greg

Thank you, Greg. I'm glad you enjoy the knives and photos. I used to spend a lot of time over at Bladeforums. I photographed my knives when I first got them and they may not look as pretty today...

The Dan Koster knife you identified in my photo is from a run of knives he made for Bladeforums members.



I love that knife, but... it is just a tad too small to be comfortable for my big hands. If that knife was about ten or fifteen percent larger, it might be perfect for me. The Brian Andrews knife pictured below it is also a favorite of mine and though there are some changes I would like it to have, it has seen the most woods time of all my knives.

The Andrews knife has a handle-heavy balance that doesn't feel quite right to me. I wish the blade didn't have that slight belly to it. And I wish the sheath was as compact as the JRE sheath that came with the Koster. But despite these niggles, it's almost always the knife I bring when backpacking.

I'd feel secure heading into the woods with either of these knives, though. They are wonderful!



Here's the first knife I ever bought: a 1975 Schrade Stockman I bought when I was in junior high school. It was lost for a year on the bottom of a local lake but I eventually found it with SCUBA, got the rust cleaned off and got her back in working order.



Tight groups,
Bob