Appreciating the Scandi grind
Appreciating the Scandi grind
The more time I spent outdoors, the more I appreciate a scandi edge
I finally put the BPS Knives HK5 to the test, and it's passing with flying colors.
Now that I'm a brother of bushcraft—just kidding.
Now that I'm just barely getting outdoors more and using my knives in the pursuit of sound survival skills, I am growing to appreciate the Scandinavian or Scandi grind.
The zero-ground edge for which the edge bevel itself is the cutting edge. The scandi edge is renowned for its abilities with wood, especially carving, notching, and kindling making (I make fire!) and you see them most commonly on Morakniv knives.
I have been using my Mora Model #2 (with the red wooden handle) and the Companion and love their ergonomics and edge geometry.
However, I just reintroduced the HK5 into my weekend outdoor rotation and feel like I am rediscovering it as a very useful and comfortable tool.
Upon receiving the knife from BPS, a Ukrainian father and son team, I immediately recognized the quality and the value of the handmade outdoors knife (these are $40 knives) but had little practical use for it.
Now my BPS HK5 has a spot in my hiking haversack, making it a somewhat permanent fixture in the weekend rotation.
The handle on my copy is unfinished but nicely contoured wood, which is screaming for a custom stain. The 1066 High carbon blade fits snugly in its above-class leather pouch dangler sheath, one of the finest in my collection.
It's vanishingly rare to find a handmade knife of high quality and high value from a family business for sale for a song on Amazon.
Do what you will with that information...
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Knife Junkie out!
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Ken Brock, Brock Blades: The Knife Junkie Podcast (Episode 545)
Ken Brock of Brock Blades joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 545 of The Knife Junkie Podcast.
Ken's first knives were the clueless efforts of a high school kid in shop class. In 2003, like many knife makers, he sold part of his knife and gun collection to buy his first grinder.
Ken was a law enforcement officer with no interest in working a side security job, like most of his fellow officers. As he continued to develop as a knifemaker, he began to make kydex sheaths for other makers.
In 2021, after 30 years of service in law enforcement, Ken retired to focus on making blades full time.
Find Brock Blades online at brockblades.com and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/brock_blades.
