Adam and the Striking Knife

Re: Adam and the Striking Knife

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>What you need to do is search the hand tools archives for striking AND knife. You will get more really useful info than you can shake a stick at.

For example:

Striking knives still commercially available *LINK* *PIC*

The response to this message provides another source.

Also, you will find out how to make your own really easily, if you have a grinder, from a common as dirt spade bid that you can get at the Borg for a couple bucks.

Re: Adam and the Striking Knife

Frank Mutchler in Colorado Springs

>Jason, Dave Anderson participates in this board and makes beautiful and functional tools. Take a look at Dave's Website and see if you find something you like.

Re: Adam and the Striking Knife

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>�but Dave doesn't make one you can mark wood and stick in your eye at the same time :^)

Make your own striking or marking knife

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>Shortly after Adam published his (first?only?) article on his striking knife, I had the yen to make one as much like it as possible. Chris Schwarz had one as well and I recall that he mentioned that they were quite rare and, thus, difficult to purchase.

It occurred to me that the overall plan of a striking knife was similar to a spade bit, and I built one from this material and reported it on this forum at the time.

Using it, however, was not quite what I had imagined - not really pleasant at all. Not only did it lack the hand support I was used to with my other marking knives, but I was in constant danger of marking myself more than the timber!

So it is another tool that languishes on the shelf. However the old spade bits in my drawer now took on a new significance, a source of quality steel for knives.

Below are pictures of a striking knive, a marking knife, and an awl made from old spade bits.

Regards from Perth

Derek