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Nick Simmons’ Julius Pettersson Knife

Here’s another fine example of the many different styles of handle that are being made for our Julius Pettersson Knife Blade. Woodlore customer Nick Simmons created a more ornate handle than is often seen, using filework techniques to great decorative effect:

Hi there,

Just finished this knife for my good friend Eddie’s 40th birthday. Thought you might like to see it!

Nick's finished Julius Pettersson knife

Nick’s finished Julius Pettersson knife

There’s a mix of Barasingha antler, red fibre liner, cape buffalo horn, indian ebony and an unknown offcut that a deer keeper gave me! Loved working on it.

Detail of Nick's filework

Detail of Nick’s filework

This is the first Scandinavian style knife I’ve made, I don’t think it’ll be the last!

Further decoration from Nick's fileworking

Further decoration from Nick’s fileworking

All the best,

Nick Simmons

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Woodlore, School of Wilderness Buchcraft was founded in 1983, by the British Bushcraft and survival expert Ray Mears. Woodlore began as a relatively unknown company, offering a small selection of courses on bushcraft techniques. With Ray's ambition and perserverance, Woodlore has since grown into a world-renowned and highly respected school, offering in-depth courses on a wide range of bushcraft and survival subjects. In addition to training, Woodlore now also provides some of the finest outdoors equipment from around the world, carefully selected on the basis of our extensive experience.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 15th, 2011 at 9:15 am and is filed under Bushcraft Kit, Customer posts.

8 Responses to “Nick Simmons’ Julius Pettersson Knife” - most recent displayed first

  1. August 22nd, 2011 at 7:08 pm

    Nick Simmons says:

    Aha! Thanks for that Glyn. There’d been some speculation that it might be an off cut from an old chair leg or something!

  2. August 22nd, 2011 at 7:37 am

    Glyn Ingram says:

    Hey Simmo, great job. The wood is yew from Dyrham Park, South Gloustershire. Best wishes, Glyn.

  3. August 16th, 2011 at 10:09 pm

    Nick Simmons says:

    Thanks folks! Eddie liked it as well. The file work is easier than you’d think and it’s well worth having a go at it yourself. Practice in a scrap of steel or something softer like aluminium first though! I think the fact that i could do it into the back of a finished blade speaks volumes about the quality of blacksmithing. The edge being hard, the back being soft enough to file.

  4. August 16th, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Jen says:

    Fantastic – well done :-)

  5. August 16th, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    MAX says:

    WOW this is FANTASTIC.
    Really loving the detail to your work, when is your next one being done? George would love one….

  6. August 15th, 2011 at 7:52 pm

    Sean says:

    Gorgeous!

  7. August 15th, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    Mafro says:

    Superb work. Really good filework too.

  8. August 15th, 2011 at 11:07 am

    Ciaran Rooney says:

    Very very nice work my friend, Really like carving on top there!

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