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Ray Mears Iroko Bushcraft Knife nearing end of production

Production of our Ray Mears Bushcraft Knife, as made by the esteemed British knife-maker Stephen Wade Cox, will soon be coming to an end in its current form. Our limited supply of Iroko - the African hardwood salvaged from a demolished church to create our handles - has slowly but surely diminished with each batch of knives.

The Iroko-handled Ray Mears Bushcraft Knife

The Iroko-handled Ray Mears Bushcraft Knife

At the time of writing, our penultimate batch of knives has just been made available on our website, and can be seen and ordered here: The Ray Mears Bushcraft Knife

Following on from this, the very last batch of Iroko-handled knives will be made available this September.

However, this departure does not mark the end of our collaborations with Stephen Wade Cox; a new version of the Ray Mears Bushcraft Knife is currently in the works, and further news of this model will be released later this year.

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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 Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 at 3:54 pm and is filed under Bushcraft Kit, Site Announcements.

4 Responses to “Ray Mears Iroko Bushcraft Knife nearing end of production” - most recent displayed first

  1. July 29th, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    David Thompson says:

    end of an era! Glad I got mine!! :)

  2. July 28th, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    The Woodlore Team says:

    Hi Tony,

    With our Iroko supply coming to an end, the plan is to produce the Ray Mears Bushcraft Knife with a handle made from an alternative material. We’ll be giving some clues on the chosen material nearer the time on Woodlore’s Twitter feed.

    As for the source of our Iroko wood, it was salvaged from a church in the West Midlands.

  3. July 28th, 2011 at 4:58 am

    Tony Hopper says:

    Hi
    What sort of changes to the SWC Ray Mears knife are you planning? + What is the source of the Iroko timber used in the current knives, is it from a building in the UK or somewhere else? Thanks

  4. July 27th, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    Ciaran Rooney says:

    Beautiful Wood, Great that it’s recycled!

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