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Post by pathwinder14 on Nov 27, 2012 12:33:46 GMT -7
I know what a crooked knife is. However, can someone please explain to me their uses besides making bowls and spoons? What essential peice of gear can I fashion with a crooked knife that I cannot fashion with a regular knife?
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Post by BORNTHATWAY on Nov 27, 2012 17:59:50 GMT -7
Acrooked stile to go a crooked mile. Sorry I could not help myself.
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Post by alex on Nov 27, 2012 20:06:28 GMT -7
The knife was simply a tool made out of necessity...It is simply a tool that allows one to make carving bowls, spoons, kuksa's ( www.handmadeofwood.com/kuksa ) easier. Most of the work can be done with a standard knife but the crooked knife just makes life much easier. To fully answer your question, the rounded bottom of bowls, spoons and kuksa's are easily done with a crooked knife...where as with a standard knife you'll not get the smooth cuts and rounded bottom with out a whole lot of sanding. |
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Post by pathwinder14 on Nov 28, 2012 8:56:04 GMT -7
Thanks alex. I won't bother getting one then.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 9:15:42 GMT -7
We use them for scraping the bottom of horses hooves and trimming the frog pads on them before trimming them. This is just an example of them...are these like what you are talking about? www.centaurforge.com/Hoof-Knives/products/87/ |
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Post by alex on Nov 28, 2012 16:47:58 GMT -7
I use a Mora 164 which is made for carving where the one Dink posted is also called a crooked knife or a hook knife and are typically used in farrier work on hooves as she listed. Here's a photo of a Mora 164 like mine:  My knife is single edge and is drawn to a point where a Mora 162 is not drawn to a point and is double edged to allow you to cut in both directions. Sharpening a hook knife is a whole other task but is easily mastered. |
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