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PRODUCTION MODELS
BAKEAPPLE
This knife model is called the BAKEAPPLE, and has so far been the most popular of all of my knives.
Designed during the summer of 2018, this little neck knife measures in at six inches long, and is named after a small orange berry that grows in Newfoundland, Canada.
The small size allows the knife to be worn comfortably around the neck, or even inside a pocket, but the design features allow it to be an excellent multi-use utility knife.
The shallow belly and fine tip make this knife a great woodcraft, whittle, and craftsman's knife, while the beautiful front upsweep make it a great small game processing knife and skinner.
The price tag also helps to make this knife popular, at less than $150 for a handcrafted knife.
"It's a high quality knife that will last a lifetime and I can pass it down to my son" - Woodsman Mike K.
TUCKAMORE
The Tuckamore was Kyle's first DO-IT-ALL woods knife design, made to incorporate all the necessities for the back country.
At approximately 8.5 inches in length, and carved from 1/8" O1 carbon steel, the Tuckamore pattern gives you all the things you need, and leaves out all of the junk you don't.
The size and clean lines make this user excellent at nearly any task around the campfire, from firewood processing, fire-craft, whittling, food prep, and more. At 1" deep, it even has enough belly to do a great job in animal processing.
"It's the most durable knife I have ever owned. It's has started hundreds of fires and carved a thousand feather sticks. To say I love it is an understatement"
- Dan, who recently processed his fresh deer with his tuckamore!
PREVAIL
The PREVAIL has quickly become a crowd favorite for the bushcraft community.
Designed for bushcrafter Troy Bullock, this knife measures in at 9.5 inches long, carved from 3/16 inch steel.
It's size allows it to accomplish the heaviest tasks like batoning or bone splitting, but the design features allow it to be an excellent multi-use utility knife around the camp as well.
Although the Prevail was designed as a custom piece for Troy, I quickly added it to the production list, as customer requests came in from all over.
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YELLOWFOX
The Yellowfox is a DO-IT-ALL woods knife pattern, with a stronger lean towards game processing than any of my other patterns.
At 8.5" in length and 1/8" thick, it is similar in size to the Tuckamore pattern, but the difference is in the DEPTH.
The Yellowfox is 1.5 inches deep, allowing for a very deep choil that keeps slippery, bloodied hands from riding up onto the blade. Additionally, the 1.5 inch depth allows a beautiful front sweeping blade which is ideal for skinning and caping.
The 'scandi grind' might seem unusual for a hunting knife, but this is what helps keep the Yellowfox in the 'do-it-all' realm. Oftentimes, dedicated hunting blades have grinds far too thin and delicate to be useful for many camp tasks, but not the Yellowfox. Process your bear, baton your wood, carve your pot hanger, and lay a fresh piece of backstrap in the cast iron. This Yellowfox will do it all.
WARRIOR
The Warrior is Kyle's latest addition to the production line-up at KN KNIVES.
At over 9 inches long, 1.5 inches deep, and carved from 3/16" O1 steel, this knife will handle just about anything you could put it through.
The 1.5 inch deep sweeping blade would make this knife an excellent big game processing knife, while the stoutness would provide a top-tier camp wood processing monster!
There is just enough of a rear hook near the pommel to allow the warrior to be swung in a bushwhacking scenario.
This two-knife set was an exciting build. After talking with the client, we decided on these exact design specs.
The larger of the two, a chopper, is just over eleven inches long, and two inches deep! Its companion is roughly 7 inches long. Both are built in O1 carbon steel, and have mirror-polished convex bevels.
The handles are gorgeous, using a combination of coyote brown micarta against the tang, and red-coral canvas micarta on the outside. Brass-steel mosaic pins finish off the look.
The sheath was the true engineering struggle, creating something that allowed both to be worn in a 'piggy-back' style, but that also allowed the smaller knife to be detached and worn separately. After multiple sketches, I was quite happy with the resulting leather work.
The owner:
"The knives are performing beautifully. From food prepping to overall field duties there is really nothing I can’t do with this pair. Edge retention is excellent and it only takes a few strokes on my strop to touch them up. No chips or edge rolls on the edges to date. Very happy with these knives."
CUSTOM BUILDS
This knife was a crowd favorite, crafted during episodes one and two, of the Newfoundland Hobbyist (season 2). It was designed to be a hunting and woodcraft knife.
It is built from O1 carbon steel, with a medium-high flat grind. The blade was hand sanded and then buffed to a mirror polish.
For the handle, I used two different materials. Against the tang there is a 3/32 layer of bright red G10, and on top of that there is a tri-colored micarta, black, white, and tan. Three solid brass pins help to hold the handle together.
The edge was honed to a 6000 grit finish, stropped, and then the knife was tucked inside a hand-stitched leather sheath for protection.
This knife was a stepping stone, with the use of new materials and a mirror polished blade bringing my skills to a new level of craftsmanship.
Crafted in December, 2018, this was my finest production to date. Although it may look elegant and relatively simple, the engineering of the design was my most difficult, ever.
This knife is very unique in that it has a brass bolster, while still having a full tang handle! Furthermore, even while having a full tang handle, the brass pommel is peened directly to the tang! This idea was a bit of a 'head-scratcher' to figure out, but with its polish and genuine Newfoundland moose antler scales, it is quite a piece to fondle.
The knife found its home in Phoenix, Arizona.
This chefs knife was a very interesting and fun build that stayed right here in Newfoundland.
At nearly 7 inches blade length, this is a large knife, ground to a very thin edge for excellent performance. I chose to grind a 'swedge', or reverse angle at the spine of the blade, which I left wearing the natural 'out-of-forge' finish for contrast.
The truly eye catching part of this build is the gorgeous purple-dyed box elder burl, a stabilized wood. The wood is retained partially by two brass pins.
Stabilized wood is an excellent choice for a kitchen knife that is exposed to moisture. You get to enjoy to beauty of wood, while still having a handle that is nearly impermeable!
