Danzo
05-02-05, 09:34 PM
Hi folks
A lot has been said about his Lordships small knife since I first spotted it in the gallery. I liked the lines of the knife, as I do most of LFs knives, and said I would have one for the suggested price. Which was very cheap. Too cheap!
;)
Well, I've had the knife for a while, and would have had it for longer if I had stumped up the cash when it was ready. Lord Farquhar was very understanding about a brief lack of readies.
:rolleyes:
I have it now and I like it a lot. I would have been surprised at the size had it not been for Jons (Motorbikeman) comments in the passaround. I don't think I have large hands but I am six foot two and fifteen stone plus so these things are relative!
:D
It is a very well made knife. The fit of scales to blade is faultless. This is always a starting point for me and I am pleased to say that LF passes the test. The brass pins are well done and complement the wood well. I am embarassed to admit that I can't precisely remember what wood I asked for, but I think it was Walnut. I know I don't have anything else in walnut so that would be why, if it is! There is a lanyard hole and his Lordship has attached a slim cord lanyard with three very attractive wooden beads at the end. That's the sort of small touch that brings me, at least, back to a knifemaker.
I like the blade shape a lot. I will concur with others that my Wren was not as sharp as I have come to expect from handmade knives but that was quickly resolved on a stone. It sharpens up very well. Given the small size of the knife the lack of scary sharpness is not necessarily a bad thing. The Wren would make a perfect knife to teach a little one knife using skills, I think. Mine cut vegetables without problem, just wouldn't shave arm hair. Now, I already have a very special small scandi reserved for Sammi, so I have a particular plan for the Wren.
I'm going to get a sheath made up and send this to my mum in New Zealand. My mum is a proper knifeknut who carried a seven inch blade Maniago switchblade when she met my Dad in Israel in the early sixties!
:O
Her Uncle had the Henckels/Zwilling concession in Copenhagen and she grew up loving knives and passed that on to me. She currently carries a Dave Barker scandi in her handbag as her EDC, and a review of that knife and how it all came to pass is overdue, as Dave will tell you!
:D
I really like this little knife and I want it to be used. My mum will use it for everything from skinning possums to cutting lemons off the lemon tree. Actually, as that is what she uses the Barker for, she might use the less obtrusive Wren for stuff like cutting grandkids subs in half in Subway. Even in semi rural Kiwiland you can get funny looks pulling out a fixed blade knife in Subway. Albeit only from Aucklanders but they do make up a third of the population. If only they would stay in Auckland.
:rolleyes:
So, should you buy a Wren from Lord Farquhar?
:huh:
Yes. It is a great little fixed blade knife. It does need some sharpening, but given that I am not the first person to say this I reckon His Lordship has it in mind.
A good knife, well made. From someone you know. You can't ask for much more.
:biggthump
Danzo
A lot has been said about his Lordships small knife since I first spotted it in the gallery. I liked the lines of the knife, as I do most of LFs knives, and said I would have one for the suggested price. Which was very cheap. Too cheap!
;)
Well, I've had the knife for a while, and would have had it for longer if I had stumped up the cash when it was ready. Lord Farquhar was very understanding about a brief lack of readies.
:rolleyes:
I have it now and I like it a lot. I would have been surprised at the size had it not been for Jons (Motorbikeman) comments in the passaround. I don't think I have large hands but I am six foot two and fifteen stone plus so these things are relative!
:D
It is a very well made knife. The fit of scales to blade is faultless. This is always a starting point for me and I am pleased to say that LF passes the test. The brass pins are well done and complement the wood well. I am embarassed to admit that I can't precisely remember what wood I asked for, but I think it was Walnut. I know I don't have anything else in walnut so that would be why, if it is! There is a lanyard hole and his Lordship has attached a slim cord lanyard with three very attractive wooden beads at the end. That's the sort of small touch that brings me, at least, back to a knifemaker.
I like the blade shape a lot. I will concur with others that my Wren was not as sharp as I have come to expect from handmade knives but that was quickly resolved on a stone. It sharpens up very well. Given the small size of the knife the lack of scary sharpness is not necessarily a bad thing. The Wren would make a perfect knife to teach a little one knife using skills, I think. Mine cut vegetables without problem, just wouldn't shave arm hair. Now, I already have a very special small scandi reserved for Sammi, so I have a particular plan for the Wren.
I'm going to get a sheath made up and send this to my mum in New Zealand. My mum is a proper knifeknut who carried a seven inch blade Maniago switchblade when she met my Dad in Israel in the early sixties!
:O
Her Uncle had the Henckels/Zwilling concession in Copenhagen and she grew up loving knives and passed that on to me. She currently carries a Dave Barker scandi in her handbag as her EDC, and a review of that knife and how it all came to pass is overdue, as Dave will tell you!
:D
I really like this little knife and I want it to be used. My mum will use it for everything from skinning possums to cutting lemons off the lemon tree. Actually, as that is what she uses the Barker for, she might use the less obtrusive Wren for stuff like cutting grandkids subs in half in Subway. Even in semi rural Kiwiland you can get funny looks pulling out a fixed blade knife in Subway. Albeit only from Aucklanders but they do make up a third of the population. If only they would stay in Auckland.
:rolleyes:
So, should you buy a Wren from Lord Farquhar?
:huh:
Yes. It is a great little fixed blade knife. It does need some sharpening, but given that I am not the first person to say this I reckon His Lordship has it in mind.
A good knife, well made. From someone you know. You can't ask for much more.
:biggthump
Danzo