Hy everybody this winter’s project i have always loved the look of this knife i had seen pictures of this knife but not with such details and dimensions as on this site in art off crooked knife trying to reproduce as best I can starting with hard rock maple it is hard carving i can only imagine the time it must have taken the carver to make such a beautiful piece with period tools that they had then compared to the tools i have and equipment to sharpen my carving tools today so for the moment it is carved roughly still a lot of finishing work to do if anybody could give me ideas on what lashing I should use i will post more pictures has work is being done Luc

Hi Ned i was wondering if you ever noticed in crooked knife 101 the part were you explain about the french name of crooked knife to cocteau croche there is a spelling error on the french spelling it should be couteau croche. Luc

Hi everybody knife I made a few years ago from apple tree from grand parents farm orchard really hard wood to carve blade from old file that i made with both sides sharpened that make the knife versatile I like to experiment with blade and handle shapes Luc