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Awesome stuff.

Yep I still have the Swaro 10x42 EL Range binos. I can’t see me ever changing to something else, I’m so happy with them they are just great on first and last light and everything in between. I’m pretty sure the price is astronomical now though I though when I paid $3100 for them it was expensive I think they are about $5000 now 😬

BT, are you still using 10x42 EL daily? or moved onto another set. How do they go when the sun is setting on the last light I've started to do a bit of sit and wait now on last light and after a set of binos. been looking at the ELs, SLC 8x56, cant find the SLC 10x42's or the Maven 9x45 Does anyone else use any of those 4 above

nice set of different species

Very cool, some health looking deer there

Interesting. A good mix of critters go past that post. The long grass hampers your style a bit. Thanks for sharing the pics.

nice pix

Some great shots there Vic. Some of them would have looked better with a Woodleigh inside them.

That little chubby hoggie has a nice rack on the way

Just to give some idea of grinding knife bevels, this is a time lapse of me grinding another knife on the weekend.

No I havent. I will try to put it on a scale & see what it weighs

That's the way Tim, plenty of help here if you ask. Grant.

Looks to be well made with a very nice finish. You have posted the dimensions, that puts it into perspective, did you weigh it also?

great looking knife, well done (((-;

Steel is 5.5 mm, so that is the thickest part on the spine. Overall length is 10.5". Handle is 4.75". Blade is 5.75" long and 1.5" deep at the bevel. The edge is ground to 0.3mm which is where I try to take most user knives to as its a good balance between keeping the edge fairly strong and keeping the edge slicy. If its a bushcrafter knife that might be doing chopping work, I will grind to around 0.4mm or even .5mm, and for a kitchen knife I go for close to a "zero grind" on the edge, so around 0.1mm.

Howzabout some dimension specs RT? IE blade length, handle length.

Very impressive RT. Even more so that it is hand ground. Could do some damage with that I'm sure.

That looks so good mate.

Bloody great job mate. What would compliment it nicely is a nice leather sheath.

almost looks too good to use.

Thanks mate.

No, I mostly dont use jigs. This one is all freehand. Grinding well and consistently is the biggest learning curve. It has taken me years to get to the point where I feel like I am turning out okay work. I am still a beginner though.

Big strong knife and it looks like its strong enough to cut that cracker in half too.

Niiiice. Again! Do you use a jig to grind in the shape or is it all by hand/eye? I doubt I could produce anything that good by hand