I’ve been enjoying carrying this little 3” fixed blade scandi in my pocket over the last couple of months and I just used it to clean up this badger skull.
It’s made by BPS out of Ukraine and it’s a VG10 stainless blade with a zero grind scandi that extends up just under half the width of the blade. It has a nice squared spine that you can scape with, just like it’s supposed to be. It’s a slicey little booger for a scandi and comes with a nice edge for about $65 from Amazon. It has g-10 scales that have a little light texture on them that could be a little more. It comes with a serviceable taco-style kydex sheath that has a funky clip on the wrong side for right sided pocket carry. You can replace the clip, but I just put the sheath on my work bench and stuck the knife in a leather pocket sheath.
I’ve used it for two months for daily use stuff and some minor wood carving with nothing but stropping. Scraping the hide off the chin of the badger skull and cleaning out the gum tissue between the teeth left a few very microscopic chips near the point, but you’d expect that working around bones and teeth. Should be easy to clean up.
Anyway, if you haven’t considered a wee scandi for the pocket, these are pretty fun, very capable, and aren’t too expensive. I bought a couple of them; one for my pocket and one for my daughter to stick on her field pack.
It’s made by BPS out of Ukraine and it’s a VG10 stainless blade with a zero grind scandi that extends up just under half the width of the blade. It has a nice squared spine that you can scape with, just like it’s supposed to be. It’s a slicey little booger for a scandi and comes with a nice edge for about $65 from Amazon. It has g-10 scales that have a little light texture on them that could be a little more. It comes with a serviceable taco-style kydex sheath that has a funky clip on the wrong side for right sided pocket carry. You can replace the clip, but I just put the sheath on my work bench and stuck the knife in a leather pocket sheath.
I’ve used it for two months for daily use stuff and some minor wood carving with nothing but stropping. Scraping the hide off the chin of the badger skull and cleaning out the gum tissue between the teeth left a few very microscopic chips near the point, but you’d expect that working around bones and teeth. Should be easy to clean up.
Anyway, if you haven’t considered a wee scandi for the pocket, these are pretty fun, very capable, and aren’t too expensive. I bought a couple of them; one for my pocket and one for my daughter to stick on her field pack.
