Hey everyone. I haven't been around for a while for a few reasons. One of which is the fact that I no longer have an income and I don't want to see Scrapyard goodness that I won't be able to get my grubby paws on

Anyway, I sometimes feel we don't talk about using the knives enough, so I wanted to share what I got up to this week. I was doing some gardening and decided that I needed to put a net fence around my fruit bushes (the cats have been using the area as a toilet for a while and it's been really annoying me!). I had the netting but needed some stakes to support it. Looking around the garden and garage I found spare bits of timber, some worked, some from Christmas trees and the tree we had in the front garden that we had chopped down. Faced with a wood-processing task I went to the knife box and looked at what to use: Ontario Spec Plus? ESEE? Becker? Nah, I think I'll go for the Mud Mutt!

I've always liked the Mudder handles since the 411; it feels so right. In use they didn't disappoint: stripping bark, removing minor limbs and making points created a little hot spot, but no blisters and was very comfortable for minor chopping. The steel was fantastically effective and wood was turned easily into fence stakes (none were of a size to be fence posts).

All in all I was really impressed with the Mud Mutt, not surprised, but happily impressed . The thin steel really helped. I ended up carrying her in a pocket (I have the leather sheath) and found her not too heavy, but tough enough to do the job.

Sorry I've no pictures (but it really did happen!). Thanks Dan!