Nice job on the knife..

How did I miss this? Oh, I know... friggin dial-up.
Only the top pics came out, up to the sheath.
Nice sheath, by the way. I am going to blatantly steal your design.
I read a similar article on another mag not too long ago, which turned an old hicory skinner into a scalper.
I will have to get pics of that end result on, when I get some of my hawks and nessmuk.

I love the step-by-step pictures. The knife turned out really nice.

holy cow I love it, I am so getting a Old hickory skinner, this Nessies is really gettinr to me. I also agree with the mimilast kit, a true all-purpose, covering everything "survival kit" would be 25 lbs + and require a backpack, but the idea of a "woods kit" is what I think I will now aim my Altoids kits at. angain Thank you for this thread.

Great job on the Nessie bro, ain't Backwoodsman the best mag on the shelves,I love the stuff in there !!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Sure is, it's my favorite magazine. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I dunno if you saw it, but they printed my letter a few issues back. I mentioned Swamp Rat in it in reference to an artical that mentioned Swamp Rat.

I have to get a few copies and maybe a subscription to backwoodsman. I have seen that Nessie mod before and wanted to try it. If you like knives like the classics they still make the Russel Green River knives. I prefer a hawk to a hatchet or double bit but I saw that Double bit Marble on Ragnar's site and would have got it if he would ship to canada. If you want a stainless nessie with a rubber handle the Victorinox skinner is the same shape as the Old Hickory model and quite popular with people who process wild game around here. It would be a nice knife for a matching modern kit and would hold an edge quite well.

Here is a photo of a couple nice Nessies.

nice work, are the marble's you want made in china?
i would like to see more carbon steel folders like the old shrades. the dm is a good length but thick. i might prefer a ratmandu.
my hiking kit is a columbia staff. it has a nice saw in the shaft, a compass and a knife that needs some work. in the storage compartment i keep firesteel, a shcrade stockman, cotton, hooks, matches, thread ... but that nessie you made is so attractive ... maybe i need a new kit

i carry a khuk instead of a hatchet. i own two 18" khuks but one is much lighter than the other. that or one of my 15" models. they don't weigh more than my wildlife hatchet but have more uses imo. l do like the double bit though

I am not sure about the Marbles hatchet being made in China, but it was the only one that I could find in that length.

Give the Nessie a try, it was fun to do it.