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Fallkniven F1

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Fallkniven F1 kit

(Aka “Pimp my Fallkniven”)

Ah, the humble Fallkniven zytel sheath. The sheath everyone loves to hate on. It’s ugly, it’s awkward, it sometimes has problems with knife retention. Oh yeah, and it rattles too.

After I bought a Fallkniven F1 a couple years ago, I too was disappointed in the look and feel of the sheath, in contrast to the sleek excellence of the blade itself. However, I soon began to see the sheath as a platform upon which I could build. (I’ve written before here about a similar process with my A1 sheath, where I used an Altoids gum tin to store some essentials.)

Here’s the first step: adding 3 ranger bands to the sheath:

The two on the right are there to provide extra friction for the tin I will later attach to the sheath. On the left is a band around the knife retention tab, which helps that tab to keep doing its job of keeping the knife in the sheath. For these bands, I used pieces off a narrow sized racing tire, to keep them stretched tight over the sheath.

I first tried another Altoids gum tin on top of the sheath, but it stuck out too far for my taste:

Sticking with the goal to work within the existing “footprint” of the sheath, I then tried a smaller craft tin, and it was a great match!

That smaller tin doesn’t give you a ton of room to work with, but after a few iterations, I trimmed the essentials down to this:

I also spray painted the tin black to match the sheath, and added a strip of rubberized grippy “tread” tape to the back of the tin, to help it stay put. A pair of bigger ranger bands from a mountain bike tire, seen here off to the left, affix the tin to the sheath:

Here’s how it all looks in the end, with a plain firesteel rod tucked alongside the tin (the back of the F1 blade makes an excellent firesteel striker, so no need to carry a separate striker unless that’s your preference):

I’m still looking for a solution to stop that sheath rattle, however. So if you’ve got a tip for that, please drop a line!

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How To Chop With A Small Bushcraft Knife

How To Chop With A Small Bushcraft Knife

A great video from Veidemann Bushcraft who shows by adding a Horsetail Lanyard to a typical 4 inch bushcraft knife that you can chop with it.

For stealth camping I typically don’t carry a big knife like a Khukuri, parang or machete,  as they are designed for chopping, yet in survival applications where speed is needed, such as making a quick tent-peg to stop a tarp blowing away; then there may be…

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Simple test for your Bushcraft or Survival Knife

Simple test for your Bushcraft or Survival Knife

A quick, simple test for your Bushcraft or Survival Knife

Food preparation should be high on the list of tasks for your bushcraft or survival, even though you may be able to physically go several days without food.

Here I have cut up frozen chicken with my Fallkniven F1

You may find smaller knives easier to do this than larger knives. However many tribes living in the jungle use machetes and…

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Fallkniven F1.

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Fallkniven F1 Black