Jack Pike Platinum Bushcraft

[IBrown]

I said earlier that this was my first knife. Well today i went for a walk, spotted a nice straight piece of hazel and thought i would have a go at making my wife a walking stick. Picked a nice bit of wood to baton with and got out my new knife , hit it with the baton on the soft hazel 1" thick branch and the blade chipped. I am now in the process of returning it..

Bushcraft knife my A.., trade description act if you ask me..

End of review:D
Ian

[Aaron Rushton]

jack pyke knives are rather crap IMO. low quality steel and handls are'nt very nice either.

[KERNOW KELT]

Time for that MORA...

[greenpete]

Time for that MORA... Or to make your own! :)

[comanighttrain]

I said earlier that this was my first knife. Well today i went for a walk, spotted a nice straight piece of hazel and thought i would have a go at making my wife a walking stick. Picked a nice bit of wood to baton with and got out my new knife , hit it with the baton on the soft hazel 1" thick branch and the blade chipped. I am now in the process of returning it..

Bushcraft knife my A.., trade description act if you ask me..

End of review:D
Ian

Epic fail! My mora survived being used as a chizel while i was removing a concrete block from the bottom of a washing machine (dont ask.) Lost the tip of the blade though...ill have to file it back into shape, it ended up gathering dust once my puukko set arrived.

[KERNOW KELT]

Hi Greenpete,
With ref to the "Make your own!",...... I am still having a problem making Coffee!!!
To be serious for a moment, There must be a huge sense of achievement,when you make your own knife, such a personal piece of kit.... excellent!

[IBrown]

I will try to add pics later of the knife and twig i was cutting

[KERNOW KELT]

I will try to add pics later of the knife and twig i was cutting

Before you buy a replacement for the JACK PIKE... may I suggest you take a look at the HULTIFORS range of knives.
I bought mine from..www.on-sitetools.co.uk 01375 679944
Bought one for 10 gbp, inc vat and postage... To be honest I prefer it to my MORA.
Hope that helps
Dave

[IBrown]

This is the knife and hazel stick

[comanighttrain]

flippin heck that is pathetic. You would have been better karate chopping it.

[CanadianMike]

Hi Greenpete,
With ref to the "Make your own!",...... I am still having a problem making Coffee!!!
To be serious for a moment, There must be a huge sense of achievement,when you make your own knife, such a personal piece of kit.... excellent!

It very much is, more so when you make a knife for someone and seeing their reactions to your work, is literally priceless!


This is the knife and hazel stick

Looks more like a nick to me, not exactly a chip. Maybe there was a piece of grit or rock in the wood? Can't see a tree growing with a rock inside it, but that blade definitely hit something hard.

[Ashley Cawley]

It might have been done prior to the hazel? even before you got it? It's a smaller nick that I first thought when you said, but still obviously bad, I wouldn't recommend any of Jack Pyke's blades.

[IBrown]

The Hazel stick was the first and only time i used it. I have contacted the company my daughter bought it from. I will let you know the service i recieve and the result. You never know how good a company is until you need to comtact customer service.

[luresalive]

Chips like that can happen often for lots of reasons, one being if the blade has been heat treated to a high RC, even some superior knife steels like D2 are very prone to chipping. It can be the result of large carbides being formed during the HT process and normally a long the edge of the blade where they are more exposed and which is prone to "burning" during tempering..it is not normally a problem and sharpening it back a bit or putting on a micro bevel normally solves the problem.

[Fletching]

Chips like that can happen often for lots of reasons, one being if the blade has been heat treated to a high RC, even some superior knife steels like D2 are very prone to chipping. It can be the result of large carbides being formed during the HT process and normally a long the edge of the blade where they are more exposed and which is prone to "burning" during tempering..it is not normally a problem and sharpening it back a bit or putting on a micro bevel normally solves the problem.

Makes it a QC issue in that case, which should've been picked up. Not good for the reputation methinks.

Steve

[luresalive]

If it's a quality control issue with every knife that has ever chipped you may go back to using flint!!!:) My moras are kept at a very fine edge and I have had them chip, as I have had with other knives from pro makers, as I said it's not a major problem, resharpen and try again, if it keeps continually chipping every time you use it, then you have a problem!

[IBrown]

I went to Bushcraft Store in Enfield today and bought a Mora 840MG for £8.95 + some other bits . I contacted the company and they have agreed to give me a replacement so i chose the Casstrom Knife making kit.

[KERNOW KELT]

I went to Bushcraft Store in Enfield today and bought a Mora 840MG for £8.95 + some other bits . I contacted the company and they have agreed to give me a replacement so i chose the Casstrom Knife making kit.

Glad it all went well for you.... good luck with the new kit!!! :D

[IBrown]

THanks KK,
Very helpful staff in the Bushcraft Store, 30 miles away but worth the drive even with the M25 roadworks at Watford. It looked a nice kit and seemed a good price £25.00.