Re: [Paddlewise] crooked knife

From: Shawn W. Baker <baker_at_montana.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 12:45:05 -0700
Sounds like a frog knife that farriers (horseshoers) use.  They're
probably only $6 or 7 each and available at any ranch supply.

Jed wrote:
>    I'm not sure how to obtain one, I'd check the Baidarka List Archive.  A 
>Crooked Knife comes handed either right or left, is held with the blade 
>towards the body and is drawn towards the body in use.  The blade is hooked 
>upward beyond 180°.  This shape allows carving or gouging in an inside curve 
>at the hook or on a flat using the flat part of the blade.

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