05-05-2018, 02:05 PM
I very much appreciate you bringing up this style of knife, Mr. Thomas! From research, I found them referred to as "Siberian Yakut knives", probably because most people don't know where Yakut is.
I traced your photo back to HERE, where there are more pictures of this knife. If you blow up the first picture, you can see what I mean about the writing in relief. I found many different types of fullers in this style.
THIS page shows one way to forge the fuller, and describes it's purpose, at least from one Yakut bladesmith's view.
It is all very interesting to me, of course, since I could definitely see me forging knives like this. Obviously there is more than one way to forge almost anything, and more than one purpose to the fuller.
In one version the fuller is very useful, as it's purpose is to make precise sharpening easier, like that of Japanese woodworking chisels. In fact, blades like this would make good razors.
In another bladesmith's version, the fuller is obviously less useful, and more decorative IMHO.
I traced your photo back to HERE, where there are more pictures of this knife. If you blow up the first picture, you can see what I mean about the writing in relief. I found many different types of fullers in this style.
THIS page shows one way to forge the fuller, and describes it's purpose, at least from one Yakut bladesmith's view.
It is all very interesting to me, of course, since I could definitely see me forging knives like this. Obviously there is more than one way to forge almost anything, and more than one purpose to the fuller.
In one version the fuller is very useful, as it's purpose is to make precise sharpening easier, like that of Japanese woodworking chisels. In fact, blades like this would make good razors.
In another bladesmith's version, the fuller is obviously less useful, and more decorative IMHO.