Thread: Show me your knives

Originally Posted by shift14

Mammoth Ivory is sort of readily available, has no import/ export restrictions and doesn't cost moonbeams as they're no longer a threatened species, as opposed to Ivory. I've seen plenty at a knifemakers in Howick......if you're interested ?

Cheers. The Yanks have cracked down on all ivory, extinct or not which is kinda stupid. Good to know we are not so anal but I bet it will not be long before we are there too.
As far as knives go, I have too many to hide from the cook now, let alone another one. Thanks for the heads up anyway.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Cheers. The Yanks have cracked down on all ivory, extinct or not which is kinda stupid. Good to know we are not so anal but I bet it will not be long before we are there too.
As far as knives go, I have too many to hide from the cook now, let alone another one. Thanks for the heads up anyway.

No problem. The mammoth ivory gets sluiced out of the perma-frost every thaw by locals, and comes to market at the US knife shows.
Whale teeth and Walrus Ivory is sought after. There's a lot of faked scrimshaw teeth and tusks, relatively easily copied with RTV mpilds and decent resin, then "aged" to look the part.

B

Bloody knives. They should be banned.
Cutting up venison tonight.

That looks like a stab rather than a cut Tahr. How did you manage to do that?

Originally Posted by Rushy

That looks like a stab rather than a cut Tahr. How did you manage to do that?

Not sure. Happened so fast. Was cutting up a hq. Yeah, a stab.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Not sure. Happened so fast. Was cutting up a hq. Yeah, a stab.

Thinking about it, I use a stab type grip when following the seams to bone out the hind quarters but man that is a serious miss ( or hit as the case may be).

I have this Case knife that my dad gave me that he got after he came out of the marines and started hunting again in the 70s before he moved over here from the us it has always been in his draw as he stopped hunting by the time I came along . He gave it to me when i started hunting a few years ago with its beaten up case that ether came with it of got made I cant remember . I have a couple of other knives but this one is special to me and gets put in the pack every hunt

stabbed myself on the inside of my hand where ya thumb meets your palm. im sure it hit the bone and boy did the bastard bleed. More than the deer that was getting cut up!

Originally Posted by Tahr

Bloody knives. They should be banned.
Cutting up venison tonight.

That's a real good one

Don't you just hate that feeling of your skin being sliced , the sensation of pain hasn't kicked in yet , but you put your hand over the cut , take a deep breath and then slowly lift up the corner of your fingers to peruse the damage . Visual inspection usually coincides with the hurt starting

Hope your OK and no damage was done inside .

Ken

My lightweight tramping, light duty work knife. Carbon fibre handle with Zirconia Ceramic blade, razer sharp and only 60g

Originally Posted by specweapon

My lightweight tramping, light duty work knife. Carbon fibre handle with Zirconia Ceramic blade, razer sharp and only 60g

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Man your talking my language now
Tell me about the Blade?
Is it just as strong as steel , can you sharpen it on a stone ?
It looks like a liner lock , is it ?

Ken

I am intrigued by the NZHS etched into it Specweapon.

Just a normal ceramic blade like you get in kitchen knives, harder than steel and stone so should be able to sharpen it with a diamond stone.

Don't know what liner lock is, it just has a clip that locks once it's open.

Sharp as after a fair bit of use, ceramic's meant to be brittle but have never cracked it yet

Originally Posted by Ground Control

Man your talking my language now
Tell me about the Blade?
Is it just as strong as steel , can you sharpen it on a stone ?
It looks like a liner lock , is it ?

Ken

Can someone explain liner lock? I have one that locks onto a cam on back of blade, mad I must press towards handle to release, and another which has a piece of flat springy steel on inside of handle that I must press sideways to release?

Originally Posted by SiB

Can someone explain liner lock? I have one that locks onto a cam on back of blade, mad I must press towards handle to release, and another which has a piece of flat springy steel on inside of handle that I must press sideways to release?

Number 2 is your liner lock.