Thread: Show me your knives

no where near as flash as some of these knives but has put in some work for me

Top knife i made from a 57 Vanguard leaf spring. The bottom i made from a builders flat jimmy bar.
Both handles (aluminium slabs top and hikory sledge hammer handle bottom ) are pined ,glued,and bound with builders line .
Not flash but both are over 20 years old and strong as hell.

Brilliant Mohawk. There is a saying that the best knife is the knife you have when you need a knife. Those two look like they would be very handy best knives.

Yup its always nice too use something you've made yourself . They were both made with just a 5inch angle grinder and sand paper (and lots of water too keep things cool ). The handle pins I just drilled and snaped the drill bit of in the hole. Both hold an edge far better than I expected and both blades are the full length of the handles .
I bound the handles with builders line over wet epoxy then ran fishing rod binding over that in the gaps.
The little one has a rubber block on the end of handle and makes a mint rifle rest , real old school (Bipods are gay )

One on the bottom is one I made a few years back out of an old industrial saw blade. The handle is black Maire.
One on the top is the one I use most hunting because I can see the bloody thing when I put it down.

Originally Posted by Haggie

no where near as flash as some of these knives but has put in some work for me

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What breed is that

Had a Mercator for a while, but looking for another knife, anybody able to suggest something solid for a reasonable price?

Crappy phone photos don't do it justice. Made by the guy Nikl in Napier

Originally Posted by 338

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That's a stunning set up.....bill nicol is a great knife maker....My father has one of these ........I you ever want to get rid of this ....please PM me ....

cheers

My top knifes ... the little pocket knife travels with me every day at work & home etc its a Gerber easy to flick out with one hand and easy to keep sharp and handy all the time.

The Indian sheath knife is from my Black Powder days - a hand made Bill Reddix special - he sent me this knife to trial for him - then let me keep it, 20+ years later the steel might be thinning but its sure a nice knife that handles skinning and gutting easy & stays sharp ...

The black sheath Knife is a Gerber, drop point I got given for my 21st birthday by a good friend of the family's ....... its done some yards - Has some hard hard steel that takes a bit to get sharp but stays that way for ages.........three years ago I boned out two stags a Pig and a spiker before it needed and new edge....this is my favourite .

I had a gerber same as the bottom one. Was a good knife unfortunatly i left it in a vehicle i sold :rolleyes: was worth more than the car.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I had a gerber same as the bottom one. Was a good knife unfortunatly i left it in a vehicle i sold :rolleyes: was worth more than the car.

Bugga ......that would have ripped ya Nighty....

Yep

Originally Posted by Roy Lehndorf

that would have ripped ya Nighty....

And your bloody undies!