i9f its being used on the reciprocating saw youd bloody need old fashioned westcoast sawmills skid grease as a lubricant!-if a howler and a sprayer at point of no return wet weather gear and a life jacket too.
just looked at mine-doesnt have that accesory but have a bit of manuka branch in the shed and a couple of angle grinder flap sanding discs.final polisj ala naturale id think!1
@viper this is my ideal shape, dulo knife 80mm blade in k390.
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@viper
Here's my first production run Bark River Featherweight hunter which pretty much fits your dimension brief to a T.
178mm overall
82mm blade
2.2mm blade thickness
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Very good for for bird and trout and will process deer ok![]()
@gundoc Still got your Green River knife?
They must have been NZ's commonest knifes at one stage .
Ive got a couple that Ive collected etc. Hard to find a good one that isn't worn out or nearly so.
The ones I target are with the ''Green River'' name stamped into the blade, not the later ones which had it somhow printed onto the blade.
The ideal shaped blade is what we all strive for, but the reality is that we use whatever is to hand. This Shrade Old Timer Scrimshaw has been my daily companion for almost 40 years, the blade is completely wrong for dressing animals, and years of keeping it nice and sharp has taken some of the curvature out of the blade. Despite that, this knife has dressed more game than any other knife I have owned except my old Green River skinner that I had when I was pro shooting in the '60s. This old girl keeps a bloody good edge, and the back of the blade has popped literally hundreds of beer bottle tops!
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from the look of it and the sheath are you sure you didnt buy it from the late wyatt earps estate .your bottle tops mention -another one of my requirements for a good knife -since ruined me teeth due in part to being a human bottle top remover.
Ive got a genuine camillus us pilots vietnam era survival knife -had it for over 40yrs-and that wee bitch is lethal.bought around 1975 IIRC original sheath(not the metal tipped one)a bit worn with couple of repairs ,but you often see em on TM$300-400 price.
I was debating as to putting it on my ducking webbing or pack but decided nup too good -use one of the others!
I bought the knife new in the US in 1979 and the factory sheath fell to bits after a couple of years so I had Paul Cross of Magnum Leather create this one to my rough design. The pancake style has very strong belt loops and sits nice and tight on my side. I like pancake holsters for the same reason.
@gundoc Still got your Green River knife?
They must have been NZ's commonest knifes at one stage .
Ive got a couple that Ive collected etc. Hard to find a good one that isn't worn out or nearly so.
The ones I target are with the ''Green River'' name stamped into the blade, not the later ones which had it somhow printed onto the blade.
Sadly my mother backed the car over my wooden-framed 'Trapper Nelson' pack when it slipped off its nail. That buggered the pack, broke my knife, and destroyed my white spirit stove. I replaced everything (Mountain Mule, Primus, etc) but the new knife was crap and I eventually binned it and bought a bloody expensive Puma White Hunter - a good blade but very heavy, sold about 10 years ago as I didn't use it, preferring the convenience of my Shrade.
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