Thread: Various Knives

A project I have been working on is a new design chef set and with the 8 inch chef, 6 inch petty and 4 inch paring knife am ready to make a couple of sets. I bought in some bars of NordicEdge ladder pattern stainless damascus and will pair it with brass and very nice fine grained broken fiddle back Tasmanian blackwood from Jason Williams stabilised woods. The NitroV stainless set will have some gold fiddle back maple (have it stabilising) over some dark fiddleback Tasmanian blackwood bolsters.

This lot away to Texas this morning. First is a #2 Bushcraft with walnut over curve backed buffalo horn on a 3/16 saber ground 1075 blade with heavy jimping and a leather lanyard in a edge stamped closed top sheath.
Next is a pretty little letter opener with a walnut handle on a 1084 blade in a walnut table stand. The handle and uprights of the table stand are from the same piece of walnut to make a continuous visual line.
A pair of Chamois hunters with Tasmanian blackwood over brass curve backed bolsters in edge stamped pouch sheaths. The blades are engraved on both sides.
the last lot are farm tools called hook knives for hay bailing time when there is bunch up of wither the bailing twine or the hay itself. Made from coil springs that were straightened for the purpose.

Love that letter opener.it looks like would be very handy knife fullstop

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Love that letter opener.it looks like would be very handy knife fullstop

Was origonally based on a boot knife I made but ground the tip wrong so reconfigured it to this shape and use it myself for a letter opener. Have made another one with resin ivory over buffalo horn in a resin ivory and black ivory table stand. The ivory one was for the husband, a gift from his wife, and now this one is for the wife as a gift from the husband.

Speaking of baling twine.one idea I saw many years ago and haven't since was a ring worn on Saturday night finger with a claw type blade on it sticking out. You could cut bale twine easily with it but carry on doing whatever else without having to remove it and put it in safe place,only to need it again two minutes later. Blade was at right angles to body of ring sort of like end of docking knife poking up between your knuckles.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Speaking of baling twine.one idea I saw many years ago and haven't since was a ring worn on Saturday night finger with a claw type blade on it sticking out. You could cut bale twine easily with it but carry on doing whatever else without having to remove it and put it in safe place,only to need it again two minutes later. Blade was at right angles to body of ring sort of like end of docking knife poking up between your knuckles.

Handy but dont try to put your hand in your pocket

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Speaking of baling twine.one idea I saw many years ago and haven't since was a ring worn on Saturday night finger with a claw type blade on it sticking out. You could cut bale twine easily with it but carry on doing whatever else without having to remove it and put it in safe place,only to need it again two minutes later. Blade was at right angles to body of ring sort of like end of docking knife poking up between your knuckles.

You can buy them at fruitfed and wrightsons, farmlands

For cutting tree tying string

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Speaking of baling twine.one idea I saw many years ago and haven't since was a ring worn on Saturday night finger with a claw type blade on it sticking out. You could cut bale twine easily with it but carry on doing whatever else without having to remove it and put it in safe place,only to need it again two minutes later. Blade was at right angles to body of ring sort of like end of docking knife poking up between your knuckles.

You can buy them at fruitfed and wrightsons, farmlands

For cutting tree tying string

A pair of Wapiti Hunters with walnut over CB buffalo horn bolsters on the 1075 blade, with one having spine jimping and both having chocolate snake knot and bead lanyards in closed top sheaths.
A pair of Old Western hunters also with walnut over CB buffalo horn bolster on 1075 blades in pouch sheaths.

A camp knife with OD canvas micarta on the Nitro V stainless blade and a Him 'N' Her steak knife set with aged camel bone with G 10 liner on the Nitroo V stainless blades.

Finally able to get these finished after a bit of a lay off due to crashing the Harley last month. A NitroV Letter opener with Giraffe bone bolster, Hornbeam handle and in a Swamp Kauri stand. Blade engraved both sides for a retirement gift for the customer's friend.
And a #2 Bushcraft knife with buffalo horn bolster, spalted Hackberry handle, snake knot lanyard in a closed top sheath.

Like that stand,can see it on windowsill above the kitchen sink.

Mine sits on the sideboard where the mail goes so handy to grab. There was a set of dyed bone scales with a surface fissure but there is no depth to it and as it wasn't a set that would be attractice to customers, I decided to use it for myself. In all honesty I quite like the aged/ruggedness to the visual while the integrity is not effected.

A Professional Hunter with Spalted Hackberry over curve backed buffalo horn on the 1075 blade in a initialled closed to sheath with attached honing steel.

An interesting project finished and ready to go. I had a request for a short slasher with the specs to be a 300mm blade and 450mm handle so I drew up a plan that was aproved and went from there. 6mm 1075 for the blade and a hickory axe handle as the starting place with it being shortened and reshaped for the handle. Made the securing rings from the side out of a 50x25 box section. It was to have a blade cover so it could be carried in a hunting pack for those times when the pig hunter has to get in amongst the tight places the pigs can get to. Weight at 1.25 kg with the blade cover in place so shouldnt be a burden to carry.