New blade for the bear hunt

[Mark]

Got tired of using the old folder and broke down and made myself up a nice fixed blade.
100% hand worked 440c ss blade , pinned and filled , half hard brass , veg tanned leather.
sharper than sharp!!! wheel sharpened.

Mark

[GaryL]

[wabi]

Looks very nice, now all you need is a bear to test it on.
Good luck on the hunt! Keep us posted!

[Sandman]

VERY NICE MARK!!

Regards
Robin

[BUCKSHOT]

Hey Mark, nice job on the knife. Appently you are multi-skilled!
Just a thought, you should take your bow, for back-up

[Mark]

I had some of the gals at work believing i was hunting only with the knife but a couple of them caught me grinning.

Mark

[Tombuckbull]

Absolutely beautiful knife Mark . It seems like we have some multi-talented forum members. Looks like I'll have to find myself a hobby also since I'm not so handy , perhaps knitting is right up my alley and I could make those hats with the beer caps and labels you use to see back in the 70's. LOL

[pdislow]

beautifli knife !!!! i hope it works as good as it looks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ricochet]

Beautiful knife!!! Looks like one you can really be proud of and looks like its going to stand up to some use/abuse. Making one myself is one thing I have always wanted to do. Got all kinds of catalogs for pieces and parts and tools, just never have gotten started.

[Mark]

Dad started making knives abot 25 yrs ago. I got into it about 15 yrs ago, we started out blanking blades on dies. When the shop i work @ got lasers i went nuts, got into autocad and began designing blades. Then went and bought a burrking hollowgrinder. We have knives all over the world now.
I did take a break from knife making to build my shop, just about the time i got it done our first little papoose came along so i have been away from it for awhile. I started making the crossbow stocks, now its into both at the same time

next papoose is due in february , maybe a boy this time


Mark

[gametrail]

GREAT JOB!!!!!

[Guest]

Very very nice knife.

How long is the blade?
I found that the best and most practical knives for gutting and skinning game (deer, bear and moose) have a 3" blade and soft rubber handle.

The short blade makes the knife easier to handle and control. The rubber handle makes the knife almost slip proof when you're hands get bloodied.

[Mark]

Guest,

The blade on this knife is 6" long 1.25" wide and is .188" ( 3/16 ) thick, 440c stainless and has a hollw taper grind approx .50" wide. overall length is just under 10.50" long.
The handle is elk antler approx 1.5" dia. I prefer elk, deer, or stag handles due to the irregular grooves and curvature of the antler, these tend to give a very stable grip.
I use a phenolic spacer in black, white , and red between the brass and antler, i have some quilted maple ive been contemplating on using, ( sectional splice ) . could turn out to be interesting.

Mark

[CH]

Mark I am a friend of RJ's will you be making any knife's for sale I would be very interested?

[Guest]

PM me and we can talk more. I havent shipped a knife into Canada and am not sure about how to go about it. I did look through some of the customs info i could get to online and this knife wouldnt be clasified a prohibited. prohibited knives are switchblade swing locs , butterflys etc.

Mark