Only a fool brings a
knife to a gunfight, we all know that. But, a good knife is like a good friend.
I asked Mayme's boyfriend to make me a knife off a design I had been mulling
around in my head.
I wanted a knife that obviously was sharp, but stout enough
to do multiple extreme factors, ie: climb frozen waterfall in Hocking Hills (accomplished that in 1981 with two store-bought Buck knives), gut anything one
could think of, and with the capability of holding my weight if
repelling gear malfunctioned and I was forced to vertical climb.The boy
brought it over tonight, and although we still have to take a bit off the snout,
it is quite the piece, and I am proud of him and honored that he gave me
everything I asked for.
Wouldn't win a gun fight, but, I wouldn’t want to be on the wrong end of it, started with 1/2 inch heat treated steel plate.
--T
Looks like you could gut a T-Rex with that short sword.
ReplyDeleteYou first......!:)
DeleteId run it through a few muzzies for u but hate to contaminate it.
ReplyDeleteHeh! :) Couldn't think of anyone else better to run it through.
DeleteI thank you, gentlemen, for your compliments/comments. I hope my impending river trip provides neither T-rex nor muzzies! Flood waters, flying Asian carp and displaced water moccasins by the hundreds makes for enough adventure.
ReplyDeletemoccasins
DeletePut them on the grill! :)
I'm not sure about that my friend...Although I enjoyed rattler years back, and some kind of tree snake in Central America in the 80's;water moc's are just not favorite critters to be around, and they are all too plentiful here. I will leave the capture and culinary arts of that particular reptile variety to you North Cakalaki experts.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the prefect thing for gutting muzzies.But one ought to take proper care of such a fine tool as that. May I suggest a light coating bacon grease before usage to prevent rust.
ReplyDeleteto prevent rust.
DeleteOf the upmost importance.............:)
Nice shank. I'm probably way off, but to me, that blade looks like an old Camillus Air Force Survival knife, minus the leather rings and guard. A worthy project.
ReplyDeleteHere's a picture.
Deletehttp://picturearchive.gunauction.com/2068162411/5445283/AF1.jpg
Yup, just the knife I was thinking it was - that is shaping up to be a nice knife.
ReplyDeleteWonder why they went out of business as I heard that they made good ones?
DeleteIf I remember the story correctly, Camillus employee union woes forced them to close their doors. This along with foreign competitors who supplied less expensive (and less quality) knives, Camillus could not remain profitable.
DeleteA pity because they made good knives, users more than something to be put on a wall. They also farmed out a lot of steel for other knife manufacturers.
Thanks and yes, a shame.
Deletebacon bacon bacon............... gentlemen again I thank you for your input......... and as God as my witness the design came from own head. I was never aware of the Camillus Air Force Survival knife until I went to the link provided. There sure are similarities though that can't be disputed. I am very proud of the project and the young mans craftsmanship at creating what I sketched out on a scrap of paper in a few short minutes. We have set aside some time this weekend to hopefully finish it up. With the monsoons setting in as they have working on it will be a pleasant distraction. Again I thank you.
ReplyDeleteT
:)
DeleteWhat a beast, that looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteHear! Hear!
DeleteWhat would the maker have to charge for one as is?
ReplyDeleteI'll ask T. Thanks.
DeleteShould have an answer tomorrow. Thanks.
DeleteBrock, sorry for such a tardy reply concerning the knife and whether or not Dylan was interested in making another one. After weighing in all the factors of school, his work and restoration of his truck, he didn't see anyway that he could even begin on one till after the first of the year.
ReplyDeleteHe also said he wasn’t interested in duplicating mine, he wanted that to remain a one off. He already is working on one of another design for one of his instructors, and yet another one for a buddy of his.
He did say given time to catch everything up that is already started, he would blank one out doing the really hard work and leaving handle type and the final edge finishing to the gentleman who made the inquiry.
As to cost that might be prohibitive considering how inexpensive manufactured knives are today. He said he had almost 15 hours in mine all hand work. He could have used a plasma cutter, but chose to make mine the old way. He did say if he used a plasma cutter and left the final edge work to someone else he could do one for somewhere between $65 to $85 plus whatever it cost to ship. He would require 1/2 up front in good faith, so he isn't out of pocket for the steel.............I guess that covers everything he and I discussed. Sorry it took so long to get back our Internet has been totally unreliable of late.