Knives? Show them here!

[sixshot]

A lot of amazing craftmanship with all of these custom knives for sure. Most of mine are in the hands of my boys & I even forgot about the Draper knife until I saw it mentioned here. I purchased one of those sometime in the 70's after I got out of the military & used it a great deal, then passed it on to one of my sons. I also had a Russell belt knife, I think they were made in Nova Scotia & that was one of the knives I used on many elk & I also used it in Alaska. Somehow it ended up in a small storage box outside for the winder & was beyond saving, a great loss.
The knives in the photo are, Top left, a Bill Snow gift from several of my Shootist friends, I've shown it before & it's engraved " The Meat Hammer", next is a multi blade Case folder with 3 spare blades. Third is a Buck folder that I bought in the late 60's & has been used many, many times on dozens of critters from small game to moose & Caribou. Bottom left is a Kim Ralston knife that is a gift knife from Robb Barnes that I just received to replace the Kim Ralston knife I just gave my good friend Larry. The knife to the far right is a Puma Cub that I bought in the late 60's while I was still in the military & the blade is almost worn away from being sharpened so many times over the years. You would be hard pressed to find a better knife than these Puma's, I have no idea what they might cost today. I always carry at least two & most of the time three knives with me, you never know.

Dick





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[lscg]

a few i’ve forged.  

[bula]

LSCG, like the "bark" on the blades. Gives a visual to what the grind is too. Neat !

[pete]

LCSG,
love your style, those are art to my eyes

[mike454]

I used to forge knives and compete in American Bladesmith cutting competitions years before the advent the forged in fire TV show. Can't remember if I've posted them before or not, but here's a couple competition knives along with a kitchen knife and hunter. Last picture is from my Journeyman Smith performance test in Bill Moran's shop

[lscg]

Nov 13, 2024 23:11:48 GMT -5 pete said:

LCSG,
love your style, those are art to my eyes

Thank you!   I can’t take credit for the style though.  the first two blades are inspired by Daniel Winkler’s work.   and the last three are Joe Keeslar’s style of Brut de forge. These have become my absolute favorite to make.

[rWt]

A few I have forged over the years. The last one gets a fair amount of use. It's 5 1/2" blade is longer than I need for most chores, but I still use it to breast pheasants.

[kevshell]

Here's a few more. Just finding you here and there where I am getting things organized. The bottom two are also from Charles May. The top one is a Ralston that I got from one of the members here.

[45MAN]

SOME GUYS SAY "I MADE THIS KNIFE" WHILE SOME SAY "I FORGED THIS KNIFE", WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

[mike454]

Nov 14, 2024 16:04:24 GMT -5 45MAN said:

SOME GUYS SAY "I MADE THIS KNIFE" WHILE SOME SAY "I FORGED THIS KNIFE", WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

2 basic ways to make a knife are stock removal and forged. stock removal is starting with a piece of steel larger in every dimention than you want the finished knife to be and grinding away everything that doesn't look like a knife. With a forged blade you start with a piece of steel and heat it until its red hot and use a hammer to shape the steel until it's close (I've seen anywhere from 50% to 95% or more) to the finished dimensions and grind to final shape. At that point you would heat treat the blade, finish grind it, and add a handle and guard.

[kevshell]

Nov 14, 2024 18:30:08 GMT -5 mike454 said:

Nov 14, 2024 16:04:24 GMT -5 45MAN said:

SOME GUYS SAY "I MADE THIS KNIFE" WHILE SOME SAY "I FORGED THIS KNIFE", WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

2 basic ways to make a knife are stock removal and forged. stock removal is starting with a piece of steel larger in every dimention than you want the finished knife to be and grinding away everything that doesn't look like a knife. With a forged blade you start with a piece of steel and heat it until its red hot and use a hammer to shape the steel until it's close (I've seen anywhere from 50% to 95% or more) to the finished dimensions and grind to final shape. At that point you would heat treat the blade, finish grind it, and add a handle and guard.

Would you liken it to reloading? For example I can buy cast bullets from someone else and reload my ammo or I can dial it back another notch or two and cast all my own bullets then reload my ammo? Similar to some knife makers can buy their bar stock and remove the metal as you talk about or they can dial it back and forge their own steel and then proceed to make the knife?

[mike454]

Nov 14, 2024 18:40:16 GMT -5 kevshell said:

Nov 14, 2024 18:30:08 GMT -5 mike454 said:

2 basic ways to make a knife are stock removal and forged. stock removal is starting with a piece of steel larger in every dimention than you want the finished knife to be and grinding away everything that doesn't look like a knife. With a forged blade you start with a piece of steel and heat it until its red hot and use a hammer to shape the steel until it's close (I've seen anywhere from 50% to 95% or more) to the finished dimensions and grind to final shape. At that point you would heat treat the blade, finish grind it, and add a handle and guard.

Would you liken it to reloading? For example I can buy cast bullets from someone else and reload my ammo or I can dial it back another notch or two and cast all my own bullets then reload my ammo? Similar to some knife makers can buy their bar stock and remove the metal as you talk about or they can dial it back and forge their own steel and then proceed to make the knife?

That sums it up pretty nicely. Sometimes the material can dictate the method. Most stainless steels can be somewhere between difficult and impossible to forge, and of course if you want to make damascus, wootz, or san mai you really need to be able to forge.

[pete]

Nov 14, 2024 8:53:25 GMT -5 lscg said:

Nov 13, 2024 23:11:48 GMT -5 pete said:

LCSG,
love your style, those are art to my eyes

Thank you!   I can’t take credit for the style though.  the first two blades are inspired by Daniel Winkler’s work.   and the last three are Joe Keeslar’s style of Brut de forge. These have become my absolute favorite to make.

I understand, I've seen plenty of that style with the forge surface on the spine. Yours have a pleasing balance to the blade/handle relationship and depth of blade. They have a flow to them, like a fine flintlock rifle. They have "it". Well done!

[LeverGunner]

Nov 12, 2024 15:44:32 GMT -5 kings6 said:

Snakewood by Kim


Musk ox by Kim


Musk ox, ivory and buffalo by Kim


Bighorn by Kim


Dall Sheep by Kim


Ivory by Kim


A set of ivory, cape buffalo and snakewood by Kim. They are setting on a badger that though it could out run the Idaho badger slayer, Sixshot! Silly badger!

Nice! I've never seen musk ox handles, those are beautiful. I love that pink dall sheep too. Thank you for sharing.

[LeverGunner]

I don't own any knives nearly as nice as those being shown here. This is my favorite knife so far, of all the ones I have ever owned or held. It just feels right.