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First of the 2022 orders. Mamba in 1084.
Green micarta and stabilized curly birch from Finland.
G10 liners and pins.
Heading to Southland and a very active hunter.
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First of the 2022 orders. Mamba in 1084.
Green micarta and stabilized curly birch from Finland.
G10 liners and pins.
Heading to Southland and a very active hunter.
First knife made at one day course, super impressed with the results . I can see how this could become addictive
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@chainsaw - great effort!
Was that with Bruce out at Ness Valley?
I did the course a few months back just after lock-down. Been meaning to put up some pics....
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Here's my effort - just need a sheath now....Attachment 189013Attachment 189014
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seems there is a fella here in Geraldine who runs one too....$300ish for two day .
$300 for two days is bloody good value
Here's the spread from our day - good variety and all solid efforts
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For a forum member, something different.
Brief was something light, easy to clean and light.
Modified Kephart, skeletonised handle, 12c27n, weights nothing and versatile.
Ho Nick, no I didn't weigh it but it was like a feather.
It was much more comfortable in hand than I thought it would be. I spent a fair amount of time rounding and softening all the edges. It also gives an option of wrapping the handle in paracord.
An interesting build that is a very light and practical field knife.
my weeks work pretty productive for me .
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from the top
a bunka for a knife in the hat give away
a french chef rehandle
boner
slicer
boner
and a deep nakiri bottom 3 all for one customer
Nice. What steel do you do the boner in @john worthington ?
hi tahr these are n690 but i can do them in whatever you desire within being able to source the steel
cheers john
The old Svord bird and trout knife.
Stag handle.
Stupid me left it dirty in its sheath for a month as I thought I'd cleaned it. Doh!
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that will buff out easy enough.....
All thoughts of more knife purchasing put on hold until something becomes available in CPM-Magnacut that takes my fancy.
Bark River are starting to use it.
https://www.dlttrading.com/bark-river-knife-pre-orders
https://nsm-ny.com/wp-content/upload...atasheet15.pdf
Finished this little kitchen knife up for a swap. Nitro V and g10. Black and stainless always a classic combo. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b834e6657d.jpg
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Just to add a Corolla to the Lamborghini's here.... ;) Love the little NZ-made Victory Drop Point Hunter knives. This colour should make it harder for me to lose in the bush.... I'm definitely a function over form person... :thumbsup:
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As an aside; I bought directly from Victory for $25 ($10 cheaper than anywhere else) plus $9,99 postage and overnight delivery.... It was delivered the following morning in a nice cardboard Victory box. Gotta give kudos for good service when it is deserved. It was only a single knife order; not an abattoir/freezing works big order :)
High carbon 1084 Mamba. Stabilized curly maple, black and yellow Acrylic composite handles. G10 pins and liners. Lanyard tube.
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Beautiful mate!
Nice one, love the look of that :)
The latest knife just finished, A Mamba in 1084 high carbon. Hybrid timber and pearlescent resin handles out of the Ukraine ( god knows how my supplier of this handle material is getting on now ).
G10 pins, liners . Full grind . Off to a collector and his pool room apparently.... too pretty to use ??Attachment 191455
Hi mate, thanks for the kind words. It's been a interesting journey of both learning new skills and developing a style that is unique or recognisable to my knives.
I have been very fortunate to have John Worthington mentoring me and that has accelerated the learning curve.
However saying that it still comes down to time on the grinder and time in my tiny workspace putting things together.
I am wrapped you have one of my early knives and are enjoying it. The forum members have been very supportive and generous making orders.
Keep an eye out as there are more knives to come.
All the best , Viper / Duncan
Pretty much a newy here, made few rough knives and axes from crosscut saw blades ( no where near the skill of you blokes ) but I usually modify some existing piece to get what I'm after and I do a bit of leather work......anywho, here's a bit of show and tell.......sorry about the poor pics
https://i.imgur.com/ESZOD6C.jpg
Made this for a mate at work.
https://i.imgur.com/GAIo13o.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/melEgCp.jpg
...modified my Schade Old Timer to a better blade shape...
https://i.imgur.com/CkodSPH.jpg
For the old chook across the road...
And some in progress stuff
https://i.imgur.com/iSZS1eb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/kqlQvFw.jpg
and finally a bit of general leather work
https://i.imgur.com/sQ8WzM5.jpg
Roger
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Mamba hunter in 12C27 stainless.
Latest one off the bench and away for the Roar. Different type of finish , more of a satin look.
Lime green Juma, stabilized Maple and Black / Purple Acrylic. G10 liners and pins and my first use of a Mosaic pin.
Chapess using a chap's knife
Fully skinned my first beast today, no help from the other half.
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A lamb shot by Mr H. I forbid him to skin them because he makes a shocking job of it and I can't use the hides for anything. He does gut them thankfully.
Knife is a fake cold steel AD10. As is usual in our house, he saw it on Ali Express for $65.00 delivered so purchased it. He thought it was real so was getting a bargain but then saw the real thing for $339.00 here in New Zealand and realised it was fake.
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Now I don't care what a knife looks or feels like normally, despite Mr H's excitement about any hunting tool I normally just say "that's nice dear" and carry on. But I tried this fake, and Wow! Bazinga! I'm sold! It feels lovely in my hand and you can't kill it! So good and sharp. I watched a video of a couple of Dutch boys, on DBK, trying to destroy one and they couldn't!
Totally recommend it.
Early first model Luftwaffe Dagger. Not my usual interest at all but interesting just the same.