Thread: small knife design , your input.

The ideal shaped blade is what we all strive for, but the reality is that we use whatever is to hand. This Shrade Old Timer Scrimshaw has been my daily companion for almost 40 years, the blade is completely wrong for dressing animals, and years of keeping it nice and sharp has taken some of the curvature out of the blade. Despite that, this knife has dressed more game than any other knife I have owned except my old Green River skinner that I had when I was pro shooting in the '60s. This old girl keeps a bloody good edge, and the back of the blade has popped literally hundreds of beer bottle tops!

Originally Posted by gundoc

The ideal shaped blade is what we all strive for, but the reality is that we use whatever is to hand. This Shrade Old Timer Scrimshaw has been my daily companion for almost 40 years, the blade is completely wrong for dressing animals, and years of keeping it nice and sharp has taken some of the curvature out of the blade. Despite that, this knife has dressed more game than any other knife I have owned except my old Green River skinner that I had when I was pro shooting in the '60s. This old girl keeps a bloody good edge, and the back of the blade has popped literally hundreds of beer bottle tops!
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from the look of it and the sheath are you sure you didnt buy it from the late wyatt earps estate .your bottle tops mention -another one of my requirements for a good knife -since ruined me teeth due in part to being a human bottle top remover.
Ive got a genuine camillus us pilots vietnam era survival knife -had it for over 40yrs-and that wee bitch is lethal.bought around 1975 IIRC original sheath(not the metal tipped one)a bit worn with couple of repairs ,but you often see em on TM$300-400 price.
I was debating as to putting it on my ducking webbing or pack but decided nup too good -use one of the others!

Originally Posted by kotuku

from the look of it and the sheath are you sure you didnt buy it from the late wyatt earps estate .your bottle tops mention -another one of my requirements for a good knife -since ruined me teeth due in part to being a human bottle top remover.
Ive got a genuine camillus us pilots vietnam era survival knife -had it for over 40yrs-and that wee bitch is lethal.bought around 1975 IIRC original sheath(not the metal tipped one)a bit worn with couple of repairs ,but you often see em on TM$300-400 price.
I was debating as to putting it on my ducking webbing or pack but decided nup too good -use one of the others!

I bought the knife new in the US in 1979 and the factory sheath fell to bits after a couple of years so I had Paul Cross of Magnum Leather create this one to my rough design. The pancake style has very strong belt loops and sits nice and tight on my side. I like pancake holsters for the same reason.

Originally Posted by gundoc

I bought the knife new in the US in 1979 and the factory sheath fell to bits after a couple of years so I had Paul Cross of Magnum Leather create this one to my rough design. The pancake style has very strong belt loops and sits nice and tight on my side. I like pancake holsters for the same reason.

Still got my magnum leather pouch also , now with a kershaw .