cheers mickey-May do that ,or if anyone reads this post and does have a spare one laying about please PM me .
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cheers mickey-May do that ,or if anyone reads this post and does have a spare one laying about please PM me .
I have always used tree limb pruners for cutting up sheep. Fantastic for the chops and hocks. Would be great for your goose legs @kotuku
I have been thinking about this knife shape question quite a bit since the question was posted.
Now I really like the look of A, but the blade in B would be the fastest and cleanest to use for skinning especially if it had the edge shape of C.
The fastest knives I find are old Boners with the blade shortened and slightly straightened. They may not be the most pretty knives but they do skinning cuts with speed accuracy and minimal effort, where as a deep blade drags. A blade with a big rounded cutting edge is much more likely to give the user a bad cut too as it is hard to judge and a slip ends up with a downward cut as well as forwards.
The angle of the grip relative to the blade makes a big difference to control as well, so there really is a lot to getting a knife right
So the knife has been started, I went for "A" blade and "C" handle as that got requested quite a bit . Fits the hand well and feels nicely balanced in different grips.
There are a few knives ahead of it under way but will post the progress just for fun and to keep you guys informed.
At some stage I will make "B" as well just because there was some interest in the shape and it's not something I normally make.Attachment 135511Attachment 135512Attachment 135513
That looks really good!
What did you cut the shape of the knife out with?
what the fucks up with your pinky did you just out down your tea:D
mate youre bloods worth bottling -thanks for even giving it some thought .Even if its in parts -i casn rebuild it .
Ihave a copy of the american schrade fingertip skinner -lovely wee knife-just doesnt quitefeel the same as that bugger did.
Id pick it up and open up a breastbone like a pathologist at a postmortem .
for tracing down the breastbone -bugger me an old shepherds pen knife GSPF found in water in front of a maimai at ellesmere and gave to me
blade rusty as buggery handle cracked ,but i liked it and reconditioned it .It sharpens up faster than a scotsman can collar a dollar
a couple of strokes with it along the collarbone lays that goose/mallard breast clean open!
bloody amazing given my knife collection how i instinctively go for a certain knife for a certain job
LOL. Yep that one is middle child's who was sitting on PS 4 a bit much. The bottom knife in pic got for the youngest.
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It is a shape appealing to the eye Viper, but I don't think it will achieve what you are wanting to achieve.
For gutting a fish, the blade has too much curve at the point, which will make it difficult to enter the vent. With that shape blade it will be hard to nick the gill artery. It is too curved for filleting.
For quackers I think the blade is too wide to turn in the narrow space when breasting and the wrong shape for separating leg joints. I think the results on ducks will look like a Willy Duley back steaking job ( half the flesh left on the bones).
For me if the blade was reshaped to be straighter from point to base - a bit like a half worn Mercator it would be better for purpose.
For me, the Car padeum blade shape with a hollow grind would actually work the best even if not the prettiest
The modern reciprocating saw has many uses and after-market attachments - steady on the throttle boys https://trysexmachines.com/products/...ting-saw-dildo
I believe @veitnamcam has one
Now here we have a classic NZHS case of a thread getting so far from the original topic is mind blogging. How did we get from this to this ?Attachment 136052Attachment 136053.
Firstly in @veitnamcam defense he has the larger version and it's apparently a different colour.
Next @moahunter your sexual taste has clearly during lockdown lead you down some dark and twisted paths, get some help or at least contact Dewalt and see if they do a yellow and black version.
@viper this is my ideal shape, dulo knife 80mm blade in k390.
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@viper
Here's my first production run Bark River Featherweight hunter which pretty much fits your dimension brief to a T.
178mm overall
82mm blade
2.2mm blade thickness
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Yes you are correct Viper, it is the lockdown has caused a generalised moral decay and decline into debauchery in my household and I claim that as my defence. For VC to have the Patent, he cannot claim a 'lockdown' defense. Thank you for the suggestion to contact Dewalt yellow and black would suit my bedroom nicely.
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!
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.
@gundoc Still got your Green River knife?
They must have been NZ's commonest knifes at one stage .
Ive got a couple that Ive collected etc. Hard to find a good one that isn't worn out or nearly so.
The ones I target are with the ''Green River'' name stamped into the blade, not the later ones which had it somhow printed onto the blade.
@gundoc Still got your Green River knife?
They must have been NZ's commonest knifes at one stage .
Ive got a couple that Ive collected etc. Hard to find a good one that isn't worn out or nearly so.
The ones I target are with the ''Green River'' name stamped into the blade, not the later ones which had it somhow printed onto the blade.
Sadly my mother backed the car over my wooden-framed 'Trapper Nelson' pack when it slipped off its nail. That buggered the pack, broke my knife, and destroyed my white spirit stove. I replaced everything (Mountain Mule, Primus, etc) but the new knife was crap and I eventually binned it and bought a bloody expensive Puma White Hunter - a good blade but very heavy, sold about 10 years ago as I didn't use it, preferring the convenience of my Shrade.
And just to hijack the thread further, if anyone has one of the late 70's early 80's green river skinner with the black plastic handle, id like to have a chat. Still got the sheath-the one with JB Vaughan (think it was that) importers or such on it.
Are they the same as the ones that might still be available?
they are still able to be purchased....about $70 if memory serves me correctly,spotted them on pgg wrightsons web page a while back.....
they have the awesome bushmans friend too...
Strangely enough I gave my skinner to a mate. Got one of those bushmans friend type-same green river brand-crappy sheath. Ended up with the BF knife in the skinner sheath.
Here's a nice design:
https://trcknives.com/product/classic-freedom/
And the answer is "yes I did" :)