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Very nice Doc!! Thanks for the inspiration. Its been cold here and my garage is unheated but I need to get out there and catch up with you. ;)

I suppose I could play along. Slipjoints: Lockbacks: Imperials: Bark River and Koster: Rapid River custom hatchet: Wilson Custom: Becker BK7 that I "customized":

I'll second that one! A Stainless Clipper model is my go-to fishing knife. You might want to order one of those as well. $13 at the site Q posted. Chris

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=11197 This thread should give you some ideas. If you've already got a semi-finished blade, check out page two. HTH, Chris

The Ugliest Shotgun in Howard County was a Mossberg bolt action. I had one. A Mossberg 395KB. Worth about $50 when I traded it for a new Palm Pilot (worth about $100) :p. Fun guns but unless it has a rifled barrel they're not as practical as a pump-gun. The 695 is a deer smackin' machine...

:eek: Critters over there must be HUGE!!!! Love the handle on the Bowie and Differential heat treat is a nice touch. I can't say I see 440C done that way very often. Congrats!

How'd ya like the smell of those horns when you cut 'em? I've done an antler handle and they have a rather memorable smell when you sand them on a belt. Like burnt hair :barf:. I've been on the hunt for some scrap carbon fiber for a project I've been slacking on. If you get a chance to...

Looking good Doc! Be sure to get a respirator before monkeying with micarta. That stuff can be bad ju-ju if you breathe too much of it. Desert Ironwood will put a hurtin' on ya too.

Yes they are Cobblers. I think HoosierQ just used my pic to show the knife he got that was dull. One of them is still original with just a paracord wrap. The other is here: EDIT: Found a pic of the cobbler wearing paracord. Chris

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Let me ask you something. How are you going to steel and strop it if its sitting in my kitchen drawer :confused::mad:

Not to dig up an old thread but... Word is that they'll be dropping some of their used and abused M1 Carbines for S&W M&P AR's too. My next door neighbor is a Detroit LEO and brought the new M&P 40 over last week for me to check out. Yep. He knows I'm a gun nut and that I'd...

Never needed a fire extinguisher yet I keep three in the house. Never needed an airbag but my car has four. Haven't fell down the stairs in my house but I have hand rails on 'em. Don't have a CO leak yet I have a CO detector. I guess it's a matter of "better to have and not need..."

A third vote for teh Griptilian. If you can get a Cabelas version with a D2 steel blade, all the better. Happy anniversary!

I've done a bit of converting old kitchen knives into field/skinning/camp knives. My latest was a knife I found in the broiler of an old stove that was in the basement of a house my sister-in-law was moving into. I didn't take any "before" pics but it was a nine inch butcher knife that was...

I agree as well. By all means. Because people have different tastes and needs, I don't think there can be one true "king". There are just too many innovators and makers out there to crown just one. Richard Petty was crowned King in the NASCAR circle but not open wheel racing or ralley car...

Ron Lake was the proverbial god of the single blade, lock back knife. While he may have been doing it before Tony Bose, the two men are worlds apart in the knives they specialized in. Not knocking either one. Bose is the cats pajamas when it comes to slipjoints. Lake created the modern...

I'd agree and add Ron Lake, Jerry Busse, and Bob Dozier. Brands that were started by a single maker and probably more known than the names already given are: Sal Glesser - Oner, maker, designer of Spyderco Knives Mike Stewart - Owner/maker of Bark River knives. Former owner/maker of...

There are a couple custom makers that make Altoids tin size knives. Doug Ritter had a hand in designing this fixed blade for CRKT. It even comes with a "mint tin". http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=CR2380 The steel is stainless and resides at the weaker end of...

Condor offers machetes in Stainless. They're made in El Salvador ( I'm pretty sure they got jungles there, and at least one person from Solengen has been there ;):p ). http://www.condortk.com/about.php They make good stuff. Keep an eye on their new offerings. They are making a wider...