Hunting Knives

mdeland · Post by **mdeland** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:01 am

Bill you can't be cutting much meat up if you don't have to straighten "lick up" the edge ever so often with a steel at least.
Bucks used to be harder than Chinese arithmetic and a real pain to lick up quickly. They would quit cutting like they ought and then it took a good bit of work to bring them back to where they ought to be.
I had a meat cutter friend that was amazing to watch and he would give his knife a couple of steel licks every five minutes or so of use.
He'd bone out a hung moose quarter in about three minutes or so I'd guess. And then point out all the various cuts of meat and meat seams that were laid out on his table.
I was very impressed! MD

Bad Bill · Post by **Bad Bill** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:06 pm

MD - You are right about that. 3 minutes for a mmoose? Take me 30 minutes for a rabbit. Took half a day to do a pig once. I can't even imagine trying to do a moose. Anyways, if I feel the blade the whole thing feels hollow ground and is as smooth as glass but looking at it it doesn't look that hollow at all. This is a pretty old one and the blade has naturally "blued".

PawPah · Post by **PawPah** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:16 pm

Too bad those Schrades aren't available any more

fatbelly · Post by **fatbelly** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:19 am

At risk of repeating myself from a thread some time ago, shouldn't we be hearing from Conan 'bout now? In past times somebody only had to say 'knife' and he was all over the thread.

Anybody know how he's doing?

Old Doe Shooter · Post by **Old Doe Shooter** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:04 am

I don't even know if they are still around but I have been using a knife made in Seward Alaska by Irwin Campbell of IRBI ( I'd Rather Be Independant) on Seward Highway. Can't find a website so maybe he's gone now or too busy to bother with the web. But if you find yourself heading into Seward you can't miss the 15 foot knife in the parking lot of his small shop. STOP you won't regret it.
He makes the blades from Chainsaw bars and the handles from about anything possible. I have bought and given away a half dozen as gifts and I have been using mine for about 15 years or so. The steel is soft but hones fast and you can sure 'git er done' when the time comes. I won't mention they are handsome tools....... I'll see if I can get a photo to upload here later

PawPah · Post by **PawPah** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:06 am

you might want to try Idaho Knife Works. they make some FINE knives.

dcwilliams · Post by **dcwilliams** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:43 pm

Bark River makes some incredible knives for a factory knife - http://www.knivesshipfree.com/Bark-River-Knives

jmckenney · Post by **jmckenney** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:47 pm

This is probably my favorite: I bought it from Rudy Ruana in 1968 just before leaving for SEA. I've used it from coast to coast and from the artic to sonora desert.

Bought this one from him in 1972

Couple more Ruana's that I picked up over the years:

PawPah · Post by **PawPah** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:43 pm

It's amazing what can be done with a Studebaker spring!!!

jmckenney · Post by **jmckenney** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:03 am

Pawpah: Most people would have no clue what your referring too!! I do and your right.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:33 am

jmckenney wrote:Pawpah: Most people would have no clue what your referring too!! I do and your right.

I think most people would assume that you are referring to his blade material. If that's not it, then we might not have a clue. Otherwise, I think we all got it. Most folks here know a studebaker.

jmckenney · Post by **jmckenney** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:58 pm

Never assume anything Brent, Studabaker is just a name with many applications other than an automobile, restaurants, conestoga wagons, meeting clubs, investment firms, nurseries. Never make an ass u me
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Studebaker/Studabaker

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:13 am

jmckenney wrote:Never assume anything Brent,

Ya mean like when you said:
"Pawpah: Most people would have no clue what your referring too!! I do and your right."

And then:
"Never make an ass u me"
got it...

mannyspd1 · Post by **mannyspd1** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:16 pm

Here is my skinner I designed, that was built by Jawbone Knives.

http://www.jawboneknives.com

ironramrod · Post by **ironramrod** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:16 pm

Re: hunting knives, I've had very good performance with Green River blades available from Track of the Wolf. Their skinner blade is $10, and it is superb. I generally use oak flooring or walnut for the handle scales, copper or brass rivets to attach the handle scales, and slower curing epoxy on the blade/scale attachment to seal them from water. They have a variety of blade patterns, and they seem to perform well in the field or for any general purpose camp or household cutlery needs. And the price is right, too.

Regards

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