52100 hunter

bbarnettAUS · Oct 16, 2013

Gday folks,
Heres a 5.5" hunter Ive just finished up. Forged in 52100, triple heat treat cycles with rounded ricasso and spine.
Silicon bronze guard with a pretty nice piece of Belah, a native Aussie Causarina.
Cheers Bruce

Chris Larrikin · Oct 16, 2013

That's really nice.

Karl B. Andersen · Oct 16, 2013

That's a home run, Bruce. Seriously. :thumbup:
I really like what you did here.
I also really appreciate the absence of pins/bolts.
Awesome, mate.

canineforge · Oct 16, 2013

Karl B. Andersen said:
That's a home run, Bruce.

Totally agree with Karl. I like everything about it. Beautiful wood. Great hunter!

- Joe

Bill Burke · Oct 16, 2013

Very Nicely done Mate.

Del Raso Knives · Oct 16, 2013

Nice work Bruce and congrats on the JS.

Redsnake1997 · Oct 16, 2013

One of my all-time favorite designs and steel! Looks great!!

keithf · Oct 16, 2013

I really like that Bruce. Nice choice of materials mate. Betcha that Belah would look great in sunlight, I'm seeing lots of gold in there.
Cheers Keith

Grapevine · Oct 16, 2013

I really like that. It's like a much more refined take on an Ed Fowler piece.

Kevin Jones · Oct 16, 2013

Really nice, the handle looks very comfortable. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

dcoffe01 · Oct 16, 2013

I love everything about this knife. That's a lot of cutting edge for a medium sized knife.

Dan

Mike Quesenberry · Oct 16, 2013

Beauty of a knife Bruce. Really like the shaping on the handle

Ed Fowler · Oct 23, 2013

Nice job Bruce, that knife has a lot going for it.
Stick with it you are doing well.

gthouse · Oct 23, 2013

That looks great Bruce. I hope it gets used. It begs for it. Gary

bbarnettAUS · Oct 25, 2013

Thanks fellas, appreciate the comments.

Actually gave it a workout on a decent sized steer the other day....wouldnt change a thing about it

Just gotta do the sheath and shes up for grabs.

Cheers Bruce

Pete_H · Oct 25, 2013

That is absolutely what you'd want to be carrying if you needed to dress/skin a deer. Just perfect mate.

Cheers.....Pete

gthouse · Oct 25, 2013

Deer?? That thing would do Roo, not to mention donkey and water buff. Or camel? Gary

Bill Burke · Oct 25, 2013

Gary maybe we should take the buffalo rifles down in august and do a real quigley shoot.

bbarnettAUS · Oct 25, 2013

Sounds good to me....bring em on down

Pete_H · Oct 28, 2013

gthouse said:
Deer?? That thing would do Roo, not to mention donkey and water buff. Or camel? Gary

Mate, deer includes sambar, "Stags can stand up to 130cm at the shoulder (about the height of a Jersey cow) and weigh over 300kg. Hinds are smaller and can grow to about 115cm and weigh in the vicinity of 230kg." - http://www.biggamehunteraustralia.com/sambar_deer.html