$90 Small Hunters in Linen

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Model: IX
Serials: 001,002,003
Blade steel:1/8" 440-C Stainless Steel 57-58Rc
Handles:Shown in Green Linen (serial 001), Red Linen (serial 002), Red & Black Linen (serial 003) all are finished with 220grt hand-sanding, then scotchbrited to a slight sheen.
Pins: Brass
Blade length: 3 7/16"
Overall length: 7 7/16"
Weight: approx. 4.3 oz.
Tang:full

Custom fit/finished leather sheath included.

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Small hunters are my favorites and i've been having a ball making this model, 8 so far! I hope the pictures reflect the grind lines from 320-grit sander. really nice.

If linen ain’t your thing, stay tuned for another canvas or two….
Thanks guys.
 
I am tempted to buy even one of these, must be a great small knife to have on a belt. The Red & black linen looks like wood more than micarta. :thumbup:

Serious question for you, is canvas allot better for gripping than linen?

I never owned a canvas micarta knife yet, I do have two linen micarta, very nice material but do find them slightly slippery in the hand even when using completely dry.
 
spearz! bud! thanks! in general in my uses, i think canvas is usually a better grip. BUT thats why i finished these linens with sandpaper and scotchbrite pad. you see more buffed, polished looking linens mosttimes. i sweat alot and i kept that in mind when i finished these.
 
What color canvas,what type of sheath,and how soon ? really like the knife size and price.
 
Canvas micarta bead blasts very nice. As the beads break some of the threads apart,, it gives the handle a little bit of a feathery feel and is actually very grippy.

Rough sand paper and a scotch brite pad probably get a similar effect to bead blasting.

If you decide to make these in another blade steel, let me know! 440C is a good one but, I really like some of the other blade steels a lot more.

I have looked at those knives before on your website and have come close to buying one even though it was in 440C! ;)
 
440-C is a good steel if properly heat treated. Schrade used it extensively and it was pretty good the way they did it. Some others weren't quite so good.
 
inspecto said:
What color canvas,what type of sheath,and how soon ? really like the knife size and price.
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color? i have to leave some surprise! the sheaths are all about the same as any you see on my site, all 3 have been posted there for a while and i think with sheath pics. model IX's in the fixed blade section. i just put the handles on and have some finishing work, then the sheath has to be made. takes longer to form the sheath and finish it than the blades. thanks for asking! I can't wait to show yall.
 
Sid Post said:
If you decide to make these in another blade steel, let me know! 440C is a good one but, I really like some of the other blade steels a lot more.

I have looked at those knives before on your website and have come close to buying one even though it was in 440C! ;)
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good to hear from you sid! yes, i heat treated some d2 today and plan on trying some outta that.

I swear i have NEVER had one single complaint about my 440-C, but then again, if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself. that's why I HEAT TREAT MY OWN BLADES. Always have and hopefully always will.
Eddie
 
great looking knives.. especially for the $$$$... :thumbup:

do you ever put lanyard holes on these guys....:)

mike
 
Eddie,
David Winston told me about a way he heat treats his D2 which is much less complicated than most people use and it results in steel which the Crucible people say is "just fine". I'm sure he wold share the info if you called him.
 
DrD- i done heated the D2 and, so far, i am VERY well pleased. very well pleased. i'll let ya know and thanks for the name info...i can always use a little help!
 
Eddie, I went ahead and purchased the 003 with the red and black handles off of your sight. Looks like a nice knife indeed.

Mark
 
That was my top choice too, the red and black linen really looks like a wood grain in the picture to me. Nice Buy!

I am going to wait for a canvas one, I has poured rain non-stop for 3 day, rained for a week and 2 flood warns.

Nice knives, Shadow knives has been a great addition to the BF knife area! :)
 
I had a benchmade Pika with a 440C steel blade as an edc folder, the blade was great. I still have hold backs against 440C.

I do find 440A is way to soft, you can get a nice sharp edge on it but it's gone in no time.

I was talking about steel with Peter Marzitelli at a knife show this summer. He said ATS34 was a great steel for knives and misses working with it. Because he had to move onto the new fad steels everyone wants today S30V and 154cm.
 
52-100, O1, 1095, ATS34-Ain't nothing wrong with any of them.
Few of us will ever use a knife up anyway.
 
Rule .308 said:
Eddie, I went ahead and purchased the 003 with the red and black handles off of your sight. Looks like a nice knife indeed.

Mark
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I got the $$ and your info! Thanks so much! Will follow up with an email to you; thanks again!

Yall BF folks are great! i gotta get lora to update the website. she likes to put 'sold to a bladeforums member' each time.

Keep em coming, this was a pleasant morning to say the least!
 
440C is just fine for me! I've had lots of D2 knives, S30V, 154-CM, VG-10 and others, but I've been using a 440C Bladetech Pro Hunter Lite for the past year or so and I'm very pleased with the performance. For a regular knife-using guy like me, it does the job fine.

I don't doubt Eddie will have those D2 blades out pretty soon, I'm sure they will be fine knives and we should expect them to be priced accordingly. But let's keep up interest in these 440C knives as well. They fill a void in the knife market that I think is ready for the taking: well made, HAND made, affordable users.

I, for one, am chomping at the bit to get the 440C green canvas model IX that Eddie mailed to me last week, it should arrive tomorrow or the next day as I'm sure the postal workers took Veteran's Day off. This one is going immediately on my belt and I won't be shy about putting it to work!
 
TorZ! First, I hope you get the blade soon! And I have always really loved 440-C because it's easy to work with, and i can do my own heat-treating, i believe it holds an edge as good as any of them out there. Yeah, the D2 costs more and i'm trying to figure that into the price without jumping TOO much. Thanks again!
Eddie
 
Not to get into "blade steel snobbery" or "mine's bigger then yours" debates, some of us really do use our knives hard. Having the right steel for the task intended with a blade ground for the task intended are important.

I will always take a simple run of the mill "good" steel heat treated and ground properly over a the latest "wonder" steel heat treated by some unknown computer operator and ground on a generic mass produced CNC machine.

I have personally proven to myself that an inferior steel heat treated right is far better then a mass produced knife from a wonder steel which is a big part of the reason I read threads like this one with so much interest. For most people, this subjective and negligible level of differentiation is lost. I however still notice differences in common stainless steels. The qualities I am trying to use will determine the optimal steel for me personally along with the grind of the knife itself. I have worked with knifemakers in the past to get just the right grind for my specific use which leads to a "non-standard" steel selection at times because I am making a choice not in the mainstream of generic use.

These little gems will be real winners for many people in a variety of steels. Heck I could see myself using one made from 1095 or BG-42 depending on what it was I had in mind for actual use. In the end, I think 440C and D2 are both great choices that give people like myself two good options to consider and choose between.
 
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