A Boderfighskin Knife A what ???

Fred.Rowe

Fred.Rowe

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Which is more of a challenge; making the knife, or saying what it is?

If you make a folder, a designation, of folder, will suffice.

If you make a straight knife, just saying; straight knife will not do. People

expect to hear a category or descriptive name of some type; bowie, dirk,

fighter or skinner. What is it? This part of being a maker baffles me.

My passion; is producing, one of a kind originals. Ascetically pleasing,

functional design with a razor sharp edge. These are my basic design

parameters. Yet, when I am asked; what is it? I find myself at a loss as to

what category the particular knife belongs.

My own solution was to create an all encompassing name; "It's a

Bodirfighskin knife".

If it's not a bowie or a fighter or whatever how do you handle this?

Fred

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Two Bodirfighskin Kives
 
Bubba!!! You can call them anything you want, I will call them" PRETTY".:cool: ;) :D
PS: Did you make them???? :eek: ;) :D
 
i like those knives. i think every maker should come up with a name for his/her own designs. i think thats one of the benifits of being a custom knife maker.
 
That what I call a knife. Outstanding work all around. A+ all the way to you home. Thanks for posting it to see. God bless and have a great day.
 
Those look to me like they might make good capping knives. They have the length and fine point to do detailed skinning. In any case they are suweet! Great job.
 
Those are really nice Fred. How bout you shorten the name to Fighskin?:D
Mace
 
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really like those Fred. Very classy looking cutlery. I would start by classing them as Gentlemen's bodirfighskins.
 
Gorgeous work Fred! Did you do the damascus as well? That's a really nice, tight twist.

Call them whatever you want, just sell 'em and make a pretty penny!

-d

P.S. FWIW, I'd call the blade shape a clip-point, but that's just me.
 
I'd answer such a question with "It's a knife, you dork" (you can omit the "you dork" part with customers... if you want. :D )
Everything else is just :jerkit:
A definition like "skinner" or "fighter" is an arbitrary one that should help define what the knife is best at, but a skinner is also a very fine heavy duty knife: its strongly bellied blade helps in heavy cutting a lot, and a fighter is also generally an excellent cooking knife or to cut ham with its slender, long blade, for example :rolleyes:

As for your knives, I like them a LOT!
 
Generally speaking, I think that there are just

Working knives, where the blade is shorter than a generously sized grip to allow for good leverage while cutting.
(example: puukko)

Camping - Wilderness knives, where the blade is long and the center of gravity is well forward of the guard.
(example: kukri, some bowies)

Fighter , where the blade is long, light and the center of gravity is about in the guard. May have double edge or not.
(example: Fairbairn - Sykes, some bowies)


Within this distinction, most knives may anyway perform well in other roles.
(example: a kukri is as a fearsome fighting knife as it is a great working tool)

There are only two things in my not-so-short experience as a knife user (over 20 years) that can make a knife unsuitable for a certain use:
- a blade too small
- a grip too small
:rolleyes:
 
"What's in a name, that which we call a ..... :confused: " Really, I guess it's though when a name becomes a major selling point. Whatever you call them, those are some beautiful knives. :thumbup:
 
deker said:
Gorgeous work Fred! Did you do the damascus as well? That's a really nice, tight twist.

Call them whatever you want, just sell 'em and make a pretty penny!

-d

P.S. FWIW, I'd call the blade shape a clip-point, but that's just me.
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Deker,

The damascus is of my own making. I've been welding since 99.

I set up a jig to produce the twist this spring. This is my first attempt.

Thanks for your feedback. Fred
 
Alarion said:
Generally speaking, I think that there are just

Working knives, where the blade is shorter than a generously sized grip to allow for good leverage while cutting.
(example: puukko)

Camping - Wilderness knives, where the blade is long and the center of gravity is well forward of the guard.
(example: kukri, some bowies)

Fighter , where the blade is long, light and the center of gravity is about in the guard. May have double edge or not.
(example: Fairbairn - Sykes, some bowies)


Within this distinction, most knives may anyway perform well in other roles.
(example: a kukri is as a fearsome fighting knife as it is a great working tool)

There are only two things in my not-so-short experience as a knife user (over 20 years) that can make a knife unsuitable for a certain use:
- a blade too small
- a grip too small
:rolleyes:
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Alarion,

It's not so much in what it's called, but rather, whether it functions well, for the task at hand.

Some knives are worthless, no matter what they are called.

If someone tells me, thats a great knife, after using a knife I have made, I am more than satisfied. Call it what you want.

I agree; a blade too small--a grip too small are two points that make a knife useless, whatever it's called.

Thanks for your feedback, Fred
 
Scotticks mentioned "Gentleman's knife" or similar; I like that. Those two are really nice; elegant and beautiful but not gaudy. And based around a very utilitarian design.

Like others said, I don't care what you call it. Res ipso loquitor.
 
GibsonFan said:
Scotticks mentioned "Gentleman's knife" or similar; I like that. Those two are really nice; elegant and beautiful but not gaudy. And based around a very utilitarian design.

Like others said, I don't care what you call it. Res ipso loquitor.
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Any maker would be satisfied with that praise. Thanks You, Fred:cool:
 
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