Awesome folder!

[Jakeboy]

I've just returned from a motorcycle trip to AK. 30 days of touring and primitive camping wasn't nearly enough in this beautiful state!

While visiting Fairbanks, I came across this knife that I absolutely had to have. The shopkeeper (USMC Korean Vet), said that he was selling this knife (and a few others) that a local, retired knifemaker had built a number of years ago. This is one beefy knife and measures 5 1/4" in length, closed. The workmanship is outstanding.

 

[glennbad]

Man, that thing is pimped out to the max!

 

[Woodrow F Call]

Beefy is right. It looks like you could baton rail road ties with it.

 

[thawk]

Nice work on that one for sure.

 

[eschwebach]

That is a fantastic find and a great souvenir of your trip in Alaska. The workmanship does indeed look wonderful. I really like the file work on the springs and liners.

 

[Woodrow F Call]

Where are the pics from the trip?

 

[oldrifleman]

Nice knife!, so you spent 30 days on the trip 10 of which were spent getting to AK and back? Need pictures of place and bike. Steven

 

[billym]

Where are the pics from the trip?

Yea!! Beautiful knife BTW!

 

[puukkoman]

Wow... that sure is huge and heavy duty! Get a load of the thickness of those brass scales! And the covers, being pieced together out of stag and wood, really have a unique look. THAT is an Alaskan knife, for sure! :thumbup:

 

[arizonaranchman]

Wow cool workmanship, would love to examine it closer. Looks outstanding.

The trip? Pics or it didn't happen! lol

I do a cross-country road trip every year to the Midwest on my Road King. It's always the highlite of my entire year. Nothing like it! The summer of '14 I plan to ride to the east coast through all the southern states, then up the coast then back through the Midwest, etc. I do look forward to checking out local knife shops along the way this next trip.

Congrats on your trip and the knife find - a great souvenier!

 

[festerfromnzed]

That is a very cool knife.....I love the handle.....................FES

 

[jc57]

That knife has a lot going on there. I normally don't care for filework but holy cow! That's just amazing! So you ready to go out and skin a few bears and baton through a couple of logs with it? Looks like a great user.

 

[Kisatchie]

that is one heck of a Alaska Knife !!

 

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[cali]

Sorry to say that, but it looks like made in India/Pakistan.

 

[Squashfan]

Sorry to say that, but it looks like made in India/Pakistan.

I don't know... It looks awfully nice for a Pakistan knife. I would looks at the backsprings inside the handle. Pakistan knives very rarely have finished backsprings.