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Greetings All,
I designed this skinner about eight years ago, back when I was taking the commuter train to Washington, DC for my day job. While waiting on the platform for the MARC Train one evening, one of my train buddies asked me, “What knife have you made recently TK?”
I pulled out a skinning knife I had just completed out of my backpack and was passing it around. This big man, about six four, with disdain, announces, “That knife is too big to carry up the mountain.” His attitude frosted my ass. Rather than explain the design was for processing very large game like elk, moose, bear, and Bigfoot, I smiled at him and said,”What are you, 30-40 pounds overweight? What should an extra four ounces matter to you?” The wind went out of the big man’s sails and he just stood there, blankly looking at me, not saying anything as a I smiled at him. From that moment on, I named it the Big Man Skinner.
9 1/2” OAL 4 3/4” BL .200” CPM-154 stock The client specified copper furniture and alternative ivory for this knife - all comments welcome.
V/R
TK
I designed this skinner about eight years ago, back when I was taking the commuter train to Washington, DC for my day job. While waiting on the platform for the MARC Train one evening, one of my train buddies asked me, “What knife have you made recently TK?”
I pulled out a skinning knife I had just completed out of my backpack and was passing it around. This big man, about six four, with disdain, announces, “That knife is too big to carry up the mountain.” His attitude frosted my ass. Rather than explain the design was for processing very large game like elk, moose, bear, and Bigfoot, I smiled at him and said,”What are you, 30-40 pounds overweight? What should an extra four ounces matter to you?” The wind went out of the big man’s sails and he just stood there, blankly looking at me, not saying anything as a I smiled at him. From that moment on, I named it the Big Man Skinner.
9 1/2” OAL 4 3/4” BL .200” CPM-154 stock The client specified copper furniture and alternative ivory for this knife - all comments welcome.
V/R
TK
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