Boot knives and Small fixed blades, Lets see'em

[Makael]

Thanks since I live in the city small edc self defense based fixed blades are a favourite of mine.

What's the knife in the bottom pic, bottom knife with large round handle?

 

[Lapedog]

What's the knife in the bottom pic, bottom knife with large round handle?

Its a Shivworks clinch pick. It is a small fighting knife designed by Craig Douglas of Shivworks. You have to sort of understand the reverse grip pikal fighting style to understand the advantages of using a small knife with the edge reversed for up close self defense.

 

[Makael]

Its a Shivworks clinch pick. It is a small fighting knife designed by Craig Douglas of Shivworks. You have to sort of understand the reverse grip pikal fighting style to understand the advantages of using a small knife with the edge reversed for up close self defense.

Badass little knives

 

[mauiblue]

Bud Neely Aikuchi knife for me. I normally neck carry the beast as I don't normally wear boots.

 

[Ditch-Tiger]

This guy gets some use as a garage knife and lives In the toolbox.

 

[Ditch-Tiger]

 

[jstrange]

Cool. It does certainly look practical. I'll look them up.

Sorry I didn’t mention it before, but it’s a GEC H20. The come in a few different blade shapes. I got mine from Collectors Knives because they supply the shear with purchase.

 

[Mistwalker]

Thanks since I live in the city small edc self defense based fixed blades are a favourite of mine.

I totally get the city concerns. Though the offensive / defensive role wasn't the primary basis behind them, it was definitely a secondary factor in the design thoughts of both the Tibo that TOPS makes for me and the SCHF55 that Schrade makes that I wanted for, among other reasons, to have available for my students to have as well made but affordable tools made for hard use, that they don't mind abusing when the need arises during advanced urban awareness and survival studies, and which don't cost an arm and a leg to replace if damaged or lost in the course of the studies. The last five years of my childhood I lived covertly on the streets of a few large cities as an orphan after my mother was murdered, and it taught me quite a few things about how I see tools for those applications. When I design for this area, a capacity for discretion and high portability are very important, and so is good function and a secure purchase. But then so is intent, which sometimes needs to be masked by innocuousness, for as much sheeple friendliness as possible for times when you need to portion foods for children, or yourself for that matter, or find it necessary to use a knife openly for any other reason in a public venue such as opening clam shell packaging which is so common these day. Two of the reasons I prefer small fixed blades over folders is that I have never had rough use loosen the blade on a full tang knife, and I have never had it cause the blade to close on my fingers. Two less points of stress and contention to have to deal with, and that doesn't even get into the hygiene part.

In my studies, sheeple-friendliness is more easily accomplished with smaller blades.

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[115Italian]

Really like the look of those White River knives. Like pointier Izulas.

The backpacker/caper model is a great knife. Thats what attracted me to it, I was looking at the izula but this looked better. Better steel, better sheath/ carry setup.

 

[Horsewright]

Small fixed blades are handy outside an urban setting too

In fact its interesting to think how often this question comes up. There are, right now, as of this typing, three posts on page one of General regarding small fixed blades.

Use em for all kinds of jobs:

Ya can be a Doc doing dentistry on a horse:

Or a ranch bronc rider:

Boot Sheath and knife:

They are just kinda handy when your corner office looks like this:

That should do for a bit.

 

[Lapedog]

I totally get the city concerns. Though the offensive / defensive role wasn't the primary basis behind them, it was definitely a secondary factor in the design thoughts of both the Tibo that TOPS makes for me and the SCHF55 that Schrade makes that I wanted for, among other reasons, to have available for my students to have as well made but affordable tools made for hard use, that they don't mind abusing when the need arises during advanced urban awareness and survival studies, and which don't cost an arm and a leg to replace if damaged or lost in the course of the studies. The last five years of my childhood I lived covertly on the streets of a few large cities as an orphan after my mother was murdered, and it taught me quite a few things about how I see tools for those applications. When I design for this area, a capacity for discretion and high portability are very important, and so is good function and a secure purchase. But then so is intent, which sometimes needs to be masked by innocuousness, for as much sheeple friendliness as possible for times when you need to portion foods for children, or yourself for that matter, or find it necessary to use a knife openly for any other reason in a public venue such as opening clam shell packaging which is so common these day. Two of the reasons I prefer small fixed blades over folders is that I have never had rough use loosen the blade on a full tang knife, and I have never had it cause the blade to close on my fingers. Two less points of stress and contention to have to deal with, and that doesn't even get into the hygiene part.

In my studies, sheeple-friendliness is more easily accomplished with smaller blades.

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Great write up! I am so glad you have found happiness from a rougher childhood.

Small fixed blades that I can wear around the city are favourite catagory of mine because I can actually wear them. I actually have been seeing some of your writing about your Schrade knife and it has been piquing my interest. Now that Tibo looks really nice!

I love big fixed knives too but honestly I don’t have much instance to ever carry them. I see that the Tibo comes with what I consider an ideal sheath; a taco sheath that is as small as possible. Imho every sheath should be designed like this, so it fits over the knife securely while taking up as little footprint as possible. I see way too many huge kydex pancake sheaths.

To me a fixed blade is only good if you are going to carry it and so much of that has to do with the sheath. If the sheath is just an afterthought then that is a problem for me.

 

[Mistwalker]

Thanks, it was only really bad leading up to the night of the murder and the first 6 months or so on the streets after. The abuse of the two years before made that time worse than the two years that followed, even if i did have a home in those years. The years leading up to the night my stepfather murdered mom, tried to kill me, having to defend myself from him till he died instead of me, and the six months or so that followed were all sort of one long crazy nightmare for me. But within six or seven months on the streets I had found a very real purpose in life, and one that I seemed to be tailor-made to fill. A way to re-purpose a lot of what my dad and my uncles had taught me. For most of the next 4 years I spent my time looking after several other kids on the streets. Ones who either had no home to go back to just like me, or were afraid to go back to the abuses they had ran from to start with, but who didn't have the same foundations in the beginning I had, and had no idea how to fend for themselves or defend themselves. In those days there weren't a lot of options on small knives and kydex wasn't a thing yet. The minimal sheath is a nod to the discretion I had to develop to make everything work to look after the other kids, and the knife size and design are a nod to a lot of what I learned there and have learned about geometry and metallurgy since then. I prefer larger knives in a wilderness environment, like the larger Schrades and Fletcher knives I've designed, but in a city they can quickly become cumbersome. The Tibo was what my thoughts on needs boiled down to, from processing food from a grocery store, to skinning gators, to spiking through the side of a human skull if it had to be used as a GFO in the middle of the night. Every police officer in the town I live in knows me, and carries one as a GFO and utility blade.

 

[ShannonSteelLabs]

This knife was for a customer, but I got the chance to use it for camping. (Refinished after of course)
3.5ish inch blade maybe a bit over or under.
Z-Wear at 62HRC
Rubberized Carbon Fiber handles copper pins.
Really loved how it performed. Might make one for myself!

Really a great all around knife. Sharp spine for ferro rods. Nice thin edge. Great sharp edge and tough. With the sheath it fits in a front pocket nicely. I I took about a half inch off the butt it would be a perfect front pocket EDC. But I dont mind the full size handle.

 

[dirc]

Bought for price?

about 65 USD

 

[Gary W. Graley]

I've always liked the smaller fixed blades, in the just over 3 or just under 3" category;

here's one by Alex Horn, an apprentice to Murray Carter and a dang good knife maker too; @KNIFEMARK

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

and of course this one by Nathan Carothers designed by Lorien Arnold, the EDC model, nicest gripping knife I've EVER handled, @Nathan the Machinist

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

and the Manly Patriot is another that I liked quite well, here it is in desert ironwood, @Lyubomir Trayanov

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

and one I do miss, by @john april a very well made knife also

IMG_6959 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

and this one by Dave Ferry, Horsewright , very well made knife as well as excellent sheath;

Hmm that about wraps it up
G2

 

[eisman]

Here's a few from my collection. I used to carry a lot, now I've just got the favorites that get the most use.

T Steingass version of a Bob Loveless Steifhorn pattern:

A 19th Century Dirk (maker unknown):

A nice Tommy Lee bootknife:

A Fujidaka skeleton:

Mike Lovett used to make those minimal knives too. Here's his version of a Steifhorn:

Ron Gaston did some of the best custom grinds ever. Here's one with black palm scales:

Steve Fecas made this up for me, and it was one of the last Ron Nott engraved. The scales are red coral:

Two folks you don't hear much of; Frank Diluvio (maker) and Russ Zima (engraver):

And here's one I traded to a friend, a Loveless New York by italian maker Fausti:

 

[Brhowser87]

I built the sheath for this one. Nice little knife.
not


Ruana sidekick. Collaboration with a Missoula MT blades Smith for the Damascus blades. 100 were made.

Can you tell me what those 2 Bucks are? I really like them both.

 

[lieferung]

Here's a few from my collection. I used to carry a lot, now I've just got the favorites that get the most use.

T Steingass version of a Bob Loveless Steifhorn pattern:

A 19th Century Dirk (maker unknown):

A nice Tommy Lee bootknife:

A Fujidaka skeleton:

Mike Lovett used to make those minimal knives too. Here's his version of a Steifhorn:

Ron Gaston did some of the best custom grinds ever. Here's one with black palm scales:

Steve Fecas made this up for me, and it was one of the last Ron Nott engraved. The scales are red coral:

Two folks you don't hear much of; Frank Diluvio (maker) and Russ Zima (engraver):

And here's one I traded to a friend, a Loveless New York by italian maker Fausti:

The color on that red coral handle is quite striking! I really like that one

 

[Makael]

Can you tell me what those 2 Bucks are? I really like them both.

Beautiful Buck Redhead knives.

 

[Brhowser87]

Beautiful Buck Redhead knives.

I'm a idiot I meant the BOTTOM 2 Bucks. I'm sorry.