Bose Knives

Good stuff. Love the knife and sheath.

The sheath reminds me a bit of a swinger style sheath (using a small carabiner link) made by Charlie Ochs (ABS MS) for a stag handled hunter of his in 52100 that I have.
 
Thats one sweet knife kerry.
I could say, it seems like the perfect backpocket knife to me.
The sheath completes the perfect knife.

Thanks for showing.
 
I really like small fixed blades, and that one is a true beauty. The sheath is super Kerry. :thumbup:
 
Great knife by Mr.B! How does he make such a simple knife so GOTTA HAVE?? I ask ya!!!
Great stitchin' too, Mr.K!! Do you use two needles to do that??
 
waynorth said:
Great knife by Mr.B! How does he make such a simple knife so GOTTA HAVE?? I ask ya!!!
Great stitchin' too, Mr.K!! Do you use two needles to do that??
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Thanks all....yea Charlie, I do the ole saddle stitch method. You sure can wang down on the stitches and get them nice and tight.
 
Well, I'll Be Damned!!

I'm pretty sure anyway!.
Here's the evolution of the Arkansas Hunter for Case. An older Ebony Empire, then a Bone American Knife Co, likely made by an ex-Empire employee! And then Tony's rendition in ATS-34, and Case-bone treated with Kickapoo Joy Juice!
Tony graciously allowed me to aquire this prototype, so here they are; a child meeting his ancestors. I won't try and out-do Kerry's great photos (as if I could), but I thought you'd like this little pictorial essay.
The bone is dazzling in hand; the knife leaves me speechless!
I think the maker may have hunted a little, hmmmmmm?
Look at the belly in the blade - very useful!!
Thanks Mr.B!
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Hell of a job, damnation and all!!! Congrats, Charlie and Tony! :thumbup:
 
waynorth,that is a great picture (or scan) thanks for showing it off & congrat's
Nobody does that like Tony,when you're good,you're good,That's All !!

-Vince
 
I'm happy you like what you see guys. I just thought I'd comment on some of the details. Mainly the bolsters. It is very difficult to do these flat bolsters. You have a bunch of straight lines meeting at the corners, and if you miss, it looks bad! (I will not show you my attempts at same!) I collected a couple of knives with flat bolsters, antiques, and pondered why they are so rare, until the realization came, that they are tough and not all the knife finishers could do them. They likely all had to go to the Master cutler to be finished.
It's a detail for high end knives only. Note how the older knives' bolsters in the pic aren't nearly as well defined as Tony's. Some rounding is due to pocket wear, but they never were as great, IMO.
The other detail I'm not as sure of, because the number of animals I've skinned in my life, you can count on two hands, and that is the slight belly to the cutting edge of the blade. Remington used that "belly" on a lot of their bigger hunter type knives also, as I recall, to increase their effectiveness, and the few tests I've read agree with that assessment. Maybe you more intrepid woodsmen can comment further.
Darn this is fun!
 
That "Belly" is great for skinning! The Bolsters are amazing Tony!
I love everything about this knife!
 
Well i know one friend who is pretty darn happy with his new knife and sheath.

This is a great combination Kerry and Tony.
 
First of all...Charlie, I love the way you beat Riad to the punch by damning yourself. BRILLIANT!!! The scan is great and it is cool to see these knives lying side by side. I'm confident there are many production knife collectors that can't understand all the hubub over handmade knives but until they see one and can CE n CF them up close and personal, they'll probably never understand. Add to that the wonderful stories behind how these great knives become part of your life history...that's something special.

Congratulations Charlie.:thumbup:

(so..you gonna pack your Boses up for the big parade to Atlanta?)
 
Tony,

Great work on the straight backpocket or would that be a stiffy backpocket.
Perdy stag, great steel and great design.

Kerry,

Thanks for the mention in your post, but you are the one who had the vision I just pushed the buttons. Looks great and very functional.
 
Chuck!!!!!
I'm here in mexico typing on my phone
DAMN YOU for DAMNING Yourself and DAMN YOU Just The same for the sweet ARH mega-score!!!
In Health may she ride by your side!...
Damn You all for the week I spent Imagining what was going here without Me!!!!!
 
"(so..you gonna pack your Boses up for the big parade to Atlanta?)" Kerry

Ummm, I'm saving room in my luggage for the ones I am going to ACQUIRE in Atlanta!! BWAAAHHAAHHAAHHAA!!!:D!!
Actually, I can't abide some good knives being CE'd and CF'd by airline employees in the belly of said airplane. If I was driving, I'd have them all in my pockets!

Riad, thank you for damning me anyway! I feel like I've been initiated. . . although it's a little hot down here:eek:! :D:D!
 
This 3 1/8" single blade trapper is hafted with rare Napanoch bone and built on the serpentine frame. Blade and spring is D2.

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A beautiful little trapper. That bone looks great. Those spun pins look to be different. Great pix:thumbup:
 
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