Bull nose camper

[John Cahoon]

Greetings everyone! Here’s a medium sized bull nose camper/light chopper ready to use. This one can go through just about any camp chore. I hope you like it.

Steel .195” 440C professional HT 59/60 hand sanded to 2000 grit for a highly reflective finish.

Edge before sharpening was .015” or so and the blade glides through phone book paper, leather, rope etc. The upper bevel is near sharp starting about 2.5” back from the tip. Balances at the front pin.

Dimensions: 9 7/8” OAL, Tip to Scales 5 1/2” Width 1 15/16”

Chechem/leopardwood dovetail scales sanded to 1200 grit with stainless pins. The handle just locks in my hand but there is a tiny misalignment under the finger choil, best I can measure it about 1/32”. You can see it in the 4th photo. Hand finished with multiple coats of Danish oil and carnauba wax. Lined and dyed sheath, wet molded for a snug fit.

Asking only $165 due to the misalignment. I accept paypal, check or MO, including fees and free shipping in the US. Thanks so much for looking and please feel free to ask anything here or via PM.

 

[snowwolf]

Nice design
I'm curious, why the near sharp swedge on a "camper"?

 

[hughd]

Very nice! Like the darker sheath as well.

 

[John Cahoon]

Hi snowwolf and hughd . Thanks for the kind words, really appreciate your comments. Snowwolf I don't know, assigning style names is not easy for me, there's a fair amount of contradictory diagrams and opinions and camp knife is so generic I went with it. Maybe more of a general purpose utility knife I dunno and am open to suggestions. Still, outside of batoning it should be real useful in camp or elsewhere and if someone were to sharpen it they'd be prepared to deliver an upward slice when the dreaded bunny of total destruction chewed into the tent

 

[snowwolf]

Hi snowwolf and hughd . Still, outside of batoning it should be real useful in camp or elsewhere and if someone were to sharpen it they'd be prepared to deliver an upward slice when the dreaded bunny of total destruction chewed into the tent

LoL Certainly well suited for dreaded bunny. So much, why not calling it the Dreaded Bunny Of Total Destruction or DBOTD in short.

 

[John Cahoon]

LoL Certainly well suited for dreaded bunny. So much, why not calling it the Dreaded Bunny Of Total Destruction or DBOTD in short.

There you have it Snowwolf. Somebody, somewhere is gonna need this knife to deter the DBOTD someday! Fortunately it's available. BTW that's him on the sheath. The legends whisper that this very blade cropped his ears and he's bent on revenge