Bush Monkey CHUPACABRA - etched 01, OD G10 and stainless fasteners

[BMK]

A friend asked me if I could make him a Bush Monkey version of the Canadian Belt Knife survival model. I passed the project off to my R & D director "Tony" (below) and this is what he came up with... in his favorite color of course - Olive Drab:

CHUPACABRA: 9" OAL. 01 tool steel 4" x 1.75 x 3/16 scandi bevel blade. Stainless corby bolts, bead blast G10, flared stainless lanyard tube. With kydex sheath.

Thanks for taking a look.

 

[BenR.T.]

That's Cool, I really like the OD G10!

 

[blindhogg]

First off Great looking knife, I love it.
And if you radiused those handles the way I think you did, great idea.
Now to the workshop to experiment.
Chris

 

[chainring]

I like the heck out of that design. Looks great!

 

[TLR]

Man I like that knife. Great concept and execution!

 

[daizee]

That thing is awesome.

-Daizee

 

[Tiiiiiiiim]

First off Great looking knife, I love it.
And if you radiused those handles the way I think you did, great idea.
Now to the workshop to experiment.
Chris

C'mon now. We don't share secrets amongst friends.

Did you router that sucker Monkey man?

 

[BMK]

I thought that was a given. How else can you radius a handle to those tolerances?...I suppose you could do it on a mill but a router with a roundover bit is simple. Just keeping things simple (as always) - no "Monkey Business" here

C'mon now. We don't share secrets amongst friends.

Did you router that sucker Monkey man?

 

[Tiiiiiiiim]

I thought that was a given. How else can you radius a handle to those tolerances?...I suppose you could do it on a mill but a router with a roundover bit is simple. Just keeping things simple (as always) - no "Monkey Business" here

Looks good.

 

[wolffbite]

Nice and clean. I like this design a lot.... that bead-blast finish on the handles must make it nice and grippy too

 

[scs.knives]

Wow, I love every bit of that thing.

 

[Rick Marchand]

Great looking blade, MonkeyNutz..... some of the cleanest handlework I've ever seen. Give Tony a peanut for me, eh?

 

[BMK]

Thank you all for looking and taking the time to comment. I am pleased that you find my work worthy of compliment. Tony has a few other "tweaks" in mind for the Chupacabra - stay tuned...

Jeff