Butch Hanby Drop Point Hunter

[keithhblade]

Drop-Point Hunter with Snow White Corian Handle and Buffalo Hide Sheath by Butch Hanby - $225

Osage Ranch, Butch's Buffalo Ranch, is the source of the buffalo hide and buffalo horn he uses in his sheaths and handles.


Butch Hanby’s Serengeti is a drop point hunting knife. The drop point blade is 4″ x 1″ and made from high carbon stainless cutlery steel. The handle is polished snow white corian. The fittings are solid brass.

Butch Hanby is a White River Cherokee Indian. He makes his Buffalo Hide Sheaths from the hides he gets on his own Buffalo Ranch in Arkansas. Using an ancient method passed down by the Native American “old ones”, the nine-ounce bull hide sheath is form fitted, hardened, and secured with double cap solid brass harness rivets. It is the toughest leather you can imagine.


Knife Style - Drop Point Hunter
Blade Style - Drop-Point
Knife Maker - Butch Hanby
Overall Length - 8.25 "
Blade Length - 4.0 "
Cutting Edge - 3.375 "
Width (widest) - .9375 "
Weight - 6.125 oz
Sheath Weight - 3.125 oz
Construction - Full Tang
Handle - Snow Corian
Pins - Brass
Sheath - Buffalo Hide Leather with Brass Rivets
Guard - Brass
Country of Origin - United States of America

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[VCM3]

Welcome Keith,best wishes for your venture here. If ever there is anything I can help with,please feel free to contact me.
I think you left the steel type out of the specs on that first beauty of an offering -Vince

 

[keithhblade]

Welcome Keith,best wishes for your venture here. If ever there is anything I can help with,please feel free to contact me.
I think you left the steel type out of the specs on that first beauty of an offering -Vince

Thanks for the offer Vince! I have found the community at BladeForums to be very helpful and kind, and you are not disappointing.

As to the type of steel used in the knife, it has a long answer.
About a year and a half ago, Butch Hanby got a cut on his leg which got infected. It was one of those things that came out of nowhere. The infection got so bad that the doctors thought he might lose the leg. He didn’t lose his leg, but the treatment and recuperation ended up take about a year. When all of that started, he had a variety of materials and knives in progress that he was working on. None of it was labeled because he knew what it all was. But after being yanked out of the game for a year, he found that he couldn’t remember what was what.

Here is what he told me when I asked him about the steel:
“As for the type of steel used : 90 + % is 440-c ----- However, some of the steel I have, I didn't get marked before I got hurt last year ( I was out of service for over a year ) but it is all stainless---either 8A or a high carbon cutlery steel similar to 440-c .

When I am positive of which steel it is, I list it ------they are all good blade steel and I've used them for years.”

I will update this listing and add this info to the next posts of his knives.

And to catch up with Butch, he thought his knife making days were done, and had resigned himself to that. Since his miraculous recovery, he is very happy to be making knives again. He is in great spirits and has a ton of enthusiasm for his knives, his buffalo ranch, and life in general.

Thanks again, Vince!