Cabin Fever Chopping

mneedham · Feb 28, 2010

This David Farmer/Ilbruche combo showed up in the mail on Friday. It's O-1 and light, long and sharp. Ilbruche called it a carving knife for elephants... Got out and messed around a little:

mneedham · Feb 28, 2010

tonym · Feb 28, 2010

That thing is cool!

It's good to see Bruce's down time hasn't bothered his sheath making. Thats a beaut!

lukacsmihaly · Feb 28, 2010

Are you kiddin' me? An elephant wouldn't go near that thing, it would be scared sh#@tless!

:thumbup:

mtnfolk mike · Feb 28, 2010

man.. that is a great looking set up...

i think i need one..

555 · Feb 28, 2010

Nice Rig.

:thumbup: Can we call this a Sword?

mneedham · Feb 28, 2010

tonym said:
That thing is cool!

It's good to see Bruce's down time hasn't bothered his sheath making. Thats a beaut!

No, Bruce can still bend some leather!

lukacsmihaly said:
Are you kiddin' me? An elephant wouldn't go near that thing, it would be scared sh#@tless! :thumbup:

They'd want bigger grips too

mtnfolk mike said:
man.. that is a great looking set up... i think i need one..

You need one Mike:thumbup:

555 said:
Nice Rig. :thumbup: Can we call this a Sword?

It's got kind of Cossack short sword look doesn't it... It feels like a kitchen knife on steroids.

remmmm · Feb 28, 2010

Wow, I love the sheath rig!

mneedham · Feb 28, 2010

remmmm said:
Wow, I love the sheath rig!

Yep, Bruce does nice work. I've missed his stuff (he took a little time away..), good thing that are so many other greats here too! A couple of other examples of Ilbruche's work:

DOC-CANADA · Feb 28, 2010

To ye, owner-of-many-weird-knives

, thanks for posting the Machax picture.

:thumbup:

BTW, are you planning on heading up this way, this year?

Doc

RoyalM · Feb 28, 2010

Oof that's a nice blade. Looks like it would do the job of a light machete but with far more elegance.

I'm reminded of an elf blade from Lord of the Rings. I mean this as a compliment to the lines of the blade and how I perceive it would work/feel in the hand when in use.

mneedham · Feb 28, 2010

DOC-CANADA said:
To ye, owner-of-many-weird-knives , thanks for posting the Machax picture. :thumbup:

BTW, are you planning on heading up this way, this year?

Doc

Doc - Thanks. I love the Machax, I was just out playing with it the other day.... I'm working on coming up this year, maybe in August, you will be the first to know!

RoyalM said:
Oof that's a nice blade. Looks like it would do the job of a light machete but with far more elegance.

I'm reminded of an elf blade from Lord of the Rings. I mean this as a compliment to the lines of the blade and how I perceive it would work/feel in the hand when in use.

David's big blades come alive in the hand, it feels like you are holding a light saber:thumbup:

JCavSD · Feb 28, 2010

Damn, that's amazing...the entire package.