Can we see some pictures of your bushcraft knives in use?

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DreamHawk

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Hey guys, I just ordered a RAT-3 and if this thread survives long enough (no pun intended) I'll post some of my own. But in the mean time let's see some pictures of what you do with your BC knives!

- sorry if this has been done which I'm sure it has :p
 
From a camping trip this last winter:

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The blade coating on the RAT-3 was "drag" so I removed it.

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todd
 
Great pictures guys!!! I hope mine will turn out as good let's keep em comin!

Pipedreams, that must've been a chore in an ice storm, was it difficult?
 
My master hunter after finishing up making materials for a fire (yes batonning :D)
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A little splitting done with my buck 192.
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And batonning with my biggie's.
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I used three tools to clear out a bunch of unwanted trees in my yard this week. Very pleased with all of them. I know it's not very exciting, but I think it's a fair approximation of bushcraft, and it was fun :) Sorry, I don't have a before pic.
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The tools are: CS Rifleman's Hawk, Coghlan's 180 Sierra saw, and Becker Necker. The Necker was only used to strip small shoots off the longest branches I cut down (not shown), to save for beanpoles. The saw did most of the actual tree-cutting-down, the hawk took off the 1" or less branches and dug out some shallow roots.

All three performed very well, and are just as ready to work now, as they were when I started. I broke a sweat, but the tools didn't :thumbup:
 
Man, gotta love that cs riflemans hawk, I love mine, I cord wraped the handle, just waiting for a good day to take the coating off :D
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heh, n/m what I said, I sent my riflemans hawk to NS, :(
 
From bladematrix. Great price, quick service, they're always worth a look for production knives.

I did a little work on my Rifleman. I liked it stock, I love it now.
 
Fonly said:
Man, gotta love that cs riflemans hawk, I love mine, I crod wraped the handle, just waiting for a good day to take the coating off :D
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It'll take a whole day, too, if you do it like I did, with a palm sander. If I was going to do it again, which I hope to do, I'd buy a can of Zip-Strip.

The stock edge on mine was not, in my opinion, usable. 15 minutes with a flat bastard file later, it chopped real well. No chipping or roll-over. A lot of babying later, it kinda-almost shaves, and has held up extremely well. It only gets better, the more I slim down the edge profile. I've chopped dry wood, wet wood, roots, and frozen dirt with it. As well as trimming like I mentioned in the earlier post. It threw sparks in the frozen (somewhat rocky) dirt, but didn't chip more than 1/32" in any spot, or fold over. One of these days I'm going to bring it up to razor sharp; from how it's held up so far, I see no reason why it won't take a very nice edge and hold on to it.

BTW the hammer poll is no slouch, either. Naturally, it feels a little different to use it, compared to a framing hammer for instance. But the hawk balances and aims pretty well when I use it like a hammer. Plenty of weight/leverage/power, but I don't think it's at all cumbersome to use.
 
nice pics guys.....:thumbup:

todd-- how goes it..... :D graet pics of that rat-3 in action....:thumbup:
 
GibsonFan said:
It'll take a whole day, too, if you do it like I did, with a palm sander. If I was going to do it again, which I hope to do, I'd buy a can of Zip-Strip.

The stock edge on mine was not, in my opinion, usable. 15 minutes with a flat bastard file later, it chopped real well. No chipping or roll-over. A lot of babying later, it kinda-almost shaves, and has held up extremely well. It only gets better, the more I slim down the edge profile. I've chopped dry wood, wet wood, roots, and frozen dirt with it. As well as trimming like I mentioned in the earlier post. It threw sparks in the frozen (somewhat rocky) dirt, but didn't chip more than 1/32" in any spot, or fold over. One of these days I'm going to bring it up to razor sharp; from how it's held up so far, I see no reason why it won't take a very nice edge and hold on to it.

BTW the hammer poll is no slouch, either. Naturally, it feels a little different to use it, compared to a framing hammer for instance. But the hawk balances and aims pretty well when I use it like a hammer. Plenty of weight/leverage/power, but I don't think it's at all cumbersome to use.
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I hope noone ever bashes 5150, that stuff is the best! :D

I've been wanting to try the trail hawk for a while now, but never got around to it :o
 
Fonly said:
I've been wanting to try the trail hawk for a while now, but never got around to it :o
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My better half wants a TrailHawk because my Rifleman is bit heavy for her. That's a bonus for me, I want to check one out anyway ;)

The Cold Steel site says they're made of 1055. I'm a little unclear on the hawk's composition, because there is a clear line between the steel at the edge, about 1/2" back from the edge. The edge steel is much slower to file or grind than the body of the head. It also takes a fine, even surface finish a lot better.

I presume the main part is cast steel, and the edge is harder steel welded to it. Not sure about the poll... in any case the thing works like it should :thumbup:
 
It's entirely possible that 1055 and 5150 are interchangeable, and both sites are right, I honestly don't know. You know CS likes to make up their own names for the steels they sell :jerkit: Whatever the hell it is, it's good stuff and it's HT'ed right.
 
GibsonFan said:
It's entirely possible that 1055 and 5150 are interchangeable, and both sites are right, I honestly don't know. You know CS likes to make up their own names for the steels they sell :jerkit: Whatever the hell it is, it's good stuff and it's HT'ed right.
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Nope.......the 51 in 5150 means that it has a small amount of chromium and the 50 means .50% carbon. The 52 in 52100 means it has more chrome and 1% carbon. 1055 should have around .55 % carbon, a little bit of manganese and the rest is iron.
 
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