Larry,
Shoot me an email and I'll get a copy out to you.
The pins were from either Jantz supply or Texas Knifemakers Supply don't remember which.
Matt
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Larry,
Shoot me an email and I'll get a copy out to you.
The pins were from either Jantz supply or Texas Knifemakers Supply don't remember which.
Matt
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I just saw your post and I thought I would offer a quick photo I just took of a caping knife that I made a few years ago. I made one of these for my son to use for caping chores ( also one for me, shown ). It is 6 3/4" overall, the cutting portion is 2 1/2" and the blade including the choil is 3 1/8". Because this knife is so compact, my son uses it for field dressing his deer. It has become one of, if not his favorite knife for field dressing deer. The blade is 1/8" D2, Paul Bos heat treated.
Gee I just realized that I cannot post a picture. I'm not allowed to add an attachment? Sorry.
Gee I just realized that I cannot post a picture. I'm not allowed to add an attachment? Sorry.
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Don
if you post your pic of your knife on one of the photo sites a lot of the people here use, or use a web site then you can post here you just have to insert it as a link to the photo not an actual attachment. I would love to see the knife you talked about so if your interested. I think lots of the peopel here use http://photobucket.com for posting their pics. another site would be http://img528.imageshack.us they are free to post on and make posting your work relativley easy. there are also lots of other sites to post on as well as creating your own web site on one of the free web site locations
Larry
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Hi Larry, thanks for your suggestion. I'm not very computer savy but here is another attemp to post a photo of the caping knife. It is on photobucket under my user name baldeagle40.
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That looks great. How big is it blade and overall.
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Thanks Larry. Go back to my original post from yesterday and there are all the measurements.
I would like to say, that my son uses the Caper to field dress deer, and he says that it one of the best and safest knives for using up in the chest cavity of the deer that he has ever used. He gets lots of deer, and has used lots of knives.
I would like to say, that my son uses the Caper to field dress deer, and he says that it one of the best and safest knives for using up in the chest cavity of the deer that he has ever used. He gets lots of deer, and has used lots of knives.
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In my experience, caping knives are usually small, pointy blades for doing precise cuts to prepare the cape for the taxidermist. I never thought about it but I guess a paring knife is pretty similar to most caping knives I've made. Pointy, sharp as @#$# with not much belly.
When you cape (I may be doing this wrong but my taxidermist doesn't complain) you're making a "y" incision from the base of the antlers to the back of the skull. You'll make a cut around the base as close as you can, you'll also cut around the other skull openings on the animal. The cuts do not require much belly like a skinner, think more of a scapel in usage. I make a small spear point necker for deer hunting that most of my customers use in place of a dedicated caper.
Hope that helps in some small way.
Will
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When you cape (I may be doing this wrong but my taxidermist doesn't complain) you're making a "y" incision from the base of the antlers to the back of the skull. You'll make a cut around the base as close as you can, you'll also cut around the other skull openings on the animal. The cuts do not require much belly like a skinner, think more of a scapel in usage. I make a small spear point necker for deer hunting that most of my customers use in place of a dedicated caper.
Hope that helps in some small way.
Will
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RGraf
My favorite caping knives just happen to say "DOYLE" on them!
This style has always been my favorite! I like having a blade that I can comfortably choke up on for detail work! I don't have a pic, but my little GL Drew custom has a lot of sweep in a 3 1/2" blade and is great for getting the details out cleanly!
For smaller animals, especially the tough-to-skin coyote or fox, these little knives end up working as an extension of your fingers, almost like a razor-sharp fingernail!
Great stuff!!!!!
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Sorry Matt. I went into my profile and for some reason there's an old e-mail address that I can't seem to get changed.
My current e-mail address is ralph@northwoodmail.com
Sorry for the hassle.
Ralph