Custom Knives At Work.

Did a little testing on my latest acquisition, a J.A. Baker 5.5 Tactical I picked up on the exchange.

I pushed it a little too far though - it's ATS-34 treated to 60rc, and even though it chopped small branches fine I suffered some micro chipping along the belly when chopping some vines that were akwardly growing on a telephone pole beside a small bush. I cut at too much angle I guess - the micro chipping isn't too bad though, I will profile it out in a few days - the knife still cut phone book paper even after quite a bit of work. For some reason I could feel the chips with my thumbnail after stropping the knife this evening, but didn't notice it while at work. They are segregated only to the belly where I chopped the vine, I used the whole blade length to chop on other things.

I inspect mine impoundments (Coal mining companies build large cleaning plants they use to separate coal from rock, and the plants use a lot of water. Mining companies built relatively large dams, and even though most of the cleaning plants are now decommissioned, I still have to inspect the dams every week to make sure they aren't about to bust. The dam where this picture was taken is 1 mile wide at the top, and you cannot tell it's a dam from the back side - it just looks like a mountain. There is 700+ feet of freeboard.


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Here is a pic of one of mine from a good customer.

 
My brother stopped in today. This knife is 4 year's or so. This knife has skinned elk, deer white and mule, antelope, three species of turkey and 100's of coyote's. It due for a new blade before winter.
 
rickmenefee said:
My brother stopped in today. This knife is 4 year's or so. This knife has skinned elk, deer white and mule, antelope, three species of turkey and 100's of coyote's. It due for a new blade before winter.
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That blade would be close to new if it wasn't for those coyotes. Tough son-of-a-guns. Good for your brother. Get a new blade on there and tell him to get a few hundred more of them. :D :thumbup:

- Joe
 
We raise and butcher our own hogs. Here's a GHF Native hard at work on an American Guinea Hog.

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Lydia McGhee
 
rickmenefee said:
My brother stopped in today. This knife is 4 year's or so. This knife has skinned elk, deer white and mule, antelope, three species of turkey and 100's of coyote's. It due for a new blade before winter.
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Damn that is a good looking knife!

My JD Ellis Lanny's Clip cutting off the CV boot for replacement amongst other things that needed cutting.

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Some of my flipper from Zac Cheong, a talented Aussie maker. M390 steel, carbon fiber scales and titanium lockbar.





 
canineforge said:
That blade would be close to new if it wasn't for those coyotes. Tough son-of-a-guns. Good for your brother. Get a new blade on there and tell him to get a few hundred more of them. :D :thumbup:

- Joe
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170 skinned and fleshed since dec 1. His season is over for the year.
 
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Knife I picked up at the guild show now my go to knife for most things. LeBatard beadblasted ats34 blade, aluminium guard and grippy micarta handle.
 
A customer of mine from Sweden was calling foxes today and took a picture of the pack knife I made him along with his 9.2 X 62 Blaser:

(Now I'm send him a W1 Hunter to match this set-up)







 
My wife use to grumble and growl when I would try to 'sneak' a custom knife into the kitchen. "I have plenty of knives. Don't need that. Too nice to use here. Etc." I finally succeeded at getting one by her, then another. Now this is all I ever see in there...Bose, Harner, Lamey. All the time. Never see those store bought pieces anymore.

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- Joe
 
went to PWYP this past weekend. not hunting pics, but still knives at work: pics of me in the chopping contest with the top knife in this pic:






6"to 7" green tulip poplar, one minute timed chop, 10" max blade length. 2 guys were close, but i was the only one to chop completely through the log.

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