Designing the ideal knife.

Soak them in butter milk helps I think, I guess the reason I don't catch the big ones is I don't really fish for them with a rod and reel. I think I might this year it looks like a really good time, deep sea fishing in fresh water.:thumbup:
 
Codger_64 said:
This morning, my son put the smackdown of the seventh deer this year, and these old, archaic design carbon steel blades did the honors on the big mature doe...

Codger
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Last night while I was rambling on about firebows and my gumbo, my son-in-law came in with deer number eight for the year, a full bodied fork horn. Now, since I have given him at least a dozen knives of his own, in addition to the fantasy knives he already owns, why would he bring the buck to my gambrel and use my Schrades? Because I keep them razor sharp. And because he is hooked on the attributes of 1095HC steel. And maybe because he used to trying to sharpen his own cheap stainless blades and never got the hang of putting an edge on a quality cutlery steel.

These two knives, in spite of their advanced age (30+ years on each) and near constant use show no noticable blade loss. I don't wait until they are dull as a stick before honing and stropping them. Thus only the least amount of material removal is required with each sharpening as compared to restoring a blade with a rounded edge. The honing is comparable to polishing as opposed to grinding.

Codger
 
The cull is still going on, and I was brought two more deer today. Again, both were skinned, quartered and butchered with the same two knives. I expect at least another two or three before the season ends Sunday. At least one of those will be done with a pen blade just for the heck of it.

Codger
 
Kyp Degal said:
Here's a design I drew up and am having made by Justin Gingrich of Ranger Knives:
AU/CK Design. (Advanced Utility/Carry Knife) I think it'll pretty much take care of being my 'One & Only' medium sized fixed blade. It will be flat ground, convex edged, 5160 with black Micarta handle slabs. 4 5/8" blade, 9 1/4" overall. I've got a few other designs for smaller knives, more like 3 1/2" blades, but I still need to get them scanned in.


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I've got to say thats one of the nicest knife designs i've seen! Very elegant lines and practical to boot! You should really name them. I plan on dabbling in stock removal knifemaking this year (a new years resolution) and i'd love to try this design if i may.
I'd be very interested in seeing your other designs. So are any of the 3 and 1/2 inches of a similar pattern?
I have a plethora of 6 inch plus fixed blades but lately i've been hankering for something in the 3-4 inch range.
I'm this close to buying a Buck woodsman right now just to feed the craving!
I blame it on Mr. Mears! lol.
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Codger_64,

Sounds like you all are having a great hunting season there! Do you still live in South Arkansas?
 
No. Actually I grew up in North East Arkansas along the Mississippi, moved to central Arkansas. I live in S.W. Tennessee now.

Codger
 
Kyp Degal said:
Here's a design I drew up and am having made by Justin Gingrich of Ranger Knives:
AU/CK Design. (Advanced Utility/Carry Knife) I think it'll pretty much take care of being my 'One & Only' medium sized fixed blade. It will be flat ground, convex edged, 5160 with black Micarta handle slabs. 4 5/8" blade, 9 1/4" overall. I've got a few other designs for smaller knives, more like 3 1/2" blades, but I still need to get them scanned in.


Josh
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Here's a Ranger that is similiar to Kyp's design. I've been finding it to be an ideal field blade. It has heavy jimping along the spine and choil.

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I really like that Linger, Myakka!

Codger

Edit: Old habits are hard to break for us old Codgers. Deer number eleven was also processed with the 165/152 Schrade Old Timer combo. I plumb forgot about the pen knife in my pocket. Anyone done a dozen yet this year with your favorite knives? I see butterflyed tenderloin steaks in my future. Like tonight!!

Codger Woodsman

Edit: Now number twelve is being skinned, another fork horn, 1 1/2 years old. My fifteen year old son is doing the honors on this one, his first time to do so.
 
(Dale sticks his thumbs under the straps on his bib coveralls and chews on the hay straw eternally hanging from the corner of his mouth. Finally, the sage speaks...) "That would be like all of us designin' the Perfect Woman. Wouldn't none of us be happy, and that's the Good Lord's wisdom: variety is the spice of life. Our challenge is to find the one need before we find the one we want" :)
 
tholiver said:
I've got to say thats one of the nicest knife designs i've seen! Very elegant lines and practical to boot! You should really name them. I plan on dabbling in stock removal knifemaking this year (a new years resolution) and i'd love to try this design if i may.
I'd be very interested in seeing your other designs. So are any of the 3 and 1/2 inches of a similar pattern?
I have a plethora of 6 inch plus fixed blades but lately i've been hankering for something in the 3-4 inch range.
I'm this close to buying a Buck woodsman right now just to feed the craving!
I blame it on Mr. Mears! lol.
:D
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Wow, thanks, tholiver! I plan to get started in knifemaking myself this year, matter of fact. I'm working on finding equipment still, but soon. I wouldn't mind a bit if you want to give it a shot, I'd be honored in fact. I'll try to get some of my other designs scanned in and posted, I tend to sketch them up in my spare time, so I have several now. I did actually draw up one, a Mini-AUCK, scaled down to I believe 3 1/2", IIRC. Again, thank you, and I do apologize for taking so long to reply. School, and all that.


Liam Ryan said:
^^^ Agreed, nice design kyp! Remember to post some pics in here when its finished.
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Thanks again, Liam.
 
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