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Jerry's Sixth Micro Show (just doesn't seem that long) is just around the corner so thought you may be interested in previewing some of the knives as they are finished. Don Hanson and Pete Crowl will join us this year on October 8-9.
It's just a super, very relaxed knife weekend in the beautiful Arkansas countryside. Well on second thought, not too relaxed untill we finish wrestling over the knives. I also heard something about alligators too.
Jerry describes his knives. First, A Large South West NLT Bowie:
This is a large "W" pattern South West style blade. The guard and ferrule are stainless. The handle is an artifact fossil walrus ivory tusk that was used as a fire starter. The streak of brown that you see is where the "stick" slid or cut into the ivory to also make a fire with. This is the only time I have seen both methods to start a fire attemped on the same piece of ivory, that ole boy must have fell in the water or something and was trying any method possible to get a fire going. Where was a zippo when you need one? This is an NLT marked piece. Garden and Gun magazine requested this knife to be sent to them for photographs for the upcoming Dec/Jan issue.
Gamemaster 2nd Generation:
This is the second generation Gamemaster hunter. We can just call it the GM-2, that is a lot shorter name. If you look at it and my old Gamemaster hunter handle and the new one you can see that I have put a palm swell on the bottom center. On this particular knife I made the guard thicker than I normally do. The reason of the more guard is that I wanted to use this piece of Dinosaur bone and it was short. This is the first time I have used this material and I like it. I will look for more of it.
This handle design is more comfortable for a longer period of time. I like it. It take 3 more steps to do than the old one but I think you will enjoy using this piece. I have engraved the stainless guard and pins different than I have before. The wolf tooth damascus blade is stamped on the reverse side of the ricasso with the large 30 yr stamp. I have two sizes of the 30 yr mark.
This is the first of the GM-2 models and the first time I have used this material so it will go well in a collection or in the field.
It's just a super, very relaxed knife weekend in the beautiful Arkansas countryside. Well on second thought, not too relaxed untill we finish wrestling over the knives. I also heard something about alligators too.
Jerry describes his knives. First, A Large South West NLT Bowie:
This is a large "W" pattern South West style blade. The guard and ferrule are stainless. The handle is an artifact fossil walrus ivory tusk that was used as a fire starter. The streak of brown that you see is where the "stick" slid or cut into the ivory to also make a fire with. This is the only time I have seen both methods to start a fire attemped on the same piece of ivory, that ole boy must have fell in the water or something and was trying any method possible to get a fire going. Where was a zippo when you need one? This is an NLT marked piece. Garden and Gun magazine requested this knife to be sent to them for photographs for the upcoming Dec/Jan issue.
Gamemaster 2nd Generation:
This is the second generation Gamemaster hunter. We can just call it the GM-2, that is a lot shorter name. If you look at it and my old Gamemaster hunter handle and the new one you can see that I have put a palm swell on the bottom center. On this particular knife I made the guard thicker than I normally do. The reason of the more guard is that I wanted to use this piece of Dinosaur bone and it was short. This is the first time I have used this material and I like it. I will look for more of it.
This handle design is more comfortable for a longer period of time. I like it. It take 3 more steps to do than the old one but I think you will enjoy using this piece. I have engraved the stainless guard and pins different than I have before. The wolf tooth damascus blade is stamped on the reverse side of the ricasso with the large 30 yr stamp. I have two sizes of the 30 yr mark.
This is the first of the GM-2 models and the first time I have used this material so it will go well in a collection or in the field.
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