Fixed blades

[ferider]

Some comparison photos of today's carry for Terry M. :

 

[shinyedges]

That is a nasty knife!

 

[adluginb]

Just committed to a Hudson Bay Knife from David Mary out of 15N20. Pretty excited about this one. Thought maybe some of you fixed blade lovers might like to jump on the wagon on this one. May even talk him into a Skinny Fat Bowie XL at the same time.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/hudson-bay-knife-will-it-happen.1970484/

 

[Alone]

Wow, that knife looks REAL familiar.

I betcha' it was a Bowie concept before it was a "Hudson Bay".

 

[shinyedges]

Wow, that knife looks REAL familiar.

I betcha' it was a Bowie concept before it was a "Hudson Bay".

I thought the exact same thing, that's very much like the original bowie pattern.

 

[Alone]

I thought the exact same thing, that's very much like the original bowie pattern.

For me, it has a little "V-44" DNA going for it.

Would be cool in .225 of 8670.

 

[shinyedges]

For me, it has a little "V-44" DNA going for it.

Would be cool in .225 of 8670.

I can see that, useful designs tend last the test of time for a reason. I'm thinking .180 of 5160 would also suffice.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Wow, that knife looks REAL familiar.

I betcha' it was a Bowie concept before it was a "Hudson Bay".

Win/Win no matter what It's called.

 

[luethge]

PBK Hunters EDC ( this might replace my folder ). Great little utility knife.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

This just in from navman 3" blade of S90 steel and walnut scales tapered tang, hollow ground and very sharp

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

 

[AntDog]

Some comparison photos of today's carry for Terry M. :

That’s badass.

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PBK Hunters EDC ( this might replace my folder ). Great little utility knife.

Lemme know what you think of that one please….

Loving the Utsidihi so far. It’s small, but it “cuts big”.

ETA - some pics of it in the sun. The scales really pop with that red.

 

[beeinak]

My CPE MagnaCut Tanto has been my favorite EDC fixed blade since I got it- just a fantastic knife. My Volunteer Knife Mod 4 in 3V is my newest and just makes me smile handling it. These sized fixed blades are just awesome for so many things. SDFK and M2 for size comparison.

 

[Wild Willie]

Wow, that knife looks REAL familiar.

I betcha' it was a Bowie concept before it was a "Hudson Bay".

I thought the exact same thing, that's very much like the original bowie pattern.

I dunno guys, the Hudson Bay Company was founded well before Jim Bowie was born...

 

[Crag the Brewer]

I dunno guys, the Hudson Bay Company was founded well before Jim Bowie was born...

Technically, I think it's MORE Bowie than Bowie

 

[shinyedges]

I dunno guys, the Hudson Bay Company was founded well before Jim Bowie was born...

Did mr.bowie steel (lol) a pattern from the hudson bay company

Interesting, to date I've never seen a patten in use attributed to HBC. I'd wager as fur traders they used many knives, but if I'm not mistaken they bought the furs, the indians and trappers hunted the animals and processed them. So which knives did the traders use?

 

[Wild Willie]

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/some-contemporary-hudson-bay-knives.1686998/

Here's a thread with info from guys that know more than me... My interest in the pattern stemmed from an article featured in The Backwoodsman magazine.

 

[shinyedges]

I hate when the pic links die out. I'll give it a read! Thank you, I love history.

 

[Wild Willie]

I hate when the pic links die out. I'll give it a read! Thank you, I love history.

Post 15 has a picture that works (for me at least) from Charlie with a really nice example.

 

[shinyedges]

Post 15 has a picture that works (for me at least) from Charlie with a really nice example.

It does look very bowie'esque. I always get multi use kitchen knives vibe off this design. Back then I'd guess they pressed the knives into many roles at home or out in the wilderness.

 

[Wild Willie]

It does look very bowie'esque. I always get multi use kitchen knives vibe off this design. Back then I'd guess they pressed the knives into many roles at home or out in the wilderness.

I don't disagree, when I see them I picture a Green River butcher knife on steroids... I kinda spit balled the idea to David over the phone the other day, and that's where we wound up.