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For those with Bryan Breedon Knives

See Post #232 for Specs

I got the Mega Tessa a few days ago :)

I have a Blister on my thumb and have not tested it very much

But so far the HANDLE is OUTSTANDING

Will test it FULLY against several other knives I own this coming weekend and post all sorts of photos 8)

Here are three---One of the blade blank and 2 finished photos



 
Here are the knives I will be testing the Mega Tessa against this weekend

From Top Down

CAMP TRAMP
BECKER BK-7
CUSTOM(MAKER UNKNOWN) HANDLES BY JUSTIN OF RANGER KNIVES
TOPS APACHE DAWN
SIEGLE SAR 6
BREEDEN MEGA TESSA

Will test and post testing photos Sunday night

Sincerely

Dr.Bill






 
WOW, that is a lot of compation lol. I can hardly wait to hear how the Mega Tessa
does against some great looking knives you have.

Thanks and chat with you later,

Bryan
 
I realized that I never posted pics of my slightly altered form of Brian's SERE. Love the knife, suits my needs very well:
Use of choil:

Left hand assist push shaving- area of spine under my hand is slightly rounded to not cut my palm and batons- Area from spine choil to my hand is left sharp for scraping:

Use of spine choil for up cut:

Tapered slabs and pinch grip:

Showing where spine is rounded VS left sharp:

draw shave:


This knife may seem a bit bulky due to large/secure grip but it is a woods tool that I would feel secure in most any situation with.

Bill
 
just got a breeden tracker type WSK, its an amazing knife. its a big boy at 1/4 thickness, 7.75" blade, 6.5" handle, 2.75" wide blade, and a 4.25" double cut saw on the spine which is way better then the saw that comes on the TOPS version. Im still trying to figure out how the hell to post pictures on this site so once I do I will post some but this knife is awesome. I told bryan that he just got a customer for life because his work is absolutely amazing and he is a truly skilled individual. I only wish I lived closer to him so I could watch him work and learn some stuff from him for when I make my knives.
 
I use photobucket for pic hosting. It can be quirky with some browsers but pretty solid most of the time. My next Breeden with either be a Bugaboo with slabs or a 6/12.

I have a chopper that is pretty much identical to Dr. Bill's above. Mine is 1/4" and packs a whallop!

Bill
 
A couple of Tracker knife versions.







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A smaller knife with slanted scales.

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A fillet knife.

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Bryan
 
The one on the top is mine, me and Bryan came up with it and it's amazing, I've only had it for a couple days but I've already got some good use out of it. Once I figure out how to post pics I'll get some up.

Glad you like it pit, I'm also waiting on a small bugaboo type with scales on it as a companion to the WSK, and working on a skinner knife for field dressing and skinning. All by Bryan breeden.
 
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Glad you guys like it, it is for sure a beast and I love it. It took me a while and changing my mind many times along with a lot of back and forth with Bryan and a ton of input from him and ideas from other knives mainly ones Bryan made.
I took it to one of my overnight classes I taught and everyone wanted to hold it and play with it and everyone loved it and really were amazed at how versatile it was esp for a knife so large. The way the handle is made you can choke up on it and it seems like the knife is a small blade you can do finer work easily with, or slide your hand down to the end and chop threw logs like it was a hatchet. And the saw is awesome for notching and making traps, I collected a bunch of sticks to make a few different kind of traps and I made them in about 1/3 of the time it would take me if I had to carve notches. The thing with the tops version is evrytime I see the saw being use it fills up with wood shavings after a couple strokes. The saw Bryan puts on self cleans amazingly, no matter how much you saw not one single piece of wood dust stays in the saws teeth. If it was a thinner piece of steel I guarantee you could actually use it to saw threw stuff as opposed to just notching. I'm actually thinking about getting one made that's a smaller version with thinner metal, everything will be exactly the same as mine except it'll be a few inches shorter and a bit thinner.
The one thing I have yet to try is the wire breaker at the tip but I know a spot where I'm taking some clients this weekend with an old downed wire fence and I'm gona see how it works on some thicker barbed wire, I'll let everyone know how she does.
 
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