Good Things Come in Small Packages - Show us your Shorties!

[Bladeplay74]

Miller - Way to keep it in the family. Thanks.

 

[bluejaunte]

Tai Goo Baby Bowie (Staghorn Cholla handle)

Alain Desaulniers boot knife in gorgeous-but-impossible-to-photograph maroon micarta

Ray Richard small utility/hunter from reclaimed saw mill steel and wrought iron wagon wheel fittings

One more shot of that steel, just for grins

 

[RogerP]

Cool thread. Some of my fave small knives below.

Farr:

Farr:

Farr:

Andersen:

Gregory:

Lurquin:

Lurquin:

Kelly:

Wheeler:

Branson:

 

[ISKski]

Wheeler:

 

[Bladeplay74]

Roger,

That Lurquin with coffee and pastries is a picture of elegance. Sweet little rig there, and a great composition.

And a nod to Anderson and the Fowler-days Branson. Nice diversity!

Seth

 

[deovolens]

Over 200.000 layers of steel, less then 2,3" of blade and an adult grip

Hand forged by Fabian Damanet as a sandwich of C 130 and two layers of his damast .

 

[Lorien]

And now for some stuff from the other end of the spectrum...

first knife I made;


a Tad Lynch knife that I put a handle on;


a Burt Foster Darkside whose handle I wrapped and made a pocket sheath for;


a little 01 blank from Nick Wheeler. I put the maple handle on there;


a dagger blank from Raymond Richard that got the cocobolo treatment;


Making knives is a lot of fun, (mostly) and very rewarding. It really is best to start small, but it's even better just to start at all!

 

[Will York]

Variations on a theme…

Jason Knight, Rick Dunkerley, Bailey Bradshaw

Bradshaw hilt detail

Stuart Branson x2

John White

Don Hanson

Gayle Bradley--built for go not for show

More diminutive but no less delectable…

 

[Bladeplay74]

Great collection Will.

The horn White and stagish ivory Hanson are right up my alley.:thumbup:

Thanks guys.

Seth

 

[Manuel Quiroga G.]

Nice hunters you have there Will!
I see a clear no-choil policy...

 

[John M Cohea]

double post,sorry!

 

[John M Cohea]

Three more from me.This one was 9"OAL,walrus ivory scales with Linda Karst Stone scrimshaw.

4"OAL neck knife with damascus blade and mammoth scales.

Another necker with an antler crown handle and 1095 blade,4 1/2"OAL.

 

[Will York]

Thanks, Seth. I know these pictures are re-runs, but the pieces fit your description so I thought I'd share a few.

Manuel, thank you very much for your compliment. You are one of the makers whose work I am in love with, and almost every piece you produce makes me come back again and again to enjoy. You've produced hunting knives that I think are very well-thought out and functional designs, also.

I like choils for choking up and for extra control on blades longer than 6 inches, but on hunting blades of less than 6 inches I find choils tend to snag when boning out large animals. Even on these shorter blades I like enough unsharpened ricasso to support a finger, so I can still choke up for precision if need be. In a normal grip, the knife cuts all the way in to the hilt and then slides back out smoothly without snagging.

 

[Bladeplay74]

Will,

Do I take it that these were all purchased with the intent to use?



Seth

 

[Will York]

Will,

Do I take it that these were all purchased with the intent to use?



Seth

All the knives I posted with the exception of the Fisk Sendero were commission pieces made to my hunter design specs, and that design is based primarily on function. Naturally, I'm less prone to use the ones with more exotic/expensive materials, but I most enjoy knives that are designed to meet my performance needs even if I don't put them to use in the field.

Details of the design and more photos of the knives can be found in the following threads:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/703461-The-Perfect-Hunter

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/759545-Stuart-Branson-Hunter

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/888929-John-White-Hunter

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/899273-Don-Hanson-III-Hunter

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/618415-Damascus-ivory-hunter

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/900617-Hunter-by-Stuart-Branson

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/943998-Gayle-Bradley-quot-Competition-Hunter-quot


Below is a group shot (also my avatar) of the knives I’ve commissioned so far with the exception of the Bradley:

Starting clockwise with the knife at the top, it's by Master Smith (MS) Rick Dunkerley in amber stag and forged CPM10V, heat treated by Phil Wilson to 64 HRC; then MS Don Hanson III’s ladder damascus and mammoth ivory bark; next is by Stuart Branson in desert ironwood and S90V heat treated by Phil Wilson to 62 HRC; then MS Bailey Bradshaw’s example with French-greyed, deep-relief-engraved guard and ladder damascus blade under pre-ban elephant ivory; then MS Jason Knight’s interpretation in W2 with bronze guard and walrus ivory; then another by Stuart Branson in 1095 and ironwood; and finally MS John White's 4-bar Turkish twist damascus under Merino sheep horn with a fileworked collar behind the guard.

 

[LX_Emergency]

Recent "shorty" I finished:

 

[Doug C]

Roger,

That Lurquin with coffee and pastries is a picture of elegance. Sweet little rig there, and a great composition.

Seth

I agree Seth, Roger's Lurquin at breakfast photo is probably one of my favorite non-Coop images ! :thumbup:

Figured I'd add some Roberts that fit the generously sized(for small blades) length requirements.

One of Matt's CPM3V Midtechs.

Doug

 

[Bladeplay74]

Doug - Midtech?

Will - terrific stuff. Thanks for linking those other threads too. Don't know how I missed the WIP from John!

Seth

 

[P. McKinley]

Here's a few I did recently:
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor - 2 1/4" and 2 1/2" bl;ades of 15N20 with copper bolsters, pins and lanyard tube, the leather lanyards have copper and black glass "barrel-beads" hand by my wife. Horizontal carry leather sheaths.





Mini Cholla Dagger:
2 3/4" blade of 1095 with copper fore and aft, ebony and copper spacers, and blackened epoxy-filled Staghorn Cholla cactus. Horizontal/vertical carry leather sheath with a copper tip.




-Peter

 

[Erin Burke]

Seth... that chrysanthemum pattern in the OP is ridiculous!!! (in a good way). To my eye, the tightness and density of the damascus takes it beyond patterning into the realm of visual texturing. Not sure whether that makes sense... but one of the coolest dammies I have seen in a while.

Kevin... I'm really drawn to that simple little stag Hanson, and that one from Haley has always impressed me.

Aaron... I haven't seen much Goo round these parts recently, but I'm often drawn to his design aesthetic. The fittings/blade on that baby Bowie are the shizz... on the fence about the cholla.

Roger... the handle and fittings on that first Lurquin (the one next to your coffee) blew me away the first time I saw them. I'm totally planning to {try to} mimic that guard(?) fluting and coloration on my next project. We'll see how it works out.


I hope it's not inappropriate for me to share some of my sub-12inchers.

Erin