Handy Hunter SOLD

[G L Drew]

Before the pandemic I would display at knife shows not only to sell but to get a first hand reaction from folks. A lot of serious hunters would pick up the smaller knives on my table having the opinion that a small knife was all a person needed for field dressing and use the larger ones for back at camp for skinning and butchering.
52100 high carbon steel
Flat grind with forged texture on the flats
Heat treated in my Evenheat oven to Rc58-60 with three normalizing and two tempering cycles producing a fine grain pattern throughout the blade
Stabilized and dyed curly maple handle
Overall: 8 inches
Blade:3 3/4 inches
Leather scabbard with a belt loop for a right hand carry

SOLD delivered within the US. My PayPal and email address is gldrewknives@gmail.com


IMG_5579 by Gerald Drew, on FlickrIMG_5584 by Gerald Drew, on FlickrIMG_5580 by Gerald Drew, on FlickrIMG_5582 by IMG_5581 by Gerald Drew, on FlickrIMG_5583 by Gerald Drew, on Flickr

 

[Camillus]

I have a few of your great knives G L Drew , but only the smaller ones! I don’t get why knivemakers only make what I would describe as an ‘oversized’ sheath knife. A knife that you wear on your belt is always better at a smaller size. Look at the wonderful work that @Horsewright produces. I am genuinely puzzled by this. Is it easier to make a large knife?

 

[G L Drew]

I have a few of your great knives G L Drew , but only the smaller ones! I don’t get why knivemakers only make what I would describe as an ‘oversized’ sheath knife. A knife that you wear on your belt is always better at a smaller size. Look at the wonderful work that @Horsewright produces. I am genuinely puzzled by this. Is it easier to make a large knife?

The perception is that smaller knives should be less expensive so makers tend to make them big to command bigger pricing.

 

[Camillus]

Thanks, that does makes sense.