Horseman's knife

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Smaug said:
It looks nice, but what is a fleam? :)
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A fleam is designed for bloodletting. I must admit I have never witnessed a fleam actually being used, but I assume they are shaped as such, to limit the depth of cut to just the vein.

Thanks everyone for the very kind comments on this knife. It is very much appreciated.

Ed,

Here is a picture of the Geo. Wostenholm that I used as my pattern. The spear and pen were broke off when I received the knife. Also shown is a picture of the reprint catalog that shows the 210 pattern.

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Rick,

That 3 pack of fleams is really in excellent shape, thanks for sharing!
 
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Gents, let us delete the expletives and maintain family friendliness.

Ken, that is a masterful display of your craft. It will positively wow them at Blade.
 
Thank you very much for the pictures Ken. Once again, one heck of a job.
 
Truly impressive. All the more so when you see what you were working off of. Brilliant.
 
Impressive! Glad to hear the project is finally finished and yielded an excellent result! Wish I can see it in person. Well done again!
 
Ken,
How many hours total went into crafting your horseman's knife?
 
Just incredible. Congratulations for pulling off this showpiece of skill and determination. This knife just makes me smile.
 
Looks really good, Ken.

I'd hate to think what it might cost to have you do another though. Is this what some might term a "skill-builder".
 
Congratulations Ken. Your skill and dedication to the craft is a gift to us all.
I have a fleam question: is it under spring tension like the rest of the blades ? I think not, but i don't know why not.
roland
 
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Ken,
How many hours total went into crafting your horseman's knife?
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Corey,
I really have not kept track of the hours on this one. I worked on it between a few other knives and also had things going on here and to be honest lost track of time.

Bastid said:
This knife just makes me smile.
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Gus,
There were times building this knife I was doing anything but smiling! :)

rprocter said:
Congratulations Ken. Your skill and dedication to the craft is a gift to us all.
I have a fleam question: is it under spring tension like the rest of the blades ? I think not, but i don't know why not.
roland
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Roland,
You are correct in assuming that the fleam is not under spring tension of any sort. Strictly friction fit. The fleam will open 180 degrees and then be stopped solid by the inletted scale. For me, the challenge of fitting stag to this knife had a lot to do with the fleam. The body of the fleam is .050 thick, which does not seem like a lot but it really made a difference when I did the inletting. A lot of pieces of stag wound up too thin at the edge where the fleam was inletted.
 
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Ken,
I admit my total ignorance on horseman's knives (my grand-grandfather would be ashamed of me, since he used to breed horses too as a second job - he was a butcher), but it doesn't take much knowledge of the pattern to realize how amazing this knife is. Congratulations for your work.

Fausto
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Great knife and a great piece of craftmanship! My congratz!

That pattern seems to be pretty traditional. I have never seen a knife like that. The stag is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing it!

Kind regards
Andi
 
Congratulations on a beautiful creation, Mr. Erickson. Very interesting pattern and impressive execution. :thumbup::thumbup:
 
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