Horsewright Coyote fixed blade

Gary W. Graley

Gary W. Graley

“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
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Just got this rascal in a few days ago, Dave Ferry, aka Horsewright on the forums as well as his webpage had this on his Available page and I snapped her up, luck had it that it was a custom order but the person wasn't able to fulfill his side of the bargain, his loss, my gain ;) As I've checked that page before and it's almost always bare so I was surprised to see this sitting there...waiting on me....

Dave uses AEB-L steel heat treated to around 60 and feels that way when I sharpened her up, ground down thin to about a .015" at the edge bevel she cuts quite well ! Also to note that there isn't any annoying notch before the edge starts, Dave made it angled up but also that small section is sharpened as well, so any material that falls in there will start being cut right away, nice touch.

I love a knife that has a bolster, in this day and age a lot of makers are getting away from that practice, maybe customer's demand? dunno, but it adds something to the knife I think when there is a real metal bolster on there, that goes for folders too, but then, I'm old fashioned. This has solid brass bolsters with decorative pins and red liner that separates the Elk horn scales, which also have decorative pins and a lanyard hole. Another feature that some add, others don't, those that know me, know that I really like a lanyard on a knife, several reasons, one is to help draw the knife from the sheath or pocket. On this one I made a small BobTail fob, the knife goes in quite a ways into the sheath that Dave made, and yes he is very adept at leather work, for those that haven't had the chance to view any of his handywork, I'd recommend checking him out in our leather section area of BladeForums.
 
Now, if I were a cowboy, Slim would not be my nick name :) so a cross draw right now wasn't working for me, so in the photo below you will see an adapter I made with a neat concho that doubles as the top snap for the adapter, now I can wear the knife horizontally and is handier, for me at least. Dave has a nice detent when the knife/bolster is fully seated into the sheath so there is little fear that the knife would ever fall out on it's own.
 
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You can check out Dave's information page on Bladeforums Here

Blade is 2 1/2" from bolster to tip and has a hollow grind to it
Handle is 3 1/2" long and across the spine of the handle at the widest point is about 1/2" thick
Bolster is brass and measures from spine to tip of guard 1"
Scales are Elk horn

Here are some shots of the knife and sheath, thanks again Dave!
Coyote.jpg~original


spine.jpg~original


Sheath_Coyote_adapter.jpg~original


Here you can see how the adapter loops around and is held in place by passing through the slot and snapping on the front, with just enough below the sheath to get a purchase, you can unsnap and remove from your belt if you need to do so quickly.

Sheath_opening.jpg~original


All you cowboys/cowgirls, I recommend one of Dave's knives if you can get them!
G2

Apologies for the several posts, but BladeForums software was not allowing things to go into a single post tonight...:(
 
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I've since dyed the adapter to saddle tan, the contrast on the raw leather was just a bit much ;) but I did that with a burnish of waterproofing coat but it didn't darken it much if at all. Since it is now dyed saddle tan, it looks quite a bit better :)
G2
 
That concho looks like a Celtic dragon motif? Very nice.
Mr. Ferry's materials and workmanship are superb, worth every cent. I have an El Toro.

Tom
 
how does one top that,i seen derick (ksf)with some new inside the front pocket sheaths you may want to check out.well there is my 2 cents worth
 
Thanks guys, she's a beaut and quite capable knife, here's a shot taken on the belt with the adapter dyed saddle tan, close to what Dave has on his sheath;

And Sodak, yep, sorry for your wallet man, just put it down to a healthy interest in all things sharp :)

And yes, that's a Celtic dragon concho, pretty neat, had to grind down the head of the screw to allow the snaps to work together, that was a fun thing to do ;)

Coyote_on_belt.jpg~original


G2
 
Thanks Gary for the purchase and for the nice review. Thats a clever adapter and dyeing it did the job, it perfectly matches. Interesting how different leathers can be as there isn't any dye on the the sheath, (just warm neatsfoot oil).

Thanks guys for all the kind words.
 
Thanks for chiming in Dave and yes, not sure why it didn't darken up, it's Wickett & Craig leather, good stuff ;) but in any case, she's pretty close match now and the folks at work liked how well it rides even with the belt like it does.
G2
 
Gary very nice adaptation on the sheath and the dye did the trick. Not that it was not good before that. Nice knife.
How is the edge holding up.
 
Thanks RJ, the knife's edge is holding up pretty well, I did touch it up a little but otherwise it's a real slicer and just quite handy all around.
It's not one for batoning unless you go with link n logs maybe ;) but then, that's not it's intended purpose.

G2
 
Thanks, the concho certainly helps to dress it up a bit, and the knife itself is just the right size for about any chore, doesn't hurt that it has good looks too ;)
G2
 
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