Is The Kephart Traditional?

[JK Knives]

I think so! Here is one I just finished up, in ironwood with brass pins.

 

[dave308ek]

Old pattern, I would think so. Beautiful knife and great job. :thumbup:

 

[SAK Guy]

Old pattern, I would think so. Beautiful knife and great job. :thumbup:

+100! :thumbup:

 

[Bob W]

Beautiful wood, and I love the spearpoint. Nice job. :thumbup:

 

[YoungCurmudgeon]

Beautiful execution of a classic design. Great job!

 

[Peregrin]

For what it's worth it gets my blessing. Very nice rendition of a classic design.

 

[philllll]

Here is an old tidbit of info on the knife's designer, which I dug up on the web:

http://www.wcu.edu/library/DigitalCollections/Kephart/onlineexhibit/outdoors/Hunting.htm

 

[SAK Guy]

Thanks for that Phil!

 

[Jack Black]

Beautiful execution of a classic design. Great job!

Well put young sir :thumbup:

Here is an old tidbit of info on the knife's designer, which I dug up on the web:

http://www.wcu.edu/library/DigitalCollections/Kephart/onlineexhibit/outdoors/Hunting.htm

Interesting old pic Phil, you can download some of his books as free PDFs if you search around :thumbup:

 

[bonzodog]

Thats a real cracker.:thumbup:

 

[silenthunterstudios]

My favorite fixed blade pattern. I'm going to make one this year. Thank you for sharing.

 

[coniferwoodsman]

That's a beauty! Horace himself would be proud. Traditional? Dang right!
That's one that is on my list. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Peace and Love
JustDave

 

[mqqn]

Beautiful!

Very nice knife, John!

best

mqqn

 

[JK Knives]

I had come across that same ad, kind of inspired me. Thanks for all the nice comments!

 

[Humppa]

To me, that very traditional. The nice and simple bladeshape and no fancy anythings just make it an awesome user, for sure.

I need to get one of those...

 

[btmccutcheon]

Would that make the Ontario Blackbird SK-5 an updated traditional, since it appears to be based on the Kephart?

 

[rdrogers]

To me, that's the very definition of a traditional fixed blade.

 

[abcdef]

I vote yes.

 

[Gevonovich]

Great looking rendition. A design I always liked for its simplicity and obvious usefulness that has stood the test of time. Into eternity Horace

 

[quattromori]

For mysterious reasons, I can't see the picture (or pictures) but...
I really like the Kephart pattern and I consider it very traditional and very useful...and I've seen enough of your knives to say that I like it as well as my fellow members
Actually, a few days ago I was talking to another BF member and told him that a nice Kephart might be my next purchase (and possibly the only one for 2015).

Fausto