J. R. Cook Sheephorn Hunter

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These are some pics of my Cook Sheephorn Hunter - have had knife awhile but just not had opportunity to get pics up. J. R. does incredible work & these are some of the nicest Dall Ram scales I've seen east of Ed Fowler. The filework on the spine & Ricasso is outstanding. The knife just becomes one with your hand & those scales really feel good, plus they keep feeling good regardless how long you use the knife. As nice as it looks it is an incredible user. It's easy to understand why Ed Fowler likes sheephorn handles after using this for a while. Besides this cuts like a son-of-a-gun.

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Had the pleasure to meet J. R. at Blade and believe me it was a pleasure.

Bill
 
Excellent knife, Bill.

I'm beginning to like sheephorn myself.

At the Guild Show there was a gorgeous damascus/sheephorn bowie/hunter by Thomas McGuane that really captured my heart. Unfortunately it was already sold before I had seen it.

McGuane is a maker worthy of watching. I see a piece or two of his in my future.
 
Hi Bill,
Beautiful knife. One of the best things about the sheephorn that Ed Fowler uses(ramboullet sheephorn I think) is that if you drop it, it bounces instead of cracking or breaking. Very durable. Enjoy your knife.

Dave
 
That is a pretty knife, and great looking sheath. I have to admit that every time I see a picture of sheepshorn handles, I like them more. I study those in Ed's book religiously.

At the risk of sounding like a grinch, I'd like to see the ricasso on your knife 1/4 to 3/8" longer, so it would be truly useful. I love the variety of holds a good ricasso offers.

I love the filing on the spine. Don't think I've ever seen it before. It is obvious that either the edges were previously rounded, or that the filing accomplishes that. ALl in all, one very fine knife!
 
Great looking knife. I just got my first sheephorn handled knife at Blade and I really like it. Usually my handle matterial of choice is Sambar Stag, but the sheephorn really does have a nice look and feel to it. It has some real depth to it and sometimes reminds me of marble. As far as toughness goes, I have no doubt the sheephorn would win hands down over stag. Stag will still be my first choice, sheephorn could be my second choice and I'd still like to get my first Ivory piece.

BTW Bill, what's the steel used on your knife?
 
That really is a fine looking piece of work.

I like that sheep horn significantly better than what I see on Fowler's knives, actually.

Cook did you right on that one... great handle shape/contours.
 
I know JR would really appreciate those compliments - I'll make sure he's is aware of them - I need to contact him about the steel since I am having a "senior moment" & have totally forgotten what steel it is. I like Stag, nice woods & even Micarta at times but I am becoming a convert to Sheephorn - it has a warm almost soft feel to it that only gets better as you use it - I will definately be adding more in the future. One thing that really stands out on this knife is how well matched the two scales are - it is very hard to match them that well with Sheephorn.

Blues, you & me both on that McGuane Bowie - he is doing some very impressive work - another one to keep an eye on is Jerome Anders - he has learned very well from Dave, his MS father. I picked up a Stag Hunter of Jeromes' at Blade that is really nice but the one I really wanted was a Damascus Fighter that was drop-dead gorgeous but was out of money. Nice thing is his prices are still very reasonable for what you get.

Bill
 
Dhaaaaawg! Tha's purty! A sheep horn handle that looks like a knife handle instead of a sheep horn, classic blade grind, file work. What a classic. And it cuts good too? Fantastic. Thanks for sharing that one.
 
Awesome knife!!! :) Very clean grinds, excellent fit, and marvelous filework... thanks for sharing!!! :)

Nick
 
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