Let's see your good old basic fixed blades, Bowie's, Stickers, etc.

And Dexter Russell Green Rivers are quite thin.

I was looking through my carbon kitchen knives trying to find the bread knife that didn't come over on the Titanic (no luck yet). I found a couple of Dadleys I'd forgotten, and a Henckels chef that would make a better punal than the Sabatier I was all set to use (as discussed in H Finn's Gaucho/guardless bowie thread).
Though the Sabatier is beefier at and near the bolster, the distal taper goes in sudden jumps in narrowness. The Henckels tapers gradually and constantly, which it seems to me should leave more strength near the point and not create weak points at transitions. Turning the Henckels into a punal might entail nothing more than making a sheath, considering my new motto: "Just leave it alone! It's fine! You're not helping!" Might be time I updated my signature line.
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These were my knives over many years of hunting. Have not had much time to hunt in the past 20 years. Now it is time to pick it up again before I get too old to get out there.
Both knives are classics in their own way. Looking forward to having them on my belt again.

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Topgear9 said:
Fixed blade skinner by a local knife maker in Arkansas.
Hackberry handles, not sure on the type of steel.
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Real nice, the tree in my front yard is some kind of japanese Hackberry or something.
I've made things from pruned branches i had saved and it seemed to be a nice looking wood.
 
eisman said:
Picked up this pair this weekend. In the same box with the book, so I figure they have traveled a little. Very dirty, and heavy verdigris in the sheaths. Just showing them after a little soap and water. Good old blades...

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Awsome find!
The Marbles looks to be pretty good shape!
 

The sheath is made from a real shoddy and oversized sheath a previous owner had made for it, the orange bank like is all i had to stitch it up with so that's what I used. It may not look super traditional but I think it contrasts nice.
Everything else including the buffalo nickel are from an old belt.

The A.C.co 6" butcher is at least 100 years old ( it's a pre Victor brands ) while the sheath was not very old so there's no telling how many trips through the wilderness the ol' boy was taken on.
 
Samon said:
Thanks! it's not really finished yet but it's as far as I can be bothered with atm. And the bowie machete thing was so cheap I knew it was an ugly duckling begging to be tarted up!
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How can you be $14 or so ?
Both my machetes were $14 and came sharp which makes them a great value.
And that's forgetting about the stone and sheath that came with them.
 
Hickory n steel said:
How can you be $14 or so ?
Both my machetes were $14 and came sharp which makes them a great value.
And that's forgetting about the stone and sheath that came with them.
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In the UK American transports are over priced, espeically condiering the exchange rate being in our favour.

That bowie cost me £14 - $18 and the other Marbles machetes are £22 - $29 without the sheath..! (don't get me started on the Buck 110 being £65 - $85 lol) Still cheap though for a fully formed and heat treated blade that required minimal work to make cool. :)
 
A picture of my Dad’s Old Western he bought sometime in the mid 50’s, according to him, at a hardware store. He said one of the first things he ever used it for was castrating some hogs.

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315 said:
A picture of my Dad’s Old Western he bought sometime in the mid 50’s, according to him, at a hardware store. He said one of the first things he ever used it for was castrating some hogs.

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Real nice old 48a you got there , I love my late 60's f48a.
 
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