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

[screened porch]

Good old Western. L36, central tang L66, my own BSA L66.

 

[sunknife]

1998 Marbles Fieldcraft. I posted this one in 'newest additions' thread a few days ago. It did not come with a sheath so I ordered a repro that came yesterday and today I applied some leather dye on the sheath then heated in some beeswax.
I sorely want to keep this one but it will be gifted to a good friend soon.View attachment 1210119

 

[tiguy7]

View attachment 1210436 View attachment 1210435 Mission MPS Ti-10

 

[Hickory n steel]

View attachment 1210436 View attachment 1210435 Mission MPS Ti-10

While I wouldn't consider it traditional I like the blade shape and think this knife is actually kind of cool looking.

 

[tiguy7]

It’s a military knife much like the Camillus Pilot’s Survival Knife. It can be carried upside down under the arm for access in the cockpit. The Seals can use it for digging mines which would be set off by a steel (Ferromagnetic) knife. The knife is Titanium as is all the hardware. The sheath hardware is brass and Aluminum.

 

[Chui]

- blades on these three are just under 11 inch

 

[Jack Black]

More than a year ago, I mentioned that I had picked up a modded Condor Hudson Bay in a junk shop at a price I just couldn't resist. I said I'd show it, and the mod, but completely forgot about the knife. Here it is anyway. I have large hands and find the handle on the small side, so I think I would have modded it differently. No doubt it has its fans

Incidentally, if anyone wants an inexpensive fireside knife for splitting wood, how about a traditional Sheffield Hacking Knife? These knives are designed to be bashed with a hammer!

Tougher than old boots, and just as pretty!

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

Jack Black
Nice Hudson Bay, but to be honest I've never understood the "finger choil" thing. I mean if I need to "choke up" on the blade for control, I'm using the wrong knife for the task imho. Allot of today's bushcrafters need to read Kephart and Sears more closely. They spoke of using pocket knives, the thought of using ONLY their belt knives would seem ludicrous. Nessmuk (Sears)
Kephart I believe wrote he preferred a jackknife with two blades and ebony handles.
Anyway I've wondered off, I really like that hacking knife,again the right tool for the job

 

[Jack Black]

Jack Black
Nice Hudson Bay, but to be honest I've never understood the "finger choil" thing. I mean if I need to "choke up" on the blade for control, I'm using the wrong knife for the task imho. Allot of today's bushcrafters need to read Kephart and Sears more closely. They spoke of using pocket knives, the thought of using ONLY their belt knives would seem ludicrous. View attachment 1210613Nessmuk (Sears)
Kephart I believe wrote he preferred a jackknife with two blades and ebony handles.
Anyway I've wondered off, I really like that hacking knife,again the right tool for the job

Thank you David, I agree entirely with you my friend, nice post

 

[screened porch]

West-cut k-3. I've had it at least 15 years. Its handle was a few burst leather washers and a lot of electrical tape.

The handle is just too short, which is one reason I've never finished rehandling it.

I want to be able to use the blade, so that pommel just has to go.

 

[screened porch]

The pommel went. I thought I would find it had been cast onto the tang, but there was a pin so well polished I couldn't see it.

I also came across that little file knife, which needs a handle like the Japanese stainless. For the West-Cut, maybe something a little Marttiini-esque.

 

[Hickory n steel]

More than a year ago, I mentioned that I had picked up a modded Condor Hudson Bay in a junk shop at a price I just couldn't resist. I said I'd show it, and the mod, but completely forgot about the knife. Here it is anyway. I have large hands and find the handle on the small side, so I think I would have modded it differently. No doubt it has its fans

Incidentally, if anyone wants an inexpensive fireside knife for splitting wood, how about a traditional Sheffield Hacking Knife? These knives are designed to be bashed with a hammer!

Tougher than old boots, and just as pretty!

Now that hacking knife is what I need for my work bench.

 

[Jack Black]

Now that hacking knife is what I need for my work bench.

They're inexpensive and virtually indestructible!

 

[screened porch]

This one wasn't a hacking knife. I barely tapped it.

Best shot of seven, believe it or not.

 

[hornetguy]

after that, did the knife say "I'm ok, it's just a flesh wound!"... ?

I think you can grind out that broken tip....

 

[r8shell]

Incidentally, if anyone wants an inexpensive fireside knife for splitting wood, how about a traditional Sheffield Hacking Knife? These knives are designed to be bashed with a hammer!

That hacking knife looks useful, if not pretty.
I picked up a cool workbench tool a while back. I can hack and pry with it.

 

[Jack Black]

This one wasn't a hacking knife. I barely tapped it.

Best shot of seven, believe it or not.

Yikes!

That hacking knife looks useful, if not pretty.
I picked up a cool workbench tool a while back. I can hack and pry with it.

They're ugly for sure Rachel! Here they get used for bashing through pipes, cable, breeze-blocks, bricks, and every dirty job going, and while you never see a broken one, they're never going to win any beauty contests! I picked this older one up for a mate of mine, cost me £1. He told me, "That's the ugliest Hacking Knife I've ever seen in my life!" He's seen a lot too

That tool is well cool, it looks like a cut-down John Ek!

 

[Jack Black]

Hacking Knife vids!!

 

[r8shell]

Yikes!



They're ugly for sure Rachel! Here they get used for bashing through pipes, cable, breeze-blocks, bricks, and every dirty job going, and while you never see a broken one, they're never going to win any beauty contests! I picked this older one up for a mate of mine, cost me £1. He told me, "That's the ugliest Hacking Knife I've ever seen in my life!" He's seen a lot too

That tool is well cool, it looks like a cut-down John Ek!

The duct tape handle isn't doing that knife any favors in the looks department, but with a nice wood handle it might make a nice patch knife.

I'm sure I've posted that little tool before, but I couldn't find where. Did a little Google-fu and found a company selling dental lab tools. The no. 12 I have is for working plaster molds, I think.

 

[r8shell]

Hacking Knife vids!!

I like it!
So is "hacking" the British word for "batoning"?