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

[Jack Black]

I may have posted this here before , but the sheath is breaking in very nicely.

Glad you're liking it Jer The Independence Day knife appears to be a very similar pattern

 

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Glad you're liking it Jer The Independence Day knife appears to be a very similar pattern

And a beauty.
It looks to me like the only differences are the grind height and the handle material. Yours might be the HK5 SSH? IIRC.

 

[Jack Black]

And a beauty.
It looks to me like the only differences are the grind height and the handle material. Yours might be the HK5 SSH? IIRC.

Thanks Jer, it doesn't have the jimping either. The difference in grind height is actually quite significant isn't it?

 

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Thanks Jer, it doesn't have the jimping either. The difference in grind height is actually quite significant isn't it?

I think so.

 

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The difference in grind height is actually quite significant isn't it?

I think so.

I won't be slicing raw carrots with this one again unless I'm in a mood to chase them.

 

[Jack Black]

I won't be slicing raw carrots with this one again unless I'm in a mood to chase them.

Yes, the Savage is definitely the sliciest of the ones I have, actually works very well in the kitchen

 

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I was surprised to find these in my carbon toolboxes. A Herters that looks to me like a Murphy, a CaseXX butcher, a Russell Green River Works chef, and what looks like a modified nickel-plated reciprocating saw blade.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I was surprised to find these in my carbon toolboxes. A Herters that looks to me like a Murphy, a CaseXX butcher, a Russell Green River Works chef, and what looks like a modified nickel-plated reciprocating saw blade.

Love the case butcher, and that green river Chefs knife is an absolute beauty.
Looks to be a 12" blade on that one ?

 

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Love the case butcher, and that green river Chefs knife is an absolute beauty.
Looks to be a 12" blade on that one ?

Thank you. The Case butcher is an extra nice one, somehow, and wants a sheath. I've got a slot in the kitcen for the RGR.
The RGR is a ten-incher, shown below with a twelve-incher I bought cheap from a guy in Shelbyville MI. The blade etch is pretty faint on that one.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Thank you. The Case butcher is an extra nice one, somehow, and wants a sheath. I've got a slot in the kitcen for the RGR.
The RGR is a ten-incher, shown below with a twelve-incher I bought cheap from a guy in Shelbyville MI. The blade etch is pretty faint on that one.

Do you dip the handles in shellac or something?

 

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Do you dip the handles in shellac or something?

These are both from my spar-varnish dipping days. I'm not sure it was a bad idea.
My 9.5" Magua knife is also a Russell Green River Works:

 

[Hickory n steel]

I thought that's what I was seeing.

 

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[Heathenhymnal]

GEC's H10 model really really got me into these old "Sportsman" style small bowies. This photo is only a couple weeks old but I've already added an H30 in jigged bone and an H40 in bocote.

 

[HFinn]

I bought this Puronvarsi blade recently, it has a 23 cm blade. I really don't yet know what it will become. Originally it is made for a leuku, but this blade has in my opinion possibilities for other styles too. Nordic bowie? I'm making a handle to it now, but did not have anything fancy, so probably I will make a wrapped handle to it. I had in mind to use something organic, like glue-soaked hemp cord or something else if I can find a suitable alternative. I think the result will look a bit like viking age seax. The quality of the blade is outstanding and it arrived literally razor sharp, as my thumb accidentally found out.

 

[Eads1999]

Just picked this beautiful fixed blade up yesterday in store. It was nice being able to actually walk into the distributor and get to look at a couple different GECs before I picked this one out. Kind of like the “good ole days” one could say. But anyways I usually just stick to folders but this one I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I think this one is called smoke jigged bone small seed.