New knife from a new maker

Today was such a nice day I decided to skip the gym and go for a hike and brought this knife. Found a new area that's only 4 miles from my house too!
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Lots of scrubby mulefat and other cool stuff to carve and chop on.
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Chopped through thumb sized branches in one or two swings
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My wife even whittled with it with no problem
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I'm definitely coming back to this area! Lots of places to explore and it is nice and secluded for testing blades
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Hey Shane,

Those Pics look great! What a great hike. How did the sheath work out?

I have been playing around with different belt/career configurations. I can get some pics up later... but, I used an X type configuration when I went out over the weekend. It was tight but, rode a little to high.

How did the belt loop work for you?
 
The sheath does ride a little high. I like the sheath design a lot, but for field blades I usually like a pouch type sheath where I can just slip the knife in and out. But I also carry knives strapped to my pack instead of on my belt a lot too, in which this one worked perfectly and was nice and secure.
 
great pics T... looks like a cool area to hike.. reminds me a lot of where i grew up, in Gilroy CA..:thumbup:
 
Gilroy is only about an hour and a half north of me. I love the whole area up there by Santa Barbara!
 
Good feedback. A pouch style is actually a lot easier to make. In the future I will ask for a preference.

By X config I mean this:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3203/photo121px2.jpg

Sorry for the bad pic - Mac camera...

It did ride high - but, if you were strapping it to a pack it would allow you to string a strap vertically - the space is about 1 1/4 inches wide (again for vertical) about 2 1/2 for horizontal carry. I am working on a rig that would allow for all options...
 
tknife said:
Gilroy is only about an hour and a half north of me. I love the whole area up there by Santa Barbara!
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if gilroy is only about an hour and a half from you.. then you're only about 2.5 hours form santa cruz... :o you and the misses need to come over this summer dude... we have a couple of cool spots to go and watch music close by.. not to mention tons of trails and woods to play in...:D

that is a cool knife dude.... the more i see the more i like it... great work john..
 
Dang it I was wrong, I was thinking of Goleta. Gilroy is further, but I remember thats the town that smells like garlic! :D

Oh yeah, that X config would be cool for strapping to a pack, or even wearing it tracker style across he small of the back, I like it!
 
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