Nick Wheeler Marbles Hunter

[RogerP]

Greetings all,

One of my recent scores at the Arkansas show was a neat little Nick Wheeler hunter that was donated by some generous soul as an auction knife. While Paul worked up a sheath for me, I attempted to get some info on it from Nick. The knife seemed very familiar to me, yet I couldn't find a single pic of it in my otherwise pretty comprehensive Wheeler photo archive.

Nick was able to provide not only some neat info on the knife, but also some stored pics of the knife in the making.

The blade was inspired by an old Marbles hunter that belonged to Nick's grandfather. Nick reproduced the blade profile and dimensions quite faithfully, but put a nicely sculpted handle on it of his own design.

The pics more or less speak for themselves, which is just as well, since Nick's e-mail was a casualty of a recent computer crash. BTW if anyone has been trying unsuccessfully to reach me by e-mail, please use: pinnocr@hotmail.com

Now to the knife:

The original:

The famous Wheeler anvil:

Forged to shape:

Initial grinding:

Hmmm, choices, choices...

Now to why the knife seemed familiar to me: it turns out this was one of Nick's JS test knives.

Roger

 

[RogerP]

And here are a few pics of the knife with Paul's first rate leather:

As expected, the excruciatingly clean Wheeler fit and finish is standard on this knife:

Roger

 

[Lorien]

dayum, good score bro!:thumbup:
Looks a little like my knife, only smaller.

 

[SBranson]

What a knife and what a sheath. That close up pic shows why those two are at the very top of their game. Just a joy to look at.

 

[Will York]

Wow!!!

 

[Charles Vestal]

An updated Marbles Woodcraft, now that's nice.

Great score Roger, and Paul came through with some fine leather.

Take care

Charles

 

[deafsmithco]

Top notch stuff! You will be using it come hunting season, right?

 

[Steve Nuckels]

Incredible! Enjoyed this thread! Love the package!

Steve
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Potomac Forge

 

[SharpByCoop]

That looks P R E T T Y racy to be just be a 'hunter'.

It's hunting admirers and is hanging them like trophies on it's wall. Score another.

Paul, your work is worthy of the red carpet.

Hey--who's the Canadian photographer doing such good work?! :thumbup:

Coop

 

[braillediver]

What stands out to me is- that's the cleanest anvil I've ever seen.

 

[stabber]

Great score Roger:thumbup:

 

[Big Rick]

Guess that's why Nick turns out some of the cleanest work around
I got my first Nick Wheeler knife off Roger, it's the second one down in his 5 JS test knives and I have to say it is beautiful in every respect. Fit and finish second to none.

What stands out to me is- that's the cleanest anvil I've ever seen.

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Great tribute to his Grandfather's Marbles knife, too!

 

[peterinct]

AWESOME hunter...AND, as always Paul KILLED the sheath!

GREAT looking package!

Congrats Roger!

Peter

 

[JParanee]

Great knife to say the least

Congrats

 

[Snody]

Freakin Awesome!!!

What a clean knife

Respect from Texas...

 

[Allen Newberry]

Great knife and background story.

 

[Doug C]

Very cool thread, Roger...:thumbup:
..and an awesome score !
Congrats and enjoy.

Doug

 

[canineforge]

And here are a few pics of the knife with Paul's first rate leather

First rate hunter and first rate leather. A hard combination to beat! Really high on this package, Roger. :thumbup:

- Joe

 

[NickWheeler]

Thanks guys

I know Roger was going off memory because the email was lost, but I wanted to say that the old knife was actually my Great-grandfather's. The only reason it's important is because the original knife is VERY old.

Paul knocked it out of the park!!! :thumbup: (as expected!)