Post your 6-7" bushcraft knives

Stomper said:
Here is a Hudson Bay I made for myself. This one has a 7" blade, 1/4" thick, with a scandi grind and tan micarta handles. My thoughts on this were that I wanted a knife heavy enough to chop, but with a fine enough edge for other woods chores.

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i love it!
 
Wow - i don't own a 6-7" blade for the outdoors..... Does that make me a bad person.

Everything I have is either under 5 inches or above 8.
 
Yellow Lab said:
I think your knife looks much better with the patina on it now. For me it looked a little out of place when I first saw it with the two tone look.

My $0.02....:)
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Thanks, man. I totally agree. I was expecting a patina to form on that O-1 pretty quickly, and it didn't disappoint. After the first few summer outings, it should look nice and uniform.

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kgd, that is one classy collection of knives you have on display there. Every time I see that s-curve, my resolve that I can live my life without having one wears down a little bit more.

All the best,

- Mike
 
thanks a lot for the comments... i feel much better with my first knife now...
hopefully people don't get scared when i take it on hikes :D or maybe for that i'll get a smaller knife...
 
Here's Mine.

A seven inch blade made by Yours Truely in A2.





A very fine woods tool.





Mr. Truely is one of my favorite makers. :rolleyes:




Big Mike
 
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vector001 said:
i find one consistent rule for me is the perfect range for a survival knife blade is the distance from your thumbtip to the end of your index finger when you hold those two digits out like an 'L.' - that's about 7.5 inches for me, which is huge for most folks doing bushcraft, but there are plenty of tricks to using it for workarounds if need be.

vec
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Vec, where do you get this stuff? First your 1/3 hold which turned me on to tomahawks, now this. You just saved me many hours and potential dollars of trial with a single sentence. I'm consistently impressed with the acuity of your observations. Keep dropping us these nuggets of wisdom!
 
vector001 said:
i really like that size range when it is ALL YOU CAN CARRY, like on a flight vest or something.

i find one consistent rule for me is the perfect range for a survival knife blade is the distance from your thumbtip to the end of your index finger when you hold those two digits out like an 'L.' - that's about 7.5 inches for me, which is huge for most folks doing bushcraft, but there are plenty of tricks to using it for workarounds if need be.
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Huh. Never heard that, where'd you get it? Just so happens that my preferred size is right at a 6 inch blade, which matches up perfectly.


I don't have on in that size range right now because I keep selling them :D
 
tychoseven said:
Vec, where do you get this stuff? First your 1/3 hold which turned me on to tomahawks, now this.
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whoops, i got another brother addicted to hawks...:D....

You just saved me many hours and potential dollars of trial with a single sentence.
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goodly.

I'm consistently impressed with the acuity of your observations. Keep dropping us these nuggets of wisdom!
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you betcha, brother.

it's just physics.


there are Essences.

- things that have no natural exceptions.


you don't have to know them, you just have to realize that they are always present and you will discover them as you need them once you are mindful that they are always present.


getting rid of expectations helps.

you only see what is.


i am not explaining it well, but i reckon you get it.

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brother koyote - 'sounds like you are doing good with the seven-incher knife sales. folks must be gettin' smart again. - i sometimes have a similar hawk issue... good on ya, mate.

vec
 
Out of my bigguns', I get a lot of use out of my two choppers. A chainsaw would be better, but I use them for clearing horse trails etc, along with my Estwing camp axe (been using my Snow and Nealley Hudson Bay, thanks Gene). The choppers are a Hudson Bay camp Chief model (a lanyard hole would really benefit this knife, but I am afraid to ruin the knife, it would lose its "authenticity") from Terry Baublitz, and a Woodsman from NWA. I have a Gossman big Boar Tusker on order, and can't wait to check it out. I've had Tuskers and Scotts buffalo knives before, and they were great to use.
 
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