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Ruple Stag Trapper
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- Mar 28, 2001
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Beautiful, simply beautiful. I like it.
Thanks guys....this one comes as close to THE knife for me as any I've ever owned. Bill's filework is without peer in my opinion and this one sports his newest variation on the vine and thorns pattern.
Lenny, I got lucky and found this piece with a design just like I would have ordered as a custom from Bill, in a purveyor's inventory. I probably paid more than if I'd gotten it straight from Bill Ruple....but then again....his wait times are getting longer. My cost was $675 plus shipping.
Lenny, I got lucky and found this piece with a design just like I would have ordered as a custom from Bill, in a purveyor's inventory. I probably paid more than if I'd gotten it straight from Bill Ruple....but then again....his wait times are getting longer. My cost was $675 plus shipping.
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Outstanding Mike, you must be one happy camper. Thanks for sharing.
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- May 14, 2003
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Very nice and the price wasn't bad for that quality of workmanship. May you have many happy yrs. together.
Thanks Jim
I bought this one to be carried and used, tho' not as an EDC, due to its size. This one goes with me as a hunter and for any and all excursions into the wilds here in Colorado. It's a looker, but its real beauty is its utility and ruggedness. I do have a couple of "safe queens", but this is not one of them. Thanks again for your kind words.
I bought this one to be carried and used, tho' not as an EDC, due to its size. This one goes with me as a hunter and for any and all excursions into the wilds here in Colorado. It's a looker, but its real beauty is its utility and ruggedness. I do have a couple of "safe queens", but this is not one of them. Thanks again for your kind words.
Hi Ed
Normal carry for me is my jeans back pocket or the pocket of my field coat. I'm not particularly partial to a belt sheath and tend to shun FB's for field work accordingly. I carry an ax for any heavy work. I've grown up with high carbon steel knives and tools and for me, the necessary "care and feeding" to avoid corrosion is SOP. Consequently, the corrosion RESISTANT properties of ATS34 are only "gravy" so to speak. Tools, knives most certainly included, DESERVE proper care during and after use. The very idea of "running her hard and putting her away wet" is repugnant to me. I really can't see why anyone should have corrosion problems with a reasonably cared for tool, whether or not it's constructed from carbon steel, ATS34 or some of the higher chrome content "stainless" steels. Cheers
Normal carry for me is my jeans back pocket or the pocket of my field coat. I'm not particularly partial to a belt sheath and tend to shun FB's for field work accordingly. I carry an ax for any heavy work. I've grown up with high carbon steel knives and tools and for me, the necessary "care and feeding" to avoid corrosion is SOP. Consequently, the corrosion RESISTANT properties of ATS34 are only "gravy" so to speak. Tools, knives most certainly included, DESERVE proper care during and after use. The very idea of "running her hard and putting her away wet" is repugnant to me. I really can't see why anyone should have corrosion problems with a reasonably cared for tool, whether or not it's constructed from carbon steel, ATS34 or some of the higher chrome content "stainless" steels. Cheers