Show me your custom camp knife/chopper.

I also have a nice Koster Survivor for chopping shores.

I'm eagerly awaiting a custom chopper from Jeremy Horton -- a "Camp 2.":D:thumbup:
 
Heres my amatuerish chopper. Its a little thiner than I'd actually like, but I didn't have any thicker barstock wide enough. All well, beggers can't be choosers, but it still chops pretty well.
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And here is another, smaller chopper. The only thing wrong with it is I made the stupid mistake of using a belt sander to put the edge on the tip and lost the temper from overheating. :grumpy: Still chops pretty good for its size though if you ask me.
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Large 52100 Amboyna handled camp knife built by Burt Foster :thumbup:

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Burt Foster in his email: said:
The blade is 12.5" long and the overal is 17.25". The blade is just over 1/4" thick at the ricasso. The tang is very tapered- - almost to nothing and the blade has a nice, straight distal taper. It balances about 1.5" in front of the bolster, which is perfect. It feels very light, yet has enough forward weight to be a very good chopper. In fact, it balances at the exact same place as my competition knife, even though the blade is 2.5" longer.
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The Harvester is another large W2 Koa handled camp knife built by Chuck Richards :thumbup:

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Chuck Richards in his emails: said:
The blade is 12.625" long 1.625 wide approx .25 thick at the ricasso. Nice hamon with good activity. The spine is currently as forged (in a rough state). I leave these like this some times to show it was actually forged. The handle is 5.5". Overall is just over 18", Now this is a BIG KNIFE.
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Others are large HI Khukuris and locally made Goloks :cool: Sorry, no pictures bacause I don't have a camera :o

mohd.
 
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Well, I feel a bit sheepish putting this up, after seeing all them fancy knives...

But, this is the knife Bill Siegle made for me, and I really quite like it...

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Thank you,
Marion
 
Necromancy this excellent thread.

Here's one that just got shipped today. I have to admit this damn thread made me commission it.

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14 inch OAL
9 inch blade
3 inch spear point sharpened
5 inch handle
Distal taper with the balance point on the front Turks head.
2 inches tall at the widest point.
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This guy was made by our very own Charlie Edmondson.
Thanks bud!
 
mohd - I'm pretty sure that's the largest Foster camp knife I've seen. Awesome piece. :thumbup:

Roger
 
Here is one of my favorites. Some 9260, 416, and old tires. Overall right at 15 inches and the lanyard attaches to the end of the tang.
Brion

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JParanee said:
MMHW Ted makes a heavy D knife here is a bowie but I have another bigger one without a sharpened clip and not so pointy which he calls a survival bowie. I keep it in my Hum Vee
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Ted makes some nice stuff. I bought this from him (those are 1" squares):

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I sent it to John Gonzalez, his partner/collaborator for a rehandle job. He sharpened the clip while it was visiting:

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Unfortunetly, this knife chopped horribly as delivered. Good thing I have friends with belt sanders! :D
It's a BEAST!
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