Show me your custom camp knife/chopper.

NickWheeler said:
BTW- in case you're thinking those tangs look small, the shortest one is 4-3/4"... it's just the blades are pretty ginormous. :D
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definitely some 'comp cutter' influence goin on here. Starting to feel the need for another Wheeler Whopper Chopper...
 
atomicjoe- Thanks :) They're not all 52100... there's also 6150, W2, 5160.

The water quenches- one was an effort to fully harden a W2 blade of this size, and the other was to harden some steel that was supposed to be 5160 (but wouldn't harden in oil). Both blades seemed to make it through the quench, and went immediately to the tempering oven. When I took them out an hour later, there were cracks all over, so I broke them apart. :grumpy:


Thanks Lorien :) I'm curious what you're seeing as a competition cutter... they're all too big (blades are 11-12" long X 2-1/4 - 2-3/8" wide) and they all have a point... ;) :)
 
it's that badass offset between the handle and blade.
 
stump buster said:
a story of sorts...

I drew this up and sent it to joe calton...


which in turn became this awesome bit of reality (a leaf spring shaped, sharpened and handled by joe's skilled hands)...


then traveled here with me today...


to help me collect some new structural support for this(sorry...too busy chopping, limbing and loading to take in use pics)...


a couple more pics of this ultimate shelter tool...




yep, that's right, one sweep of the blade and it felled the tree where only the stump now remains!!! Okay, maybe that's a stretch, but it did perform fantastic!!! It out-chopped my council tool axe, the precision of hits was incredible and the balance is excellent!!!! With the long handle, i can use it one handed or get some real momentum going with both hands. The balance is right at the maker's mark allowing the knife to feel light in hand when choked up for fine work and then just letting the blade do the work with one hand at the rear swell to easily lop off the small limbs. The final specs for this one came in as...

Oal - 28-1/2"
blade length - 17-1/2"
handle length - 11"
thickness - .225"
handle material - coyote/earth g10
oa weight - 2lbs.10oz.

It's an agile and highly nimble beast!!!

Thanks joe!!! You knocked it out of the park!!!:thumbup:
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now that is what i am talking about!!!! Awesome!!!!!
 
I love this thread. So many great knives in one place it's not even fair....

And I'm REALLY looking forward to reading your article Roger!
 
One of my favorite threads no question! I have a fun project with HSP in the works that should finish up in December.... This is my prototype.


This is the Proto-type Travis Haley has. the handles will be Tero Tuf (Grey) with a G10 Liner (Red) and a G10 Bolster (Black) as seen below. We are still making adjustments on the final details.


If you have a minute here is a short video (Which I hate doing) of it getting a little use....
[video=youtube_share;GNwlZNF9KBE]http://youtu.be/GNwlZNF9KBE[/video]
 
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