Simple and sweet - hunters by Russ Andrews and Dave Kelly

Beautiful knives and I must confess to be lucky enough to enjoy the works of both Mr. Long and Mr. Kelly.......both great craftsmen and gentlemen. :thumbup:
 
Beautiful knives... but I'm drawn to Mr. Kelly's hunter...

... Dave, email sent via BF w/some inquiries. PM me or email here if you don't get the message. Let's talk. :D
 
Wow I love both knives, I hope to get one from Dave in the future. Very lucky guy to have both.
 
The Andrews is *very* nice...

...however the Kelly is something else again...Wow!

-Michael
 
RogerP said:
Thanks very much guys.

Joe - :D - yeah, fair comment. My 9-5 knife needs are pretty much satisfied by a pair of small pearl-handled slipjoints. Hunters for me are more of a general utility knife than a field-dressing little critters knife. For example, I just bought a set of all-weather floor mats for my wife's new car. The one for the driver's footwell had to be shaped like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle to fit. The rubber was WAY too thick and tough for scissors or an exacto knife, but my Burt Foster Blue Collar hunter just zipped through it. Nothing glamorous - no-one is going to write a ballad about it - but I was glad to have a quality using custom on hand for this and a myriad other mundane chores.

John - you can use any pic of mine in any way you like, as long as you promise to stop calling me "sir". ;)

Dave - thanks - you really did a fine job on this piece and I hope we get to meet up at a show somewhere down the road so I can shake your hand. Keep posting up pics of your work, and if you're ever pounding out a large fighter like the one you did for Paul that isn't otherwise spoken for, do give me a shout. :thumbup:

Roger

PS - Dave - how did you get that kind of antique patinaed finish on the bronze?
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Hey, I'm not any better. So far, at least 3 of my knives have been used to render furry critters down to managable bite sized pieces, but I have never done that myself. The only time that I have been hunting since I started making knives my inbred redneck guide insisted on skinning out the hog with is $9.99 Wal Mart mall ninja folder instead of one of my knives that my brother was carrying or the P.J. Tomes integral hunter that I had, and he cut himself at least twice. The even sadder part is that I no longer have the disposable income to buy knives like yours because all of that money now goes to buying tools and materials for the stuff I attempt to make:D
 
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