Slim Dropped Hunter.

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irbailey

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Most of you aren't going to like this, but I thought I'd post it anyway.:D

The customer requested a knife suitable for use on both deer and small game, so I made him a slimmed out Loveless style dropped hunter.

Blade is 4 1/8", O/L 8 1/2" 1095 steel. Green canvas Micarta handle with dark red fibre liners on a tapered tang. Fittings, much to most people's disgust, are brass, as requested by the customer.;):D

As usual, photos are by Stevie Wonder...:rolleyes::D

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All comments, good, bad or indifferent are welcome.:)

Thanks for looking,

Ian
 
Nothing wrong with that traditional knife. Does your customer like it? That's what counts.

Did you solder the finger guard to the blade? It's the only way to keep critter fluids out of the joint and have a sanitary knife.
 
Looks good, I like brass it has some life to it, it'll tarnish and develop it's own patina reflecting the life it leads.

I don't understand the prejudice against brass, it's just another metal, it tarnishes, so let it tarnish, or better yet force a patina of your choice.

It's a custom knife.
 
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Very nice work, I think. I still get brass requested more than any other material I have available to me. This is really the only place I have found where there are overwhelming negative opinions on it's use, and those opinions in my view are valid too.
 
I'm tellin' ya man, brass is the new stainless! ; )

Great looking little blade - perfectly suited to the tasks ahead.
 
Ian, you are living proof that brass has class.
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Thanks for your comments chaps...very much appreciated.:thumbup:

The guard is pinned and soldered, I've been thinking about cold fitting one at some point but as I only recently bought a new roll of cored silver solder and at £54.00 a roll it seems a shame not to use it!

I sent some pictures to the customer, and he's very happy with it. :D

As for brass, I've used loads of it as some of you will know. Two reasons - firstly it's a great material to get started with. Easy to work and relatively cheap when you make a balls up.;)
Secondly, in the UK it's probably the most popular material for fittings, especially for users. Most of my UK orders for users prefer brass, the collectors generally opting for stainless.

My personnal preferance nowadays is stainless. It makes a knife more modern looking in my opinion. Saying that, I like the warm, old school look of brass as well. I can well understand the general dislike of brass on this forum, let's be honest, a lot of the folks on here make/collect seriously high end knives where brass has seen it's day.

Someone's got to cater for the low end of the knife spectrum though!:D

Thanks again for taking time to comment. :thumbup:

Ian
 
Nice work Ian! Looks very useful. :thumbup:

I personally like brass too ... it's nice to switch materials once in a while, keeps things interesting. :)
 
Thanks Marcus.

Comments from a maker of your calibre (or should I say caliber:D) are always welcome. :thumbup:

Cheers.

Ian
 
To my mind there is nothing more beautiful in a knife then something that is purely purpose driven and which offers nothing that doesn't fulfill that purpose. That is one beautiful knife. And I happen to love brass!
 
Looks good Ian!

If you haven't gotten a copy of the Loveless book by Durwood Hollis, I think you would enjoy it. I just got my copy recently and it has been great reading so far.

Peter
 
Thanks Peter.:thumbup:

I got my copy of the Durwood Hollis book last month....I agree with you 100%, it's a superb book.:cool:

This, along with 'How to make knives' and 'Living on the edge - Logos of the Loveless legend' must be the most heavily read of all my books. ;)

Cheers,

Ian
 
irbailey said:
Thanks Marcus.

Comments from a maker of your calibre (or should I say caliber:D) are always welcome. :thumbup:

Cheers.

Ian
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I say "Tomayto," you say "Tomahto" ... it's all good. It's only been 15 years since I was in the UK, I can still "translate" the spelling in my head. :)

I'm just another guy standing in front of a grinder. Keep up the good work! :thumbup:
 
Very nicely done. Don't see enough tapered tangs and too many otherwise nicely done knives that should be silver soldered at the guard.
 
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I say "Tomayto," you say "Tomahto" ... it's all good. It's only been 15 years since I was in the UK, I can still "translate" the spelling in my head. :)

I'm just another guy standing in front of a grinder. Keep up the good work! :thumbup:
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The difference in UK/US spellings always amuses me. The US spell things as they should be, we prefer to put letters the wrong way round and add a few that aren't needed.:rolleyes::D

Cheers mate,

Ian
 
hi im very new to this hobby and i stink up the grinder really bad but let me say that is a very nice knife. I have seen the handle material and really like it.
 
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