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I have a habit of posting this blade up it seems about once or twice a year. Its my Breeden Peacemaker blade.
Specs: 6" blade length x 1/8" thick and about 1.25" blade height. Steel is O1 and scales are osage orange.
This was the 2nd custom knife I ever bought and undoubtedly my most used knife in all my collection. I say most used, because it works so great in the kitchen that I keep it in my butcher block and it gets all the carving chores that gets thrown at it. I believe it was the first time Bryan used Osage as a knife handle material when I ordered this one. I also like to take this one into the woods as a lightweight complement to my main belt knife.
Anyhow, Bryan has been contributing so much to W&SS lately I think it is useful to throw up for our newer members some of the excellent pieces of steel that keep circulating in our collections but don't always get a tonne of play because they aren't new glittery glam.
The peacemaker was developed by Bryan as his idealized version of a survival knife. Bryan, always seemed to like knives that were thin enough to cut and tough enough to baton. This one had enough length to it tackle on most things you'd need a knife to do. The peacemaker makes a great contribution for being big, but also compact and lightweight. It does this better than any midsize blade I ever had, save perhaps the buck119 which is also small at 6" but the 119 has a lot of design elements that I don't like. I have to admit that it doesn't shave fuzzies like my dedicated bushcrafter does, but it sure fills that mid-sized knife role without making you feel like you are carrying a mid-size blade around. It also sports pretty much the most perfectly ergonomic handle that I ever handled.
Gotta split a 5" round? Well, here is a knife to to do it. Want to prep dinner? Why use that fine tuned edge of your bushy when you have this slicer that works better in the kitchen? At only 6oz for the blade and 8.5 oz with sheath, this thing can literally disappear in the pack without you begrudging it.
Mine isn't so sparkly/clean anymore. The white liners are gone as yellow as old yeller's teeth. That spotty patina is related to all its kitchen duty and I honestly don't really bother shining it up any longer. Its rustic used look casts its own beauty I think.
So here you have it, the Breeden Peacemaker. Simple, classic knife, without a lot of crazy crap going on. Just a DAMN good knife that does what its supposed to do. KISS can be a great principle sometimes!
Specs: 6" blade length x 1/8" thick and about 1.25" blade height. Steel is O1 and scales are osage orange.
This was the 2nd custom knife I ever bought and undoubtedly my most used knife in all my collection. I say most used, because it works so great in the kitchen that I keep it in my butcher block and it gets all the carving chores that gets thrown at it. I believe it was the first time Bryan used Osage as a knife handle material when I ordered this one. I also like to take this one into the woods as a lightweight complement to my main belt knife.
Anyhow, Bryan has been contributing so much to W&SS lately I think it is useful to throw up for our newer members some of the excellent pieces of steel that keep circulating in our collections but don't always get a tonne of play because they aren't new glittery glam.
The peacemaker was developed by Bryan as his idealized version of a survival knife. Bryan, always seemed to like knives that were thin enough to cut and tough enough to baton. This one had enough length to it tackle on most things you'd need a knife to do. The peacemaker makes a great contribution for being big, but also compact and lightweight. It does this better than any midsize blade I ever had, save perhaps the buck119 which is also small at 6" but the 119 has a lot of design elements that I don't like. I have to admit that it doesn't shave fuzzies like my dedicated bushcrafter does, but it sure fills that mid-sized knife role without making you feel like you are carrying a mid-size blade around. It also sports pretty much the most perfectly ergonomic handle that I ever handled.
Gotta split a 5" round? Well, here is a knife to to do it. Want to prep dinner? Why use that fine tuned edge of your bushy when you have this slicer that works better in the kitchen? At only 6oz for the blade and 8.5 oz with sheath, this thing can literally disappear in the pack without you begrudging it.
Mine isn't so sparkly/clean anymore. The white liners are gone as yellow as old yeller's teeth. That spotty patina is related to all its kitchen duty and I honestly don't really bother shining it up any longer. Its rustic used look casts its own beauty I think.
So here you have it, the Breeden Peacemaker. Simple, classic knife, without a lot of crazy crap going on. Just a DAMN good knife that does what its supposed to do. KISS can be a great principle sometimes!
