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There is a whole lot to like about your knife. In fact better than that, I could see me using it as it would fit my 30 years of using knives and experience. Got it all that I like and use.
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suggestions on testing piercing/stabbing
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For testing I would've suggested about 10 layers of the nastiest, dirtiest burlap you could find, rub sand and dirt and shit, literally, into every pore of the burlap you could, go to the store and buy a rack of pork ribs, and go buy a piece of aluminum siding and a big piece of foam. Now get some from cow hide that hasn't been turned into leather yet, the nasty stuff with chunks of flesh still hanging off of it.
Roll the foam up, tape it together in a roll, then with a lot more tape, tape the ribs onto the roll of foam and directly under the slab of ribs tape the shit out of the siding. Then wrap the mixed layers of burlap and cow hide around it all and spray it down with muddy water. Now you have a mock up boar where you can try to get through ribs, the chest plate, and skin. Some hunters go straight for the heart through the ribs, some go for the heart right between the throat and chest plate, and some just slash the throat either by cutting from ear to ear or pushing the knife straight in and then out. And you have to do it with some amount of precision because your dogs are there fighting to keep the boar pinned down while you finish it off.
For skinning I would not suggest a low alloy blade, for stabbing I would. Yours is beautiful, by the way, no doubt.
I probably would've gone for a little less belly, a false edge for about 1/4 of the way back, a full double guard, and a pronounced hawkbill on the handle along with a lanyard hole. But that would be my preference alone.
Roll the foam up, tape it together in a roll, then with a lot more tape, tape the ribs onto the roll of foam and directly under the slab of ribs tape the shit out of the siding. Then wrap the mixed layers of burlap and cow hide around it all and spray it down with muddy water. Now you have a mock up boar where you can try to get through ribs, the chest plate, and skin. Some hunters go straight for the heart through the ribs, some go for the heart right between the throat and chest plate, and some just slash the throat either by cutting from ear to ear or pushing the knife straight in and then out. And you have to do it with some amount of precision because your dogs are there fighting to keep the boar pinned down while you finish it off.
For skinning I would not suggest a low alloy blade, for stabbing I would. Yours is beautiful, by the way, no doubt.
I probably would've gone for a little less belly, a false edge for about 1/4 of the way back, a full double guard, and a pronounced hawkbill on the handle along with a lanyard hole. But that would be my preference alone.
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Something like this, the maker is no longer making but made for those who hunt Razerbacks in Austraia:
Its my "finisher", and does work:
This fighter/finisher has been done many times. Few are ever used and put to the test.
Its my "finisher", and does work:
This fighter/finisher has been done many times. Few are ever used and put to the test.
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Proper knife, doing the biz. Nice one... or is that nice pair... sure there was a joke in there somewhere??? Just great when it works out as first imagined, from drawing board to the field.
It's a pair and thank you