Texas Camp Knife!

[NJBillK]

Delrin, linen micarta or g10, Likely delrin.

 

[rma100]

This is a pretty boring picture of backsprings, but in the bottom right corner you can see some of the camp knives starting to come together. I thought some people might be interested in the cover material and pivot construction.

Definitely NOT Camp Knives. The Camp Knife is Bolstered at both ends. The knives at bottom right are Bare Headed.

 

[Cory Hess]

Maybe a Farm and Field surprise variant? Hmmm...

Definitely NOT Camp Knives. The Camp Knife is Bolstered at both ends. The knives at bottom right are Bare Headed.

I thought that all of the drawings showed bolsters on all of the 98 variants. These knives don't look to have a bolster on either end. However, these look like equal end knives. Has anybody gotten any word of a F&F variant of the #98? Looking at the springs it would appear to not be any of the patterns that we've seen pictures for, as it would appear to be a jackknife pattern.

 

[Sam Dean]

Looking at the liners to the top of the image, and the partly assembled parts to the right, they look like the #65 Farm, Field & Fish knives.

The springs may be for the 98's, but those other parts definitely are not!

 

[NJBillK]

Looking at the liners to the top of the image, and the partly assembled parts to the right, they look like the #65 Farm, Field & Fish knives.

The springs may be for the 98's, but those other parts definitely are not!

Good call

 

[Cory Hess]

Good catch, Sam. Looks to be parts from different knives on the same bench or maybe they linked to the wrong picture?

 

[waynorth]

The camp knife uses double-end springs. The ones in the pic are single-end.
Everything in that pic looks like 65 pattern.

 

[TsarBomba]

The camp knife uses double-end springs. The ones in the pic are single-end.
Everything in that pic looks like 65 pattern.

The GEC page now has the #98s listed as "cattle knife" and "whittler". Both are looking good, but has GEC moved past an an actual camp knife at this point, or is that in the pipeline?

 

[Ramrodmb]

The "camp" knife is still on the production schedule. The drawings are the first post of this thread. They just don't show the drawings on the GEC website anymore.

 

[waynorth]

The GEC page now has the #98s listed as "cattle knife" and "whittler". Both are looking good, but has GEC moved past an an actual camp knife at this point, or is that in the pipeline?

As far as I know, the Camp knife is running through assembly next week!
The first ones through will be the Oregon Knife Club version, and the second ones will be my SFO!

Here is job "1" when I get the first one in my hot little hands!!

 

[pertinux]

As far as I know, the Camp knife is running through assembly next week!
The first ones through will be the Oregon Knife Club version, and the second ones will be my SFO!

Here is job "1" when I get the first one in my hot little hands!!

In which some of us learn that "a can of chicken" is, in fact, a thing.

~ P.

 

[Bigfattyt]

As far as I know, the Camp knife is running through assembly next week!
The first ones through will be the Oregon Knife Club version, and the second ones will be my SFO!

Here is job "1" when I get the first one in my hot little hands!!

Show that can of chicken what for!

 

[Modoc ED]

No giblets!! What's a chicken without the gizzard, liver, heart, and neck? I don't think I've ever seen a canned, whole, chicken - giblets or not.

Have at it Charlie. That'll be a good project for your new knife.

 

[roseskunk]

I gotta admit, I've been looking forward to this knife more than any in recent memory... and it's seems it's the most elusive. No one has it for reserve, no one seems to know how many are being made and in what material, and GEC has pulled the little drawing of the camp knife from its site. Anyone got any info?!

 

[supratentorial]

When I was in college, I saw one whole giant Chinese flying cockroach in a can of lychees. But I've never seen a whole chicken in a can.

 

[wazu013]

As far as I know, the Camp knife is running through assembly next week!
The first ones through will be the Oregon Knife Club version, and the second ones will be my SFO!

Here is job "1" when I get the first one in my hot little hands!!

I'll pass on the canned Chicken but not the knife. That's right there with canned Balut :barf:

 

[Ronin_Jedi]

When I was in college, I saw one whole giant Chinese flying cockroach in a can of lychees. But I've never seen a whole chicken in a can.

It's amazing what WinZip and other compression technology can do these days.::face plant

On a somewhat related topic, I was teaching Biz/Mgt at a univ in a major city in China a while back.

Had class discussion on SARS disease and possible sources. One student said chickens weren't a bird as it couldn't fly (I've seen some fly - somewhat) but bats were birds because they do fly. So much for enlightened knowlege.

But I digressed. Carry on.

 

[Kperla]

A quick question... Is the whittler version going to be a split back spring?

 

[NJBillK]

Edited for clarification:
I know the liner will separate the springs from one another, but Will it have a tapered central liner and the main blade run on both springs?

 

[waynorth]

A quick question... Is the whittler version going to be a split back spring?

As far as I know, it will have wedged springs, commonly known as "split"!