Texas Camp Knife!

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"Few friends better than a good dog and a good knife"
-quote from btmccutcheon
Hope its ok that i quoted your sig line. Its so true
 
Here's a tip for those complaining about the weight of this pocket monster. Try using a monkey fist ball lanyard. Tucked under your belt, it suspends the knife in your pants pocket, makes it feel almost weightless, and allows easy access to other things in your pocket. I use it daily for a large 111mm SAK in my back right pocket and occasionally a Busse Game Warden or Active Duty in my front right pocket.
 
w.t. anderson said:
Here's a tip for those complaining about the weight of this pocket monster. Try using a monkey fist ball lanyard. Tucked under your belt, it suspends the knife in your pants pocket, makes it feel almost weightless, and allows easy access to other things in your pocket. I use it daily for a large 111mm SAK in my back right pocket and occasionally a Busse Game Warden or Active Duty in my front right pocket.
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Great idea. I've been looking for my one monkey ball lanyard to try this.

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Wow, looking at these pics makes me super jealous! D:
Right at these times I would like to have that extra money burning in the bottom of my pocket. :D
Well, maybe I can snag one later, I hope.
 
Yes, just slightly with the nose of a pair of tape-wrapped wire cutters slipped inside the bail closest to the knife's end and then opened slowly. Go easy, it doesn't take much to spread the bail. It now swings easily and clears the nickel nicely.
 
Great tips on the bail. I actually contacted GEC last week as I was worried about damaging the knife If I took matters into my own hands. There was a good half moon scratch on the bolster from normal use. They were helpful and this was their reply.

" The bail is actually helping to hold the knife together so there will be some scratching from the bail. This is the way the knife was designed".

For those more experienced than myself will slightly loosening cause everything being held together to loosen up as well as the bail?

Thanks-
 
:eek: Wow.

Looks like I may just have to deal with some scratching then. I would definitely prefer function over form.
 
boy, and i was just about to drill mine out and make it a lanyard hole. I guess I'll have to make other plans... :-)
One of mine has rub and the other doesn't. I'm surprised if the bail has any structural role but will let the experts chime in.
I still plan to gently put the reverse pliers to it but it can wait a few days to see how this pans out.
 
I remember seeing a thread a while back about knives that use the bail pin to hold them together. I guess it's pretty complicated to build a knife like this and keep everything tight but not too tight. Considering that it's a double ended knife, I don't think they could use a lanyard tube. My guess is that it might actually be the pivot pin. I wonder why they didn't flare the bail just past the pin a little so it wouldn't rub quite so much? At any rate, the two I got are really well done, rubbing bails or not. I plan to just let them rub.
 
THANK YOU gunstockjack for having a few of these available. I was in on a preorder for the autumn bone but when the time came, one was not there for me to buy. I am delighted to be receiving a cranberry version of this knife instead.
 
My antique autumn bone and king wood arrived today. Very nice knives. The king wood looks much nicer than I expected.

I did have to file down the kicks on the main blades though. They weren't proud, but the design makes it easy for your finger to accidentally touch the blade tip. I cut myself good, before even opening the knife.

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I never knew of the existence of Kingwood. It looks great Buzz!
Sorry about your finger.
Caution to all who will file the kick - do it cautiously and slowly!! Do not try to bury the tip - hide it just enough!!!
 
My TCK got put to use tonight on a beef tenderloin roll.

The knife did VERY well, I was certainly surprised at just how good the main blade was at removing connective tissue, silver skin etc. I know I could clean a bluegill with this knife after doing the roll -

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looking at those yumptious pictures I see that the bail is not like other bails.
It pivots on the pin like an axle where other bails are mounted into the bolster and maybe easily removed if needed.
This one is more secure at a glance.
 
mqqn said:
My TCK got put to use tonight on a beef tenderloin roll.
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What are you doing?!?!? Don't you know these knives are designed for canned chicken? This tenderloin is not enough challenge for this superb tool. Why it doesn't even give you an excuse to use the can opener.
 
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