Texas Camp Knife!

I bet the finished product will be beautiful. A nice option for when you need half a toolbox in your pocket. It would be a nice companion to bring to a cabin in the woods. Do some whittling and fishing. When day turns to night I could open a bottle of home brewed beer! I'm dreaming myself away here.

I like the look of the long pull sheepfoot blade on the Remington's R4243 posted by wazu013. The diamond shield looks best.

unfortunately for me my local currency has become very weak compared to the US dollar, and I've had to stop buying knives. They just became a little to expensive. Perhaps I could justify buying one last knife, and another one, one more, plus a few and then some. It never ends.
 
Jack Black said:
This thread reads a bit like last year's forum knife thread! :D :thumbup:
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Ha ha!! Well, I asked for it.:D
I do value the opinions here, very much!!

It does remind me though, that you can't have everything in one knife . . . . . . . . . . . . .or could ya??:rolleyes:
:D
 
I really like the selection of tools :thumbup:
 
Gosh a large knife...but I think it will be perfect as a camp knife. I just got in a Rough Rider work knife/sodbuster which I plan to put in my camp gear along with the trusted SAK Farmer. The RR is 4 5/8" so real close in size and I think this new GEC frame will work out in the camp situation well. Most of the current camp/utility knives are at the Farmer size or smaller, so I think GEC's new frame comes at a good time.
Large frame= large shield.
I really like the cattle knife too...
 
I WOULD LOVE IF THIS WAS ALSO OFFERED IN STAINLESS, like many camp knives traditionally have been.

I also don't mind the size. Makes the blade and tools more useful.
 
The Whittler should be carbon, the cattle, I am indifferent towards and the camp can be either with a bias towards stainless.

I know this is going to come across as blasphemous but hear me out.

How would a Jigged G10 and stainless go over?

In a sheer practicality viewpoint, it would end up being a top of the line camp knife that would seem to surpass most other models currently available.

I want an alternative to SAK for an all weather camp knife and this may suit the bill.
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This isn't a sticking point for me, but when I get one of these, I may send it out to have a saw modded into it...
This length of a knife without a saw available is heartbreaking, I will still own one though.
 
NJBillK said:
This isn't a sticking point for me, but when I get one of these, I may send it out to have a saw modded into it...
This length of a knife without a saw available is heartbreaking, I will still own one though.
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It's already going to be heavy, why not add a saw too? I like the idea
 
I think it's just a bit too big / heavy.
For me, at least, it has moved into the 'too large to pocket' zone. At that point, when camping, I would just have the actual tools represented: fixed blade, openers in the mess kit, etc.
What I'm really waiting for is a recreation of the 3 blade 'cub scout' knife. Between 3 1/2 and 3 5/8, with a clip, punch and a combo (lifter, opener, screw driver). And I would like the option of no bail. Hopefully, this would keep the weight and cost down enough to make a pocketable user.

The Texas knife is just too big for me. If I could justify a 'utility' or 'camp knife' as a safe queen I would have just purchased one of the Tuna Valley knives.
 
MrBitters said:
I think it's just a bit too big / heavy.
For me, at least, it has moved into the 'too large to pocket' zone. At that point, when camping, I would just have the actual tools represented: fixed blade, openers in the mess kit, etc.
What I'm really waiting for is a recreation of the 3 blade 'cub scout' knife. Between 3 1/2 and 3 5/8, with a clip, punch and a combo (lifter, opener, screw driver). And I would like the option of no bail. Hopefully, this would keep the weight and cost down enough to make a pocketable user.

The Texas knife is just too big for me. If I could justify a 'utility' or 'camp knife' as a safe queen I would have just purchased one of the Tuna Valley knives.
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I agree. A camp/scout knife to me needs to be pocket friendly. I don't want a knife that doesn't fit fully into my pocket without hanging out slightly, or one that is heavy enough to make me keep hiking my pants up all the time.
 
stormylntz said:
or a Stormy Kromer hat! [emoji16] Looks like a great knife to me!
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Did someone say Stormy Kromer?!?! I have one on my head 90% of the winter months (I'm reading this post at the cabin just before bed and still have my Kromer on)!




And the knife that this thread is about: holy cow this is going to be a cool one! As to the size: we too often dwell in the easy zone of 3.5" knives and accumulate the same knife over and over again with minor variances. Let's get something different this time!
 
waynorth said:
Everybody in America, and many people elsewhere, have heard of Texas-sized items, referring of course to the biggest state in the continuous United States!
Large camp knives were made by a few old cutleries, and they proved to be very useful tools when the going got tough.
I have been discussing this up-coming project with Bill at GEC for some time now - at least a couple of years, but we think the time has come!

These are preliminary drawings. We've pretty much settled on the blades, but there were of course other variations in older days.
The opener will cut the top from a can, and will pop a crown top from a beer or a soda. The punch is a new/old design, never used in my HJs before - hmmmmmmm. . . . . .
Anyway, I hope you don't have to scroll side to side! This is a big'un!!

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Second option for shield:

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If you have an old one please post it, and please tell me what you think of this one!!
The trend lately has been toward one-blade knives, because of portability, and because of cost - and possibly because we don't cut pen-points any more!:D This one bucks the trend in many ways!!:eek:

P.S. the deadline for this knife to appear is the first week in April at the Oregon Knife Show!
Here's hoping all goes well!
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I am really liking this. Especially the second shield option. I need one of these.
 
I don't really like this knife. I LOVE this knife!!! This is the knife that Bill showed me when I was at GEC over the holidays. I asked what was up his sleeve in the new year, and he took me into his office and dropped a giant Utica Bullhead in my lap! I was beside myself! I'd been asking for a camp knife for years and here it is! And then also a cattleman's and a whittler in jumbo size! Yes, please! I know these will be too big for some of you, but lets face it, they've made plenty of smaller knives over the past year or so. My plan is to jack up yet another credit card and get three of these, two cattlemen and one whittler. These might be a belt carry for me with a lanyard cord as well, but bring it on!!
 
waynorth said:
Ha ha!! Well, I asked for it.:D
I do value the opinions here, very much!!

It does remind me though, that you can't have everything in one knife . . . . . . . . . . . . .or could ya??:rolleyes:
:D
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I can see it now, Charlie, your next project. A Charlie Campagna SFO version of the Wenger Swiss Army Giant! :D:D

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Put some nice jigged bone scales on there, a good shield and a custom blade etch, maybe a bolster for good measure... it'll be a hit! :thumbup:
 
I like the big camp knife. Just throw her in the top kitchen drawer of your RV, and you'll need little else.
 
If nothing else, make the Can Opener blade stainless and sell it by saying it's sanitary for food use unless of course, you drop it in squirrel poop:rolleyes: when camping and then - well, you're on your own there.
 
My knife budget is very limited these days, but if this comes out with gabon ebony, cocobolo, or blackwood scales my wallet will be in serious trouble.
 
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