Trad fixed blade

[RescueRiley]

Here's an ultra traditional fixed blade that you don't see much of, The Russell Green River hunter..

This one has custom handles But the stock handles are quite comfy... The knife is a wicked slicer with a flat grind,, and is a great companion for outdoor activities

Here he is with a friend

Lets see some of your traditional fixed blades

 

[dannyp]

Good idea for a thread. Here's a Schrade 153UH Golden Spike. Nothing too fancy, just a well used huntin' knife.

 

[brians]

More Schrade action:

 

[Absintheur]

This is about as traditional as it gets...an older Kanetsune hunting knife with box sheath. Damascus blade, iron fittings, magnolia handle and sheath...takes a razor edge rather easily and fits the hand very nicely.

from this side of the big water an old Marbles Expert I saved...started out looking like this...(no pic before the broken blade tip was reprofiled)

But after a bit of work it now looks like this...

I thought a coin of the same age would be nice for the buttcap...

 

[WIL TERRY]

Here's an ultra traditional fixed blade that you don't see much of, The Russell Green River hunter..

This one has custom handles But the stock handles are quite comfy... The knife is a wicked slicer with a flat grind,, and is a great companion for outdoor activities

Here he is with a friend

Lets see some of your traditional fixed blades

IT would be my never humble opinion this GREEN RIVER knife is as good as or better than 99% of the knives being sold today, whether they are from custom makers of knife factories, for doing that which a knife is made, cutting things quickly and easily. ALL the rest of the stuff we discuss about knives is mostly balonie, and Lord knows, that GREEN RIVER will slice balonie for a good sandwich, to a farethewell.

 

[TwoDogs]

Very Nice!!

 

[jackknife]

IT would be my never humble opinion this GREEN RIVER knife is as good as or better than 99% of the knives being sold today, whether they are from custom makers of knife factories, for doing that which a knife is made, cutting things quickly and easily. ALL the rest of the stuff we discuss about knives is mostly balonie, and Lord knows, that GREEN RIVER will slice balonie for a good sandwich, to a farethewell.

Nothing there I can disagree with.:thumbup:

When you get right dowwn to it, a knife is a cutting tool first and formost. Sometimes we tend to loose sight of that, especially when we elevate it to a cult worship item because of an obsession with like objects.

Edit to add; Certainly one of the most meat cutting and labor intensive enterprises was the job of mountainman. These were self employed men going into wilderness for the express job of gathering pelts for commercial use. A good knife was a needful thing. All the British companies who supplies the bulk of the knives for the trappers, LIke I.Wilson, Rogers, IXL, all shipped plain jane thin blades butcher knife pattern with a couple of wood slabs rivited on for handles. When the John Russell company got going, they made the same plain butcher pattern. It must have worked well, as it became the deffinative knife of the west. Decades after the beaver trade was belly up, it was the buffalo skinners that used the Russell patterns like the Green River and Dadley's. Later the homesteaders and sodbusters butchered many a hog with a plain butcher pattern.

I guess if it can be said if the Winchester and Sharps were the guns that won the west, it was the Russell's butcher knife that did the work when the shooting was over.

 

[Coonskinner]

I picked up an old Green River hunter somewhere when I was a kid.

I made a crude leather sheath for it and wore it on a thong around my neck...I still have that old sheath, but will spare you the sight of it.

Nothing wrong with the knife, though.

This thing has been down the creek and over the hill a few times.

 

[jackknife]

What's very interesting, is that I was just over on the factory web site for dexter-Russell cutlery, and they still shw the same knife being made under item number 10411. Funny thing is it's listed under traditional line, and called a 5 inch fish knife. Price 19.30 dollars.

I wonder if this knife may take the tittle of longest production run of a knife, since it's origins are in the 1800's.

 

[Coonskinner]

What's very interesting, is that I was just over on the factory web site for dexter-Russell cutlery, and they still shw the same knife being made under item number 10411. Funny thing is it's listed under traditional line, and called a 5 inch fish knife. Price 19.30 dollars.

I wonder if this knife may take the tittle of longest production run of a knife, since it's origins are in the 1800's.

It well might be.

I don't recall cleaning fish with mine, but it has seen its share of deer and beefs.

It is a great cutter, and comfortable to use.

 

[DennisStrickland]

absintheur the old marble looks like the new handle is cholla cactus with epoxy fill. an older custom maker named horace wiggins used this type on many of his knives.by the way i have the twin to your toothpick.

 

[untamed]

I stumbled on to this after a search. I am getting to be at that age where "back to basics" and simple living are now more than mere conversation staples.

That is one fine piece of a time-tested design!

 

[sunnyd]

Anthony

 

[sunnyd]

I stumbled on to this after a search. I am getting to be at that age where "back to basics" and simple living are now more than mere conversation staples.

That is one fine piece of a time-tested design!

Very Well stated..

Can I kindly get an 'Amen' , brothers & sisters?


Anthony

 

[knowtracks]

You can get an "Amen" from from my end, Anthony!

Dave

 

[sunnyd]

You can get an "Amen" from from my end, Anthony!

Dave

And very Much Obliged, Dave!

Here is another fine and hard use large game skinner..

In fact, this is my very first sheath knife that I purchased all by my self brand new in the box from the very first cutlery shoppe I ever walked into as a kid at 11-12.. A place named, Hoffrittz or some such, in Pompano Beach, Florida.. The knife is hi-carbon steel, full tang construction, old gnarly stag covers and no makers mark although its likely German made(?) I believe. The sheath went to pieces many, many moons ago.


Anthony

 

[kamagong]

The family and I are going to Tahoe for the long weekend and I'm hoping I have an opportunity to go for a hike. If I can find the time I'll be carrying this Blackjack.

 

[Campbellclanman]

And very Much Obliged, Dave!

Here is another fine and hard use large game skinner..

In fact, this is my very first sheath knife that I purchased all by my self brand new in the box from the very first cutlery shoppe I ever walked into as a kid at 11-12.. A place named, Hoffrittz or some such, in Pompano Beach, Florida.. The knife is hi-carbon steel, full tang construction, old gnarly stag covers and no makers mark although its likely German made(?) I believe. The sheath went to pieces many, many moons ago.


Anthony

Anthony....
That skinner style has always caught my eye...I owned a stunner, made by Anton Wingen Jr..., and like a FOOL I sold it ...with quite a few other nice knives I had during some very hard times a while back...I can tell you I will never repeat that exercise...every knife I have from now is a keeper. Surely yours is most defintitely a Solingen?
I am wondering if Anton Wingen have made that for Hoffritz? has your knife got the Othello head on the reverse side of the ricasso.


Also..here is one of my favourites...early 80's Al Mar...I think this is a great knife( I hope it fits into Traditional)..tell me guys if it doesnt-and I will remove..

 

[Campbellclanman]

sorry.. double post, so edited.