Two New Laconico Backpackers and a Dilimma

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lambertiana

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Ray just finished a knife that I had him make to my design; I wanted it to be specifically for backpacking, and I wanted it light (I have been really working on reducing my pack weight). It is 5/32" O1 with stick tang, bloodwood handle, 4 1/4" blade with hand-rubbed finish:
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Now for the dilemma - Ray also had a surprise for me. He said he was worried about that nice wood handle being banged around in my pack, so he made another stick tang model, this one with 3/16" 1095 blade with machine finish, 4 3/8", and micarta handle. He made it with a frame handle, with micarta inserts filling the gap next to the tang between the micarta scales.
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So, I will now have to sit there for a while before each trip to figure out which one I am going to carry.

And here they are with the rest of the family (not including the two that my sons have):
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I dunno, every time you post a pic of that HWK of yours I get distracted. :o

That micarta one looks like it begs to be a user though! The other one is beautiful, kind of dressy, Like you would wear it to a southern duel.
 
Both are lovely knives. Those are the kinds of dilema's we get ourselves into once we start collecting and using custom knives
 
I can solve your dilemma....just send that fancy wood handle one to me so you don't hurt it. :D They are all nice but that one is gorgeous IMO. Congrats.
 
What a great problem to have!!! Hopefully one of these days I'll have Ray make a couple knifes for me then I'll have to ponder the same question.
 
Both are very nice. I could see carrying both, scratches or not. It is a very hard wood, after all.

Oh Ray, I'm worried about mine getting scratched up.....
 
Your collection is growing! What a dilemma- any one of those can be used for backpacking. However, there's one that I designed and made especially for backpacking. It think is the lightest (for it's size) knife that I've ever made. The blade is 4.5" long, 3/16" thick. The blade has just the right taper, and that shape is almost perfect! It is made to be a user with the micarta handle and machine finish.. It may look very simple but a lot of thought went into the design and construction of that knife. Of course they are all users as John has no "safe queens"!
 
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