bike4fun919 OpbunchKnives
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Camp knife.Camp knife or kitchen knife?
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Camp knife.Camp knife or kitchen knife?
Camp knife.
I really like the bird and trout and hunter the hunt with the stag scales, they're the perfect size for the task they were designed for.
If you have more pics of it I wouldn’t mind seeing the file work on the spine.That was probably the best hunter I’ve made.
If you have more pics of it I wouldn’t mind seeing the file work on the spine.
It amazes me why it took you so long to show upIt amazes me that you are critical of the guard and butt of Warren’s knives, yet the last knife you posted has no guard and no butt.
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You making something from nothing ...........keep goingRight! To N Natlek Warren lives in Alberta Canada a region of the world where hunting is especially common. I don't think it's hard for him to get feedback from hunters about what works. Warren was really nice about saying why he made those choices in his knives. That said it can be hard to defend choices in style without sounding defensive so I'm going to do some of that for him. The first reason is that I grew up in a rural community in the western United States doing bushcraft. I think I got my first pocket knife at age 6 and have used knives in a outdoor setting ever since. The second is that I have hunted since I was a teen. Third, I actually have one of Warren's knives in that pattern and feel qualified to say that the guard is not to long and making it "half" as long would look really weird and also make it non functional and then it really would be in the way. The handle is comfortable and the sculpted butt on it feels nice and gives it some style. My style is not Warren's style and I don't think that because of the reasons that I make my knives the way I do there is something wrong with his knives. Questioning why someone is doing something stylistically just isn't right since it is so subjective. The only person who needs to like it is the one who is making it. If Warren asked your opinion on it would be the only time to give comment on it and even then it would only be your opinion. You haven't made a lot of friends here, do you want all of those people telling you what they think of your work? We have no reason to think you know anything about what you are talking about since you continue to prove that you have a lot to learn. I'm just going to bring up the time you told me that me that knife I had been testing couldn't work the way it had because you were getting different results proving that either you are having problems heat treating or you didn't know what kind of recycled steel you were using. That's not a isolated instance even. No one is coming after you picking your work apart so its probably time to give everyone else the same respect.
To everyone else I am really sorry to have put this in the display thread. I couldn't let this go since people should be able to post here without getting their work picked apart. Warren has been a great supporter for our community. He has helped newer makers like myself with any questions that we have. He has hosted so many KITH's like the one where I got a very similar knife. He has also heat treated many of the samples for @Larrin 's testing for the good of the whole community. He just shouldn't have to defend his style. Its just not right. I wouldn't continue with anymore back and forth with this. I do want to say there is a couple of ways this could go and one is the graceful and right way and the other one isn't.
Thanks for explanation , if that's what your customers want explain everything to meI have no problem explaining my design rationale. These are tools primarily, and esthetics take a back seat. My knives never put style over function.
It amazes me why it took you so long to show upI'm not critical , if you read my post FIRST I ask why gurad is that long .................... because I never seen guard so long on any other knife ?
The last knife I posted has no guard and no butt...............and that have what with thisI make another one , hollow grind again .......no guard , no butt
not bad for three hours work , what do you think ?
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More than 10 days ago I posted this one "ready for epoxy". Worked on it every day since. It's done now except to refine the edge a little more. Man that's a long time. The sheath took a full 4 days of "after real life" labor.View attachment 1327260 View attachment 1327261 View attachment 1327262 View attachment 1327263
I love those leather washers on it. Nice job on everything.More than 10 days ago I posted this one "ready for epoxy". Worked on it every day since. It's done now except to refine the edge a little more. Man that's a long time. The sheath took a full 4 days of "after real life" labor.View attachment 1327260 View attachment 1327261 View attachment 1327262 View attachment 1327263