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BentRivers said:
Recently finished this one up.
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That's a beauty!
Is that logo laser etched?
 
Been out of the shop almost two years and slowly getting my feet back under me. I thought these scales were funky, but they tuned out nicer than I realized they would. This was a blemish blade I was playing with different acid finishes on the flats and didn’t like this one, but this will be a shop knife anyways. Good to be back at it though.
This is my Grizzly pattern which is really popular with the bushcraft guys and hunters.
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Tortuga Bladeworks said:
Been out of the shop almost two years and slowly getting my feet back under me. I thought these scales were funky, but they tuned out nicer than I realized they would. This was a blemish blade I was playing with different acid finishes on the flats and didn’t like this one, but this will be a shop knife anyways. Good to be back at it though.
This is my Grizzly pattern which is really popular with the bushcraft guys and hunters.
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Nice job.....👌👌👌
 
Tortuga Bladeworks said:
Been out of the shop almost two years and slowly getting my feet back under me. I thought these scales were funky, but they tuned out nicer than I realized they would. This was a blemish blade I was playing with different acid finishes on the flats and didn’t like this one, but this will be a shop knife anyways. Good to be back at it though.
This is my Grizzly pattern which is really popular with the bushcraft guys and hunters.
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Love the scales. Very nice.
 
Nate’s Knives said:
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New design I may or may not use for a skinner. What do yall think? The blue is layout fluid
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I don’t like it as a skinning knife. It needs a sharper point, more sweep in the belly and less straight edge. It’s also curving too much the wrong way to be a skinner. Trailing points are generally better for skinning. Most people I know are hunters and generally use something more like a Dexter boning or breaking knife to skin and process mid sized and up game. For smaller stuff they generally just use filet knives. Drop or clip point style profiles are generally preferred for all around hunting/field knives. I had a couple of my own designs with me the last time I shot a deer and worked up a new design between the two.

I’d probably lose the divot in the spine, straighten it out a bit, and call it an edc.
 
Nate’s Knives said:
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New design I may or may not use for a skinner. What do yall think? The blue is layout fluid
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The blade is too fat bellied and not the shape of a skinner. The fat section at the front shpld be much less prominent. That isn't all that big a deal, but the deep thumb rest and the choil make for a stress riser. The blade could break between the two fairly easily .. especially at the hardness of a skinner. I would take the thumb rest out completely and have the spine go from handle to blade.

Something more along these lines (knife by Daizee):

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