Your favorite TRADITIONAL sheath knife (hopefully pic heavy)

[stockman242]

I cant remember seeing a pure sheath knife thread, and even If we had one, It seems to have died.

So here is the question:
What is/are your favorite traditional sheath knife/knives aka fixed blades

Mine has to be hands down the little finn, with the Buck 119/ Ka-Bar short somewhere behind as second.
I just love the stacked leather handle and the utility of this little knife.

Pictures of my Western and Ka-bar little finn.

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So tell me, or better show me, which sheath knife you like best?

Peter

 

[JD Mandrell]

PAL

Blackjack Trailguide

Gossman Kephart

 

[stockman242]

Great knives Chris. I like the PAL a lot.
Peter

 

[JD Mandrell]

Great knives Chris. I like the PAL a lot.
Peter

That was a nice Ebay catch, about $9 and a little time reprofiling the edge after what looked like someone chopping through an cow leg bone with it, it's a sweet little blade.

 

[stockman242]

That was a nice Ebay catch, about $9 and a little time reprofiling the edge after what looked like someone chopping through an cow leg bone with it, it's a sweet little blade.

Dont work for the knife, make the knife work for you! :thumbup: Thats the way to go.
nice catch by the way.

 

[Blues]

Winkler/Shook (Damascus, Elk Bone, Rawhide Wrap)

Al Pendray (Wootz/Stag)

Mike Mann (Forged 5160, Osage Orange)

Rick Dunkerley (Forged 52100, Ironwood)

Ray Kirk (Forged 52100, Osage Orange)

John Fitch (Forged 1084, Stag)

Marble's Woodcraft (52100, Stag)

Russell Green River "Dadley" (I built from Kit. Curly Maple scales, Carbon Steel)

 

[Thomason]

P.J. Tomes with Paul Long sheath.

 

[2toes]

Tony Bose Straight Back Pocket

 

[Absintheur]

Not sure just how "traditional" it might be but the Gerber Flayer I have owned and used for over 30 years is my favorite. Not sure how many critters it has skinned but it has been quite a few...

second would be the Schrade "The Kid" in my avatar...

 

[Todd A]

Some very nice knives in this thread.

My very simple little SC205 I've had since a kid in the 80's.My first Schrade,and my first carbon knife.It taught me what happens when carbon steel meets mustard at a cookout.

 

[defaultuser]

Here's mine

 

[Mike Robuck]

It's not very big but here's a desk knife by Tony Bose. Sheath and photos by Kerry Hampton.

 

[cnas122]

Hands down for me, a Buck Woodsman. Probably my best memories of any knife...first deer, first whittled stick, first nearly chopped off finger.......

 

[sixgunner455]

Here's a few I like. First is a skinner I had my dad make for me.

Pashtun traditional knife:

Bowie, and that skinner again:

 

[Bob W]

I couldn't possibly pick a favorite fixed blade traditional. The unmarked hunting knife I found as a boy nearly 30 years ago? One of the Old Timers from the collection? The D2 Canal Street Drop Point that just arrived in the mail? Something from Bark River, Anza, or Blackjack? Nope, couldn't possibly do it.

So instead, here is one that I consider to be the nicest of the entire bunch:

By Daniel Prentice:

 

[stockman242]

@ Bob. Why dont you show us your favorite bunch of sheath knives.
If they are just half as nice as the one you showed, we're in for a very big treat

So here is the question:
What is/are your favorite traditional sheath knife/knives aka fixed blades
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Thanks to everybody, some very nice knives are shown here.

peter

 

[thawk]

Here's a few. I like the Uncle Henry Badger. Third from left, very comfortable. The Buck is from the 60's. Just says BUCK on the stamp.

 

[timsclips]

Western Cutlery K6
Dunn Knives Bird and Trout
Both very traditional in their own ways.
(Sorry for the poor picture quality, tried to take it with old digital camera.)

 

[Bob W]

@ Bob. Why dont you show us your favorite bunch of sheath knives.
If they are just half as nice as the one you showed, we're in for a very big treat

By request...

Most of mine aren't scanned in, but here are a couple more:

Knife and photo by Don Hanson III:

The first custom to enter my collection. Made by Anza, designed by myself:

Knife and photo by G.L. Drew. Buffalo horn handles, interestingly with some 'bark' remaining.

The most recent fixed blade in the collection, the Drop Point Hunter from Canal Street Cutlery:

 

[smiling-knife]

Great looking knives everyone. Thanks for showing them. This is a Wostenholm hunting knife made circa early 1900s. Sometimes called a Cowboy Bowie; the blade is 6 inches and the overall length about 10.5 inches.