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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #33101

Smithhammer wrote: Thanks for reviving this thread, and nice work on both of those knives. That Helle looks like it would be a heckuva skinner! How do you find working with G10?

I recently picked up a knife from Lon Humphrey, a little beauty called a “Whiteteil” in dark curly maple handles. 6″ overall, with a 2.5″ cutting edge, 1084 steel.

Lon makes all of his knives the traditional way – by hand with a hammer and forge, and every one is a little different. Here’s a little video of Lon at work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knGV4shZEmM

Thanks! Working with G10 is awful! Incredibly stinky, to the point of sickening! Dust is nasty too. I wear coveralls, respirator, dust proof goggles and a scarf. Everything stinks when I’m done. In summer, I can open the garage doors, not too bad then, but winter, it stinks for awhile!

I really like that knife pictured in your post! Wood is beautiful! Good score!

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in reply to: Putting a Patina on knives #31839

Regular hotdog mustard and Dave’s Insanity Sauce works real well too!

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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #31837

Time to knock the dust off this thread! Here are a couple I finished.

Top one is a Helle Wind, got the blank off Ebay and made a handle out of a block of black G10. Bottom one is 01 tool steel, there is a hamon on it, but not visible in that pic. Heat treated it myself in a home made forge. Handle is tiger stripe G10.

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in reply to: Brown Bear Help #25403

Abel wrote: I think I know him, well know him online anyway. i don’t get up around fairbanks to much, well ever. It’s a lot further than most would think.

Well, don’t know much about killing bears either other than you need a big pair of *alls as well as big arrows! I would want a anti aircraft gun backing me up! All the best, and welcome here!

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in reply to: Anything Positive @ This Winter? #16653

Smithammer, that’s some sweet countryside! Looks like Alberta foothills!

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in reply to: Fire Kit #15412

Mine, fire steel, canister of cotton balls and Vaseline, canister of dry tinder, strike anywhere matches in waterproof plastic holder, wind proof lighter, three of those white fire starting little cubes, a small piece of of commercial fire log (about golf ball size), small sandwich bag of old man’s beard, flask of rum. Not too concerned about size, I am a “better to have it and not need it, then need it and not have it” guy.

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in reply to: Reply To: Enjoy your writing, rants and humor #7708

I remember first getting into trad, getting rid of my training wheels, and seeing a copy of TBM at the store. Perused it briefly and bought it. Read it cover to cover, but really enjoyed the last page, Campfire Philosofer! Then I saw the ad for Dave’s books, and promptly bought a couple. Was then thoroughly addicted to Dave’s writing! Hope to see more literature in the future! Best of luck!

The crowd screams “We want Dave!!”

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in reply to: Anything Positive @ This Winter? #56360

Personally, I would lose my mind without winter! Love being in the snow/cold, especially hunting in it! Figure my after life will be a fair bit “warm”!

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in reply to: Coffee Mug Thread #54065

paleoman wrote: Is that an Irish elk? Cool anyway!

Bull moose, cow on other side.

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in reply to: Coffee Mug Thread #54013

2 I use regularly!

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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #50754

Johnson37 wrote: Got this as a gift a few years ago, I have a couple Black Widows and my father thought I would like it. Have any of you ever seen one. I’ve never actually used it just kind of sits around. I have a few CRKT knives I use on a regular bases there great knives.

That is a very cool knife! What steel is it, who is the maker, what is the OAL? Really like that design!

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in reply to: Well said! #50745

Excellent!

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in reply to: The Trad Knife Thread #49105

Larry O. Fischer wrote: Here’s my father’s Remington. His brother took it from him and threw it against a tree breaking the handle. I fixed it years ago and he carried it since then and on his last hunt. It has to somewhere around 75 years old.

Oh I like that! Any idea what the steel is? Going by the patina, has to be a carbon steel. Very cool!

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in reply to: shrinking wool #52264

pothunter wrote: Just hand it to my wife! she just shrunk my best wooly from large down to small kids, she says if I wear it it will stretch but it restricts my breathing. The arms are going to get cut off so as the dogs can wear it when wet, cold and tired, better than the fleece things.

Before that it was my one and only best Orvis woolen thing, strangely though the body shrunk but the arms are still the same length.

Mark.

The image of Olivia Newton John in Grease has come to my mind….

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in reply to: On TeeVee hunting heroes #50300

David Petersen wrote: All of this evokes a youthful memory. As a late teen in Okie City I was a member of a really thriving archery club; this would have been the mid and later ’60s, as I ran off to the Marines in 68. We had an indoor range and a big, nice roving range in the woods. Back then it was all hay bales for targets. Leading club members were Betty Grubbs, who had recently been women’s world or national archery champion, and her hubby, also a successful competitive shooter. They had a young teenage daughter, hardly a princess. These folks were, well, Okies through and through, yet quite enjoyable and entertaining.

For example, one day Mr. Grubbs and I were out doing range maintenance, moving hay bales, etc., when his daughter did something that really annoyed him, at which he yelled at her: “You gol-dang ignoranus, ain’t you got no bringuns-up!” Those folks would have been perfect for a family reality show! 😆

Reminds me of the one and ONLY episode of duck dynasty I watched…

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