Show off your fixed blades!

[zed6309]

I just 're handled my old Mora micarta,leather stacked and stag

[1967redrider]

Great job, zed, crown stag is getting hard to find and becoming very expensive. Nice job on the sharpening steel too!

[zed6309]

Great job, zed, crown stag is getting hard to find and becoming very expensive. Nice job on the sharpening steel too!

Thanks mate ,I was lucky to be sent a box of antler I've got another underway and finnished this CRKT Civet neck knife today

[Sasquach]

You're certainly showing off some fine stag, Zed! I especially like that last one you posted.

This one is nowhere near as fancy as yours but I've had it in the field a couple of times since hunting season opened and it has proven to be a very handy tool. Since it is a very affordable Case with synthetic handles, it is a candidate for re-handling at some point.....when I get off my dead arse and start working in my basement shop again.

[doglegg]

I look forward to seeing the picture Charlie.

[zed6309]

You're certainly showing off some fine stag, Zed! I especially like that last one you posted.

This one is nowhere near as fancy as yours but I've had it in the field a couple of times since hunting season opened and it has proven to be a very handy tool. Since it is a very affordable Case with synthetic handles, it is a candidate for re-handling at some point.....when I get off my dead arse and start working in my basement shop again.

Thanks mate that case would look awesome in stag

[ken98k]

Ken98K, I thought those pins looked a little weird, he never used mosaic pins but most of his were what I call "birds eye" type or on some of his really fancy knives they might have been engraved. Bob is probably the most copied custom knife maker around and he didn't mind being copied, he said it was a complement to his work. Terry

I believe one of the things he was famous for was his handle bolt system, I see they are still available.
https://usaknifemaker.com/loveless-styl ... brass.html
I've also read that he did a lot of copying himself in his earlier days.

[ken98k]

You're certainly showing off some fine stag, Zed! I especially like that last one you posted.

This one is nowhere near as fancy as yours but I've had it in the field a couple of times since hunting season opened and it has proven to be a very handy tool. Since it is a very affordable Case with synthetic handles, it is a candidate for re-handling at some point.....when I get off my dead arse and start working in my basement shop again.

When I rehandled mine, I was surprised to discover there are 1/2" holes under those factory scales.
I machined some 1/2" x 1/4" bushings from aluminum stock.

[Montanaman]

Bob did not think it was ok to rip off his designs! If a maker asked him, he would provide a pattern, Jim still does that in the shop. Copying his logo is counterfeit, just like making a T. Bose slipjoint design and stamping it with a T.Bose stamp. Tony gladly provides patterns at request also.

[ken98k]

A cheapy Marbles stag hunter.

[ken98k]

A new Gerber Guardian.
I believe this is another RW Loveless design.

[zoogirl]

My ‘new’ Buffalo Brand Ruko Solingen. I paid $15 bucks for it today. I can’t find this particular knife anywhere online, except for references to Ruko being new and shoddy. This seems to be neither.
Anyway, I finally got my stag! It’s another little guy too, only 7’’ overall with a 3 1/2’’ blade. I seem to be leaning toward small hunters, boys knives, I guess. I just like them better than the big ones.
As always, info appreciated!

[eveled]

I see that as a bird and trout knife. It just sounds better than boys knife. Lol!

Nice little knife. Enjoy it. Ed

[NapalmSloth]

My 3.

[313 Mike]

My KaBar USMC

[bigbore]

This is made by Felipe Reis from Brasil
to my oder.

4,4" 5160 & 4,2" brasilian Jacaranda wood

Guard 5160 blued later by me with GunBlue

[Quick Steel]

That is a very handsome looking knife. The blade shape and handle are a beautiful match. I personally prefer a larger ricasso. Congratulations on a superb creation.

[jmh58]

All FINE FBs being posted!!! KOOL!! John

[WelderBob]

Nice looking blade bigbore..
This is a Ralph Bone I have, thought it would make a good skinner, just to nice to use.

[Quick Steel]

I always appreciate a substantial lower guard on a fixed blade that is intended for serious/heavy cutting.

[kootenay joe]

Beginning in 1950's and lasting through to the 1980's, Stag handled German fixed blades were popular. There was a believe by some that German steel was "superior". I think this was a myth started by the importers of German knives.
Top among these knives were the "sets" of 2 knives in one sheath, a big one and a small one. Here is a set with the biggest of the big.
These were made by many Solingen cutlery manufacturers. One of the older (1888) and most highly regarded was Anton Wingen Jr. with the Othello logo.
Here is an Anton Wingen Jr. 2 knife set, the large knife is OAL 13" and blade a little over 8"; small knife OAL 7 1/2", blade 4".
I think this is a great example of this time of German imports.
kj

[Quick Steel]

Wonderful looking knives kj. Very distinctive.

[tongueriver]

Lots of those German hunting knives have a lot of appeal. I still have a couple around, a Lutters and a Wingen Othello, both woodcraft versions.

[onehikes]

My favorites right now would be :


But next month it would change slightly. It is why we become consumed with knives and why we have to sell them from time to time.

[kootenay joe]

Calvin, i have a knife that looks the same as the one you posted above. It is a "Premier", (an importer of knives) and is the first fixed blade i bought myself. It was in the window of the local hardware store circa 1958 and i still have it.
onehikes: you are well equipped to go hiking !
kj