Show off your fixed blades!

[Sasquach]

Now ya see Charlie, that's the problem with this web site. I wasn't even thinking about Buck fixed blades until you showed that beauty and now I feel a stirrin' in the wanna region of my brain. There's just something about those smooth black handles and the lines of the blades......... I think I'll just go lie down and wait for it to go away.

I know the feelin'! I tried sleepin' it off but as you can see..............it didn't work.

[jerryd6818]

But ya gotta try it 'cause sometimes it works.

[americanedgetech]

No it doesn't.
As soon as the piggy bank is full enough to search... Blisters on the fingers time.

[philco]

I too have been tempted by those Bucks. I'm a weak, weak man.

[philco]

Here's a knife I don't see mentioned much on AAPK. It's an ESEE 4. Not the prettiest knife I own but I've been very impressed with the quality and the razor edge that's easy to maintain. (Good ole' 1095 blade steel )

[americanedgetech]

I am not much of a fan of those tactical/utilitarian style knives. Never really have been.
I suppose this is because I am not a woods/hunting kind a guy nor a farmer/rancher so I prefer the shiny, slippery, flowing kind of look that almost all of the other knives posted here have.
They remind me of dressing up on Sunday.

Those Bucks have that special kind of look. I am surprised!

[Mumbleypeg]

Here's a knife I don't see mentioned much on AAPK. It's an ESEE 4. Not the prettiest knife I own but I've been very impressed with the quality and the razor edge that's easy to maintain. (Good ole' 1095 blade steel )

Dittos on the quality of ESEE knives. My oldest son is a fan of tacticals (like Spyderco) and an avid hunter/fisherman/outdoorsman. He carries an ESSE 4 daily when not at work. He keeps hounding me about getting one for myself. I think I'll put it on my Christmas list, so he can buy me one!

Ken

[tongueriver]

I too have been tempted by those Bucks. I'm a weak, weak man.

I blame Old Hunter, but I had to have these in 5160 steel and brass.

[philco]

Very nice Cal. I like em.

[kootenay joe]

I posted these 2 elsewhere but they might have not been seen by many. A Northwoods "Compact Utility" 7.5" from Dave Shirley days. The other is a beautiful 9.5" Puukko by Bulgarian knife smith Todor Hristov.
kj

[bigbore]

Since some weeks i think about a chute knife.
I want one but it should not be a hard working knife, more a light version for EDC.
You know that, you make plans, look around the net ..... despair about prices ....

And today at a small nearby knife-show this one lay at a table (bargain)
Maker is Franz Weinmüller

Happy.

[kootenay joe]

Beautiful knife ! but it does look heavy duty, not "more a light version" that you mention. Heavy duty is good with this pattern.
kj

[garddogg56]

Some nice fixed blades shown here

[mrwatch]

New about 2014 by Michelle Johnson. Damascus blade, guard and pommel. blade 7.5 overall 12.5 inches. wood and camel bone.

[Quick Steel]

Camel bone and Damascus make for a fine looking knife. Congrats!

[ken98k]

New about 2014 by Michelle Johnson. Damascus blade, guard and pommel. blade 7.5 overall 12.5 inches. wood and camel bone.

Awesome!

[WelderBob]

If you like big ones this Bark River V-44 bowie is a handful of knife.

[stagman]

Bob...ya got yourself a real stunner there !!!
That is just gorgeous !!!
That V-44 is also steeped in history...

Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/stagman

[WelderBob]

Thank's Will, the guys at Bark River did a excellent job on the blade grind, it's not easy to do on a large knife.
The grip while not a original copy feels good, overall I like their rendition of the V-44....

[zzyzzogeton]

Yes, the Bark River is a beautiful knife.

Now for my soapbox rant.

"They" may call it a V44 but it is not a rendition of a V44. It is a "rendition" of a Collins #18 Machete Pequeno.

Here is the one and only V44


Here is the original #18 (1930s) in green horn. Later versions and the WW2 authorized copies by Case and Western had black bakelite handles


These machetes were in the AAF and Navy Survival seat packs.

AFTER WW2 was over, the terms V44 and "Marine Raider Bowie" were assigned to the blades by well-meaning but uninformed writers. Yes, ONE Marine Raider Battalion ordered about 2000 of them and used them for ONE landing/battle, but the Marines never ordered a 2nd batch of them at any level of organization, much less Raider Battalions.

Soapbox rant off.

We now return you to your regular fixed blade thread.

[WelderBob]

Thanks ZZ...I just read Frank Trzaska's article "V-44, or is it?" Now I understand...

[stagman]

Mike Stewart owner of Bark River Knives, gives a short promo on the V-44
and tells the same story the pattern coming from a machete.......

BOB...ya know why I know that ??? Cause after seeing yours, I got to
lookin at em to buy one for my own damm self.....see what ya started now
Bob, gonna cost me some money ya are... I just got to get one
there is not that many out there I mite add

Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/stagman

[stagman]

Now I am really confused Bob...got to looking at W-44...W-49
Case XX Bowies with stag handles, cannot figure out which I like
the best,, several different Bowies out there that all appeal to me ???

Will
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/stagman

[americanedgetech]

So far, and to date, those Stone knives have my vote as "Best in Show".
I have never seen a blade "flow" like them, and I pride myself on spotting the Golden Ratio in all things.

WIKI
In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities. The figure on the right illustrates the geometric relationship. Expressed algebraically, for quantities a and b with a > b > 0,

Reality for us big word challenged... The space between features. If a line is split in half, no one notices it. If the line is split on the ratio, it is attractive to people. Everything DaVinci did in his later life was devoted to this "rule". Sharks, Tuna, butterfly-s are based on it. Beautiful people are based on it, and I believe that Mr. Stone knew this ratio.
Jus'sayin'

[WelderBob]

Will, In all fairness you have showed some nice Marbles that have caused me to go hunting for more Woodcrafts...
Anyway after learning more on the origin of the V-44 I should have got another one, but they did go fast.
I've looked at some Case and Collins and while they are nice knives the Western is the one I like, and of course the hardest to find..

I liked Mike Stewart's comment "This is not a knife for sissy's".....