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Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2016 5:52 am**

Thanks Guys ... the little Key Ring Tool is just me faffing about in the shed one day.
(the ring piece on the left is just a key ring - something to hang it on.)

It is based 'loosely' on the Boker Plus Toucan...
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/BO02BO ... neck-knife

I made two; one for me and one for my Daughter....
I call my version "The Shark" - if you look at it upside down you'll see why

During production

Finished products (sorry fuzzy pic)

Derek

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2016 3:45 am**

Veeeeerrrrrrrrrrrry Cool Derek, good job, love to see home made stuff like that. Rock on. You should sell them, better looking than many of the gimmicks like it and the trash I see for sale from China in that vein. Great work and design.

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2016 1:12 pm**

Excellent work Brumby!!!! Like Ivoryman, I love to see home made knives and tools.

Since we're on the subject of home made knives....here's one of my early attempts at knife making. Back when I was into Buckskinning, Rendezvous, and such I made my own patch knife. I still use it when I hunt with my muzzle-loaders. I used the "stock removal" method. The blade is made from an old and well seasoned cross-cut saw blade and the handle is white tail deer antler from one of my kills (the deer was taken with a .50 caliber Hawken rifle I built from a Thompson Center kit). I modeled it after a Green River pattern that was popular with the Buckskinners.

BTW, when I hunt with black powder I'm completely old-school and traditional. I use a powder horn and home made powder measure and nothing but patched round ball. More fun that way.

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:30 pm**

That's a real good blade, why is it that everyone's "early" attempts seem like something I might not be able to manage until the "advanced" phase?

How good is the range on that Hawken, Squach? I don't know if I have the marbles to go black powder hunting all that often, I think I'd miss the rifling too much, but it sounds like something for the bucket list for sure. The prospect of a miss and a reload is a little daunting though.

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:28 pm**

Looks great Sasquach, love the blade and story. And that handle fooled me, looks like wood, and I work with a lot of antler. Amazing look to it and a great knife all around. If that's your first attempt you should be turning pro about now.

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:49 pm**

Ivoryman wrote:And that handle fooled me, looks like wood, and I work with a lot of antler.

Glad I'm not the only one who got fooled.

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:30 pm**

Took some pictures of this old Barlow for another thread and I really like the way this one came out...

Posted: **Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:17 pm**

Tsar Bomba wrote:That's a real good blade, why is it that everyone's "early" attempts seem like something I might not be able to manage until the "advanced" phase?

How good is the range on that Hawken, Squach? I don't know if I have the marbles to go black powder hunting all that often, I think I'd miss the rifling too much, but it sounds like something for the bucket list for sure. The prospect of a miss and a reload is a little daunting though.

The Hawken is a rifle. The rate of twist on mine is 1 in 66 (one full rotation in 66 inches). It is a slow rotation and better for round ball than for conical bullets. The reload situation makes you take your time and aim carefully. However I do carry a .50 caliber mountain pistol (deer legal with a 12" barrel and 60 grain powder charge) for a quick second shot if needed. The range on the Hawken for me is about 150 yards and the mountain pistol is about 60 yards. Both will reach out farther but those are my personal limits.

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2016 7:33 pm**

Tsar Bomba Lovely old Barlow and beautifully 'captured'...

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:19 pm**

Tsar Bomba wrote:Took some pictures of this old Barlow for another thread and I really like the way this one came out...

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Nice Tony;
Great lighting.

Posted: **Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:25 pm**

Brumbydownunder wrote:Tsar Bomba Lovely old Barlow and beautifully 'captured'...
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Beautiful Schatt Morgan Brumby.
That knife is all business.

Posted: **Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:17 am**

Thank you kindly, gents!

That Barlow has been sitting on my desk as a daily use knife awaiting some free time to sand down the repair and test some dyes to see if I can't match the bone in hue if not texture. I am impressed with how well the knife survived its previous ownership in nearly perfect mechanical shape. I can already tell this will become a favorite EDC, miles from such a humble and disregarded state as when I got it.

Brumby, that Schatt is a real beauty, is that keystone shield MOP?

Posted: **Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:22 am**

[quote=Brumby, that Schatt is a real beauty, is that keystone shield MOP?[/quote]

Yes it is, Horn Handle Scales & MOP Shield ... It's a 1902 - 2002 Limited edition With all Nickel Silver Hardware.
And easy to tell it had some extra attention to F&F at the factory A very nice knife that I cannot bring myself to use.

Posted: **Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:03 am**

Voos leeks

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2016 3:24 am**

Ivory Man .... Nice Pics and Beaut Knife. I am not familiar with the Tang Stamp what is it please?

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2016 3:55 am**

Wow, Brumby, fantastic composition and subject matter.

Those two Camillus stock knives are fantastic, and you really nailed the lighting and backdrop!

Posted: **Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:24 am**

Brumbly, it says VOOS with an arrow through it and USA underneath. It's from Voos Cutlery Inc. started in 1970, out of Cheshire and then later New Haven, Connecticut. Now defunct and out of business. Made some cool knives for a while though. This one is very sweet, snappy, smooth, steel liners and pins, solid built and looking good. I see them from time to time for sale online.

Posted: **Sun Nov 27, 2016 8:36 pm**

1960"s Queen bone peanut.

Posted: **Mon Nov 28, 2016 4:49 am**

Oh, that's a nice Winterbottom Peanut!

Posted: **Mon Nov 28, 2016 8:27 am**

BUCK 692

Posted: **Mon Nov 28, 2016 3:11 pm**

TripleF wrote:BUCK 692

Posted: **Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:13 am**

Jerry, that OCD is a real bear, huh?

TripleF wrote:BUCK 692

Scott, that big Buck looks totally at home perched atop that tree stump. A fine piece of kit for sure.

Posted: **Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:55 pm**

First one is my XX 6375 user. The second is a XX USA 6375 large stockman that is not a user

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Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2016 3:58 pm**

I like that photo with the target and shell casings. Very cool!

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2016 4:21 pm**

Rookie wrote:I like that photo with the target and shell casings. Very cool!

Thanks, Rookie.

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