All About Pocket Knives

TripleF wrote:End of summer mission....school starts Monday!!

I always hated this time of year when I was a kid! That looks like a fun way to end summer.

sunknife wrote: How ya like that Marbles knife dinadan? I've been pondering the folding hunter version of that one, I like the natural bone and the old time looking etching on the handles.

It is a pretty cool knife, Greg. If the blade steel is good, then I like it ... if not then not. I have not used it enough to know. In any case, it is a fun knife, very different. Here is a link to a little review I just put up.
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Thanks for the reply Mel, checked out your review as well and just ordered myself the 2 blade folding hunter with the same bone scales.
It's the white bone handles and the outdoor theme etch that really got my attention. The moose and ducks for whatever reason remind me of the old Hamm's Beer signs,
'in the land of sky blue waters'.....

I'm thinking about the upcoming hunting season, about 7 weeks away now and got these 2 knives out to inspect. Used 'em both last season and they performed flawlessly to process the deer I took. Used the Queen Mountain Man lock back to field dress the deer, for skinning I used the Lon Humphrey
fixed blade, then used both of them to debone and cut up the meat. After all was done both knives were still extremely sharp and needed nary a touch-up on the edges.
My friend wanted the hide to tan and then smoke treat so I wanted to take it off cleanly without any cuts to the underside. The big fixed blade worked perfectly at that task and was so sharp it removed hide with the lightest of touch. It also cut up the meat with with ease and the heavy weight of the
knife seemed to help with that task as well.
My friend Paul gave me a piece of the smoked hide and I used for the handle wrap on a bow I made to donate to a raffle last weekend at the Elm Hall Michigan stick bow rendezvous we attended last week. This club allows a few of us to each cut a small diameter elm or hop hornbeam tree down, take it home and return the following year with completed bows to raffle in a benefit for the club.
Here's a few pics., thanks for looking fellas.

I should add that the lady who won this bow in the raffle is a regular attendee at these events, along with her husband and grandkids. The two of them lost everything they owned in a house fire earlier this year. Thankfully no one was hurt in the fire. I was very pleased that she got the bow, what a difficult thing for the two of them to have to go thru with the loss, my heart goes out to them.

I'm sure glad you started posting your bows. I enjoy them and your knives and the story. Don't stop.

Thanks again doglegg.
I don't wanna get too carried away showing bow pics cause like my knives I've photographed all of 'em and could bore some here for days.
Right now though I'll share a pic of my 9yr old grandson getting some more flintknapping tips from a friend of mine last weekend. We started taking him to these primitive archery events 4 years ago and the kid instantly became fascinated with busting rocks. I don't flintknap but fortunately have some friends who do and are more than eager to help him on his way. I can't wait for the day him and I can hunt together using his stone points.

Sunknife that's very cool! I've been to elm hall a bunch of times but haven't been in a few years. It's a great shoot. I started my kids out shoot bows at a young age and they still enjoy it. I have grandkids also and can't wait to get them started. Did you also go to the Great lakes longbow invitational this weekend at Charlton park? It's about 40 min from my house.
Thanks for sharing the pictures. I love shooting traditional archery

sunknife wrote:Thanks again doglegg.
I don't wanna get too carried away showing bow pics cause like my knives I've photographed all of 'em and could bore some here for days.
Right now though I'll share a pic of my 9yr old grandson getting some more flintknapping tips from a friend of mine last weekend. We started taking him to these primitive archery events 4 years ago and the kid instantly became fascinated with busting rocks. I don't flintknap but fortunately have some friends who do and are more than eager to help him on his way. I can't wait for the day him and I can hunt together using his stone points.

Starting him this early he will be good at it and not understand why the rest of us aren't. I'm not bored yet.

Hopefully you'll get back to Elm Hall Doug, would enjoy meeting you and flinging some arrows together. We don't get to the GLLI event, I've heard a lot
about it and would like to get there at least once. We do attend the Marshall MI gathering that happens on Memorial Day weekend each year. I Like that you got your kids involved when they were young. I have 4 daughters and 3 of them used to shoot quite a bit as kids, now that they are busy adults not
so much anymore.

doglegg wrote:
Starting him this early he will be good at it and not understand why the rest of us aren't

Ya got that right doglegg.

Greg.....that's awesome!! Keep him in the outdoors!!

I was out yesterday for a few hours in the stifling heat to make a fire.....yup, just wanted to mess around with sticks.

sunknife wrote:I'm thinking about the upcoming hunting season, about 7 weeks away now and got these 2 knives out to inspect. Used 'em both last season and they performed flawlessly to process the deer I took. Used the Queen Mountain Man lock back to field dress the deer, for skinning I used the Lon Humphrey
fixed blade, then used both of them to debone and cut up the meat. After all was done both knives were still extremely sharp and needed nary a touch-up on the edges.
My friend wanted the hide to tan and then smoke treat so I wanted to take it off cleanly without any cuts to the underside. The big fixed blade worked perfectly at that task and was so sharp it removed hide with the lightest of touch. It also cut up the meat with with ease and the heavy weight of the
knife seemed to help with that task as well.
My friend Paul gave me a piece of the smoked hide and I used for the handle wrap on a bow I made to donate to a raffle last weekend at the Elm Hall Michigan stick bow rendezvous we attended last week. This club allows a few of us to each cut a small diameter elm or hop hornbeam tree down, take it home and return the following year with completed bows to raffle in a benefit for the club.
Here's a few pics., thanks for looking fellas.

Sooooooooooooooooo cool Greg!!

TripleF wrote:
I was out yesterday for a few hours in the stifling heat to make a fire.....yup, just wanted to mess around with sticks.

Scott - I am glad to see you are not letting a little heat stop you. This morning I was wanting to take my kayak out, but I just did not want to deal with heat. I wanted to be out doors but not enough to do it. The thing is, when I do not go, I usually regret it. When I do go, even if it storms or is a hundred degrees, I never regret it. But even knowing that, sometimes I do not go!

Dinadan wrote:

TripleF wrote:
I was out yesterday for a few hours in the stifling heat to make a fire.....yup, just wanted to mess around with sticks.

Scott - I am glad to see you are not letting a little heat stop you. This morning I was wanting to take my kayak out, but I just did not want to deal with heat. I wanted to be out doors but not enough to do it. The thing is, when I do not go, I usually regret it. When I do go, even if it storms or is a hundred degrees, I never regret it. But even knowing that, sometimes I do not go!

Here....here....Mel. Life is too short to not get outdoors.

Went out with my oldest son to Cedar Hill State Park this morning. He went on a run, I just hung around the perch pool and took a few pictures.

Knice pics Floyd!

Very nice photos, Doglegg!

doglegg, what a nice collection of photos. Laughed out loud at the "bobber bird." Loved the three white headed flower plant. The bird and insects, all good stuff.

Some very cool pics, doglegg!

TripleF wrote:Greg.....that's awesome!! Keep him in the outdoors!!

I was out yesterday for a few hours in the stifling heat to make a fire.....yup, just wanted to mess around with sticks.

Scott, I enjoy your enjoying things. Doing things just for the pleasure of doing them.

Thanks gentlemen for the nice comments. The Lord made an awfully beautiful place.

Nice pictures, doglegg, I really enjoyed looking at them.

Thanks Joe.

Very nice photos.

Thanks BH

Floyd those are a great group of outdoor shots. You obviously have an eye for a good picture.