Thinking about getting a Hudson Bay Camp knife

Crag the Brewer said:
Haha........ Same.





*I Also think I NEED to design and make a Hudson. ;)
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I've been working on a Hudson Bay sized design for a while. Finally making real progress. Hoping to have testing and design tidied up by the end of summer.

Contrary to my bush series knives, whichhave a handle shape like an HB, I went entirely new on this one though. Spent a lot of time swinging knives, chetes, parangs, small axes, and so on to get the handle figured out.
 

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bikerector said:
I've been working on a Hudson Bay sized design for a while. Finally making real progress. Hoping to have testing and design tidied up by the end of summer.

Contrary to my bush series knives, whichhave a handle shape like an HB, I went entirely new on this one though. Spent a lot of time swinging knives, chetes, parangs, small axes, and so on to get the handle figured out.
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Interesting bulb on the end.
I've done something similar, on knives that I didn't feel the butt filled my hand right, but with silicone tape.

I think it's cool having a more permeant solution like you have.
and having a bulb, seems less likely to get "pinky bite" like some bird's beaks might....
 
Crag the Brewer said:
Interesting bulb on the end.
I've done something similar, on knives that I didn't feel the butt filled my hand right, but with silicone tape.

I think it's cool having a more permeant solution like you have.
and having a bulb, seems less likely to get "pinky bite" like some bird's beaks might....
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For sure, the birds beak styles and my pinky don't get along well. The butt is almost straight off a mora axe, but cut a little off and angle adjusted for a straighter blade.
 
bikerector said:
For sure, the birds beak styles and my pinky don't get along well. The butt is almost straight off a mora axe, but cut a little off and angle adjusted for a straighter blade.
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That's another thing I've always wanted to make someday..... Is an Axe handled knife. LT Wright, and other's here on BF have made some nice ones.
 
fishiker said:
We got out Friday evening and picked a bag of mushrooms. I carried the thin stock JK Hudson Bay I got from bikerector bikerector because I didn't feel like carrying a machete even though I knew I needed one. I can't say enough about how well the knife did on branches finger-size and down.
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Can we see some Pics of the HB in action? Or just glamour shots with a little patina would be good too!!
 
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