Let's see your good old basic fixed blades, Bowie's, Stickers, etc.

[Hickory n steel]

I found this in Geneva, NY. My first thought was, "Fifteen dollars!?". Sears Roebuck Germany.

Easily worth more than $15, even though I have to make a sheath.

That looks like quite a nice knife there.
Great score for $15.

 

[screened porch]

That looks like quite a nice knife there.
Great score for $15.

Thank you. It didn't take me long to get from luke warm to besotted.

 

[Jack Black]

First time I've really put this Condor Low Drag to use today, clearing nettles, old brambles, and some small sycamore trees. It really worked well

 

[gunknifenut]

One of my hidden tang knives, vintage steel from 1955 ish...

https://imgur.com/80CkjFj

Nice hunting knife

https://imgur.com/a/uDI093f

 

[wouter1967]

 

[Pàdruig]

Got a new Kephart in today - a custom made by Mike McCarter out of Tennessee. Blackwood and O1 steel - it's a beauty and likely the best reproduction that one can have of the original Colclesser made Kephart.

It joins a rather lovely lineup of other Kepharts that I have acquired.

 

[OldHercDude]

Got a new Kephart in today - a custom made by Mike McCarter out of Tennessee. Blackwood and O1 steel - it's a beauty and likely the best reproduction that one can have of the original Colclesser made Kephart.

It joins a rather lovely lineup of other Kepharts that I have acquired.

Nice-looking assortment of Keps.

 

[Jack Black]

Got a new Kephart in today - a custom made by Mike McCarter out of Tennessee. Blackwood and O1 steel - it's a beauty and likely the best reproduction that one can have of the original Colclesser made Kephart.

It joins a rather lovely lineup of other Kepharts that I have acquired.

A very nice new addition to your handsome Kephart collection Dylan

 

[The Zieg]

Got a new Kephart in today - a custom made by Mike McCarter out of Tennessee. Blackwood and O1 steel - it's a beauty and likely the best reproduction that one can have of the original Colclesser made Kephart.

It joins a rather lovely lineup of other Kepharts that I have acquired.

Does that McCarter Kephardt have a swedge on the upper half?

 

[Pàdruig]

Nice-looking assortment of Keps.

A very nice new addition to your handsome Kephart collection Dylan

Thank you, fellas. I am hoping to do a comparative write up/review in the coming weeks. The original Kephert/Colclesser design is chock full of simple subtleties - makers tend to hit or miss them.

Does that McCarter Kephardt have a swedge on the upper half?

It is difficult to describe what that actually is defined as. It is definitely a relief of sorts, but not a proper swedge (at least not how we define a swedge in modern knives). It mimics the relief found on the original Colclesser Kephart that this one is based off of - it is meant to assist in less binding of the blade when passing through various types of material (whether that be meat or wood). The Carothers version employs an experimental grind that is supposed to replicate the same function.

That was a long winded explanation. In short, yes, it is kind of a broad swedge.

 

[The Zieg]

Thank you, fellas. I am hoping to do a comparative write up/review in the coming weeks. The original Kephert/Colclesser design is chock full of simple subtleties - makers tend to hit or miss them.



It is difficult to describe what that actually is defined as. It is definitely a relief of sorts, but not a proper swedge (at least not how we define a swedge in modern knives). It mimics the relief found on the original Colclesser Kephart that this one is based off of - it is meant to assist in less binding of the blade when passing through various types of material (whether that be meat or wood). The Carothers version employs an experimental grind that is supposed to replicate the same function.

That was a long winded explanation. In short, yes, it is kind of a broad swedge.

I guess we could say the blade has a very rounded diamond cross section?

 

[Pàdruig]

I guess we could say the blade has a very rounded diamond cross section?

Yeah, I would say that is a good way of putting it.

 

[huntnfishin]

Got a new fixed blade the other day. Rare I buy one. Rarer still I order a custom. This I had made. It’s bog oak over oosic with wrought iron, and 80crv2 steel. Maker is Dakota Slack.

 

[Hickory n steel]

A Russell green river 2212 sheath knife that I completed this mourning.

 

[Markeologist]

 

[screened porch]

I like these Mark1s, from the remains of Camillus/Western. Not unlike the Schrade H-15. The USN one says Camillus on the other side; the others are stamped Western.

I never could decide whether I prefer the flat or the saber, but in a blade this thin I'm not sure it matters much.

 

[Bigfattyt]

Wife bought me a forge. The slicer is 1080, first attempt at a forged knife. Was a shot at a Yakut knife. The opposite side had a forged fuller, and is flat. I ground out most of the fuller getting rid of the deep scale marks etc...

The bottom knife is my first attempt at a hidden tang. It was an experiment that came out pretty useful (thought the but cap, I accidentally put on up side down, so the marred side with punch marks is facing out...used a punch to tighten the tang slot. By the time I noticed it was bad side out, it was epoxied and peened.....don't do projects late in poor lighting!!

15n20 steel. .07 thickness....burned Hickory for the handle. Caps are also 15n20. I also made 4 small nails out of 15n20 and used them to keep the end caps aligned (just for fun).

The sheaths are wood core ?(my first and second attempt). The slicer has a 12 lb magnet in the sheath as well as the clip)

 

[Bigfattyt]

Here is a Scagle inspired knife I forged for my dad for Christmas this past year. Started as a 1/4 inch billet of 5160. I meant to leave more forged scale, but getting the blade geometry how I wanted it removed most of the marks I intended on leaving.

The handle pin is a ruined drill bit shank that I rounded off.

The handle is hickory. I used a knife to whittle the shape then hand sanded a bit.

Vulcanized spacers and micarta spacer. The guard is a piece of scrap mild steel I hammered for texture.
This was only my second attempt at a forged knife. First hidden tang.

 

[Jack Black]

Nice work Bigfattyt I can't remember the last time I saw someone mention a Yakut knife here

 

[The Zieg]

A Russell green river 2212 sheath knife that I completed this mourning.

My condolences!

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