Lonesome Dove, Gus' knife

There are MANY knives in this series! I can't name them all.

I think that most if not all people here will love to watch the LONESOME DOVE series and read the book!

I think that it is one of the TOP if not the BEST western mini series that was ever made!

The book is outstanding!

We have watched it many times. We own Lonesome Dove and several other well known series and movies even though we have scaled down and donated MANY films to our county library.

I adore Robert D., Tommy LJ. and so many actors in that series.

It is a keeper and I may start to watch this all over again on my 65th birthday soon.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096639/

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lonesome-dove-series-larry-mcmurtry/1103101704?ean=9781451611762

QUOTES:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096639/quotes

Gus McCrae: It's not dying I'm talking about, it's living.

Gus McCrae: Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago.

[while July Johnson helped Gus McCrae attack the bandits' camp, July's friends were murdered by Blue Duck]
July Johnson: It was my fault! Hell, you told me to stay.
Gus McCrae: I know I did, son. And I'm sure you wished you had. But yesterday's gone, we can't get it back. Now you go on with your digging.

Clara Allen: Sometimes it seems like grave digging is all we do around here, don't it Cholo? What do you think happens when we die?
Cholo: Not too much. You are just dead.
Clara Allen: Maybe it's not as big a change as we think. Maybe you just go back to where you lived or near your family, or wherever you were the happiest. Only you're just a spirit now... and you don't have the troubles the living have.


Woodrow Call: [after beating a man nearly to death for hitting Newt he climbs on his horse and looks at the horrified towns people] I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it.

Woodrow Call: [after handing the gun to Newt] It is better to have that and not need it, then to need it and not have it.

Woodrow Call: We come to this place to make money. They wasn't nothin' about fun in the deal.

Gus McCrae: What are you talkin' about? You don't even like money. You like money even less than you like fun, if that's possible.

Woodrow Call: [after burying Gus by the stream in Texas] Well, Gus; there you go. I guess this will teach me to be more careful about what I promise people in the future.

This is a classic, great action film, cool guns, cool knives, interesting scenery, great story and good looking men who had a clue about being MEN in this story!

Old Lady Cate
PS: I don't own or shoot handguns any longer but I was always a sucker for single action revolvers and lever action rifles as some of you may remember. I did not own their brand of s/a revolvers but I loved my former Ruger ones as much as I loved my other former firearms over the years. So yeah, the firearms and even the simple KNIVES are good in this series!
 
The simple knives used by various actors going about their daily chores and even in emergency situations are really COOL to see in this series.

Thanks for posting the pretty knife pictures here too!

Cate
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks Dan, I found a store the second and third parts, but not the first! Earl was disappointed. Think I'll order them online. In the meantime, I've taken Earl for a sneaky pint to console him ;)

One more thing Dan, do you think it would be better to read the book first, or doesn't it matter?
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Hello,

W ___stores had and still have the COMPLETE Lonesome Dove series at a discounted price if this helps you. We bought a few for some friends within the last few years. We bought our dvds in the store but you can order them online too.

I bought the paperback book there for my husband instead of from my usual book store. I had originally gotten the book and read it from the library years ago.

They have some other Lonesome Dove stories in dvd out too. Ones that come before and after the original BEST one.

Best wishes to you.

Cate
 
pertinux said:
Beautiful!

What is the top knife (pattern/number)?

I read Lonesome Dove long ago, and really enjoyed it.

I tried again recently after hearing so many of you here rave about it, and got too goldang thirsty to continue for long. Also bored.

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That's my "Old Hickhart." I wanted to try out the Kephart pattern without spending any money, as I already had the knife. I just drew out what I wanted it to look like with a marker, and then ground it out with regular coolings to retain the temper. After that I sanded the handles to where my hand liked them, and lacquered it for some waterproofing, which also gave it a bit of a grippy texture. I made a leather sheath for it, and now use it whenever I go camping, fishing, or pretty much any other time I can find a reason to carry a fixed blade. I ended up liking it so much that I never got around to getting a factory-made Kephart. If you like it, go to the Ontario forum and get in on the old Hickory new ideas thread. I've thought about making them and selling them, but this isn't the place to discuss it, and I'm not sure what OKC would think about me profiting off of their knives in such a way; so I haven't really done anything more than make my own. I modified a few other Old Hicks, but this was the first one I went this far with on the modifications.

Here's a quote that doesn't get mentioned much, but on a knife forum the comment itself just sounds funny, to me at least. I like sodbusters, but I'm sure that there is someone out there with some reason to dislike them for their lack of bolsters and their low price. :D
 
Catherine_Montana said:
Hello,

W ___stores had and still have the COMPLETE Lonesome Dove series at a discounted price if this helps you. We bought a few for some friends within the last few years. We bought our dvds in the store but you can order them online too.

I bought the paperback book there for my husband instead of from my usual book store. I had originally gotten the book and read it from the library years ago.

They have some other Lonesome Dove stories in dvd out too. Ones that come before and after the original BEST one.

Best wishes to you.

Cate
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Thanks a lot Cate, I'm sure I can get hold of them :thumbup: Hope you're having a good weekend :)

Jack
 
FordRanger said:
pertinux said:
FordRanger said:
Two of my Old Hickories, one of which looks a lot like Gus's knife. (To me at least)
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Beautiful!

What is the top knife (pattern/number)?
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That's my "Old Hickhart." I wanted to try out the Kephart pattern without spending any money, as I already had the knife. I just drew out what I wanted it to look like with a marker, and then ground it out with regular coolings to retain the temper. After that I sanded the handles to where my hand liked them, and lacquered it for some waterproofing, which also gave it a bit of a grippy texture. I made a leather sheath for it, and now use it whenever I go camping, fishing, or pretty much any other time I can find a reason to carry a fixed blade. I ended up liking it so much that I never got around to getting a factory-made Kephart. If you like it, go to the Ontario forum and get in on the old Hickory new ideas thread. I've thought about making them and selling them, but this isn't the place to discuss it, and I'm not sure what OKC would think about me profiting off of their knives in such a way; so I haven't really done anything more than make my own. I modified a few other Old Hicks, but this was the first one I went this far with on the modifications.
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Thanks for the additional information. I like the looks of that one, through and through (silhouette, blade-to-handle proportions, position of original blade markings relative to design, etc.).

You did a fantastic job!
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~ P.
 
One of my all time favorite mini series! Great actors and actresses, lots of great guns and lots of great knives :)

Come to think of it, what's not to like about it :D Those Old Hickories are great knives, good carbon steel and great tempering :)
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks a lot Cate, I'm sure I can get hold of them :thumbup: Hope you're having a good weekend :)

Jack
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You're welcome. It is a nice day and evening here in Montana!

My husband is downloading some former and presently owned KNIFE and scenery pictures for me on his computer off of his camera.

Maybe I can get some up here or in another forum section even if some of the older knives were gifted already. He will do this for me or I will ask a friend for help. (I am dense in these matters!)

Take care!

Cate
 
When a western wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction,it needs no more endorsing; but it's the best book(other than the KJB) I ever read.
 
pertinux said:
Thanks for the additional information. I like the looks of that one, through and through (silhouette, blade-to-handle proportions, position of original blade markings relative to design, etc.).

You did a fantastic job!
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~ P.
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Well gee, thanks, but it isn't really all that nice looking. I messed up a couple of times and slipped while I was grinding it, so its got some ugly looking scratches in it, but I do still like the looks of it myself. Its nice to hear it from someone else! Here's a better picture of it as well; this angle shows a little better where I deviated from the Kephart pattern to save in time on the grinder, the blade is noticeably wider than an actual Kephart because I kept the factory width of the butcher knife. It doesn't make any difference in how good of a knife it is though, in my opinion. I love it!

 
LostViking said:
Is that top Russell Hunter still available anywhere? I like the looks of thet one.
I pawed around the Dexter-Russell site and the only Hunter I saw looked nothing like that one.

This has be a great thread on so many levels.
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Sorry I missed this bud. That's the serial numbered '76 Bicentennial release of the J Russell historic patterns. It was released individually and in a a three knife set.

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The other Russel Hunter is a CVA/J Russell release that came out as a kit knife in the 70's.


Ebay is probably your best shot.


BTW, Was reading LD for an American Fiction class when LM visited the University for an engagement and I got him to sign my copy! Nice guy!!!!!
 
SAK Guy,

Thanks for the info. They kind of looked like a special run. Nice trio you have there.
 
FordRanger said:
Well gee, thanks, but it isn't really all that nice looking. I messed up a couple of times and slipped while I was grinding it, so its got some ugly looking scratches in it, but I do still like the looks of it myself. Its nice to hear it from someone else! Here's a better picture of it as well; this angle shows a little better where I deviated from the Kephart pattern to save in time on the grinder, the blade is noticeably wider than an actual Kephart because I kept the factory width of the butcher knife. It doesn't make any difference in how good of a knife it is though, in my opinion. I love it!

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I appreciate an exquisitely finished knife as much as the next person, but for whatever reason your straightforward take on this knife really, really works for me. In its own way, it is perfect. Thanks for the additional picture and description. :thumbup:

~ P.
 
My husband told me that his late Mom had an Old Hickory butcher knife.

He said that she used it 'forever'! His older brother or one of the other five children have it now.

Cate
 
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