Mustelid Scout Series - EDC/Large Neckers

[David Mary]

DocJekl hahaha you get a green light from me on that.

 

[Dave_dutchman]

So, not Rough Neck?

I thought rough neck at first but didn’t want it to sound like a fighting knife . Tough neck sounded more for work to me

 

[Hurrul]

And now it has a knife model, too.



Absolutely!

I'd forgotten about the speed weasel; reserve that name for a high speed, PM steel...or: Lc200n/Z-Finit Super Speed Water Weasel....

 

[DocJekl]

I thought rough neck at first but didn’t want it to sound like a fighting knife . Tough neck sounded more for work to me

When I grew up in Texas we called people working on the oil wells Rough Necks, but also means tough and rugged fighters, or rough and uncouth people. So, rough neck was not always a compliment

 

[David Mary]

Marten Scout


Polecat Scout WIP pic

Badger Scout



This Badger Scout got a little extra material on the handle butt as a special request.



Badger Scout mini?


I didn't have any Badger prototypes left but a customer who previously purchased a spearpoint neck knife needed a new knife of roughly the same size and blade shape, so this was provided, a Marten Scout blank, ground into a somewhat broader tipped Badger Scout with a shorter blade.


Weasel Scout, aka Speed Weasel


As a matter of fact the Weasel Scout above started as Wolverine Scout blank. I received an additional order beyond what I anticipated for the Speed Weasel, and nobody ordered a Wolverine Scout, so I scrapped the Wolverine prototype altogether and ground it into this. I'll probably only make the Wolverine by request, but Martens, Badgers and Weasels will have a return a the next appropriate opportunity.

I still have to make the Otter Scout and Fisher Scout prototypes.

 

[beeinak]

Really looking forward to my Firedog Canvas Badger Scout. I think it will be perfect for edc, chores on the property, and foraging for berries and tea-making plants when I am up there. Thank you for making it!

 

[David Mary]

You're very welcome. I suppose I should provide the updated pic:

 

[Hurrul]

Marten Scout
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Polecat Scout WIP pic

Badger Scout
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This Badger Scout got a little extra material on the handle butt as a special request.
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Badger Scout mini?
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I didn't have any Badger prototypes left but a customer who previously purchased a spearpoint neck knife needed a new knife of roughly the same size and blade shape, so this was provided, a Marten Scout blank, ground into a somewhat broader tipped Badger Scout with a shorter blade.


Weasel Scout, aka Speed Weasel
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As a matter of fact the Weasel Scout above started as Wolverine Scout blank. I received an additional order beyond what I anticipated for the Speed Weasel, and nobody ordered a Wolverine Scout, so I scrapped the Wolverine prototype altogether and ground it into this. I'll probably only make the Wolverine by request, but Martens, Badgers and Weasels will have a return a the next appropriate opportunity.

I still have to make the Otter Scout and Fisher Scout prototypes.

As much as I love spear points/wharnies/seax/sheepsfeet and such, the slim point, thin tip and gentle edge belly make the Weasel a sharp looking and performing easy carry tool.

Great work on this growing stable of beasts.

 

[David Mary]

Thank you!

 

[David Mary]

Otter Scout Prototype:

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

I like that.

 

[Hurrul]

June travels keeping thing busy, in a lingering long Rocky mountain Spring. But, have a Badger Scout, and the will to roam and who knows what one might see...

Having been hiking around with this set up: Alfa-knife/Damon Lusky Patriot and the Badger Scout:

'zee Grand Tetons, west facing aspect:

Rocky Mountain Juniper:

Clamatis:

I stalked the elusive Leopard Lilly:

N. Cottonwood creek, looking up canyon to the high country:

I was not imagining that I would wander into a pack of badgers, but low and behold, in two separate touristy visitor centers 200 miles apart in different states, I encountered the wily, more common underground hunter:

and also saw an example of the very rare Rocky Mountain Wall Badger:

Looking from the Madison Range east to the Gallatin Range:

Some 2.5 billion year old granitic rock slowly being exhumed from the soil:

 

[David Mary]

Well I just realized I need to get out more!

 

[Hurrul]

Well I just realized I need to get out more!

In a way, you do - you ride your bike on the day-to-day, rain, sun, snow - I think that's an enviable activity to experience each day. It seems to me, to keep one closer to the earth and to nature's other parts, too.

 

[David Mary]

In a way, you do - you ride your bike on the day-to-day, rain, sun, snow

True but at the end of last month I entered the "move 2 minutes away from the shop" cheat code...

 

[beeinak]

Well I just realized I need to get out more!

Maybe you could build a portable shop on a bike trailer with solar power so you can tour the land while still building knives for your followers! Oh- but don’t forget room for kettlebells and your trusty feline supervisor.

 

[Hurrul]

True but at the end of last month I entered the "move 2 minutes away from the shop" cheat code...

Works for me; I'd forget about my romantic notions of earth and sky. They don't make the world go round much slower or faster.

Good for you for working smarter, rather than just harder in life....I believe that's what a Badger would do, too.

 

[David Mary]

B beeinak if I had it in me to do all that I’d just don blue spandex and save the world from Lex Luthor.