Basic Camp Knife

Sometimes you just have to do something different. Today I was chopping vegetables for a camping trip and I thought that it would be nice to have a kitchen knife for the event. So I dug through my box of old half finished knives and found one that I had started about 15 years ago. It was from an old band saw blade that was at the local sawmill. I left the pits and scratches on it, ground an edge and gave it a plain wooden handle. The wood was from a local Locust tree. I used a light brown leather dye on the wood and then sealed it. The rivets are brass bolt style. The blade is 5 inches long with an overall of 9 inches.

Small Drop Point

I have been wanting to make a nice little drop point hunting knife. The exact shape has been alluding me, until I came up with this. It is basic, but I really like it. This one is going into my personal collection. The blade is 1/8 inch thick D2 and 2.75 inches long. Overall is 6.25 inches. Handle material is green canvas Micarta. It is all held together with Loveless style bolts and a .22 magnum shell. There are red liners between the tang and Micarta. 

Another Skinning Knife

These are really popular. I just finished it today. It is a gift to a friend. The blade is 1/8 inch thick D2. Black Paper Micarta serves as the handle material along with brass bolt style rivets and a .22 magnum shell.

Personal Large Drop Point

I liked the two of these that I made for my Dad so much that I made one for myself. It is basically identical  except that I used a .22 magnum shell in the end of the handle instead of a .223 shell in the middle of the handle.

Second Large Drop Point

Here is the second large drop point hunting knife for my dad. It is basically identical to the first with a D2 blade and jigged buffalo bone handle. The rivets are Loveless style bolts and the thong hole tubing is a .223 shell.

Second Large Skinner

This is the second knife of the pair. The knives are pretty much identical and they will be owned by brothers.