You’ll recall that I mentioned two fellows who were making a
knife to be sold in a raffle for a friend of theirs. Gerald is a knife-maker and Joseph is a
woodworker. Anyway, the knife is
finished. Both fellows like fighting
knives and so that’s what they built. I
hope you’ll agree with me that this is one fine knife. By the way, in case you want to contact them
here is their email address: jal3098@aol.com
That handle has beautiful grain to it - mesquite ? It is a beautiful knife, I'm not much into 'fighting' patterns, but it looks great to me.
ReplyDeleteI think the wood is huisache. I’m not much of a tacticool guy either, but both fellows prefer the Bowie style.
Deletevery handsome knife
ReplyDeleteI suppose like a lot of guys not infected with the bushcraft virus I find the bowie silhouette the most pleasing blade profile...especially the long clip point variety
I thought about it and almost all of my carry knives are of the "bowie" persuasion except for a dh Russell that I've used for hunting and fishing for decades
just as a point to consider...the only guy I know who spent time being repaired after a "knife fight" was essentially gutted with a six inch boning knife...a single slash from his watch pocket, through his belt and up to his shirt pocket...just sayin'
Excellent point. The good ole’ butcher knife or maybe a machete. I’ve seen the results of the latter.
Deletesince we have tend to have so much disposable income we seem to have forgotten that for a lot of years folks used what they had
DeleteI grew up in neighborhood that was transitioning from bad guys using fists and sticks to sticks and knives to ply their trade
so I learned a little about knives in a fight
awareness precluded a lot of strife
fleet feet even more
however sometimes there was no getting away
my answer to the fruit knives and cheap switchblades was a boy scout knife
not the main blade...it snapped like everybody else's cheap knife...but the can opener
sticking out the bottom of your fist a guy could still punch or make painful bloody slashes that ended most confrontations
I've never found any charm in fighting but you use what you have...as you mention a machete would quite likely be decisive
Fascinating. Just a matter of backyard engineering and like you said, the strength and fleetness of youth.
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