Show Us Your Hunting Knife

[Kelly G]

@Kelly G are they still doing the fried chicken?

Nice knife btw

Was traveling and stopped by "The Ripple Tavern" little over a year ago. Still some of the best Fried Chicken around!

 

[112Savage]

Northern shrike 2nd generation and custom kestrel both by siembida custom knives of Ohio. Both with G-carta scales and S35VN blades

 

[112Savage]

 

[yumastepside]

My Old Timer, reshaped for better use...

Roger

 

[Longwalker]

These are my favourites.
1. Puma hunter's pal, probably as old as me, excellent German carbon steel, just about perfect for most of my hunting / skinning needs, feels good, holds a keen edge. Not perfect for butchering. see #2
2. Custom deboning knife Jason Kilcup, a Saskatchewan maker. Simple, slim, easy to use. I've processed many hundreds of waterfowl and dozens of elk, moose and deer with this one.
3. Custom knife made for me by my nephew Ben as a gift, out of an old used hammer mill blade salvaged from the feed mill that I owned and operated for more than 30 years. A general purpose outdoor knife that I use for camping and such. It is a combination of functional form ( Inspired by Puma) and nostalgia/personal connections. Not sure what that steel is, but it's good!
4. A 'Bird Knife" that I bought from an artist on the harbour docks of Helsinki Finland while visiting there. I like the shape that reminds me of a ptarmigan while stored in its birch root burl sheath. It fits my hand perfectly and accompanies me on bird hunts.

And I also keep a Day-Glo orange plastic handled Mora in my truck for use as a tool. Haven't lost it yet!

 

[BeeMaa]

New sheath from @CM McKenzie for my Smith & Sons...

Interior custom built to my exact knife...

Amazing work from @CM McKenzie and I thank him for it.

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

New sheath from @CM McKenzie for my Smith & Sons...
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Interior custom built to my exact knife...
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Amazing work from @CM McKenzie and I thank him for it.

Very nice! What make of knife is that?

 

[WyoBull]

Before my first trip to Africa with my best friend and our wives, I had a master knife maker make us two knives. The handle on this one is Blue Wildebeest bone taken off a Lion kill. The handle on the one I gave my friend is Kudu bone taken from a Lion kill. His wife custom makes the sheaths.

The maker told me they are for everyday carry but they are too pretty for that so I have it on display in my house.

 

[BeeMaa]

Very nice! What make of knife is that?

Smith & Sons Brave...

BRAVE

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[CM McKenzie]

New sheath from @CM McKenzie for my Smith & Sons...
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Interior custom built to my exact knife...
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Amazing work from @CM McKenzie and I thank him for it.

Thank you for the kind words Sir! One of these days I will get this leatherwork stuff figured out.

 

[CBeck]

I don’t make many of these because they are so time consuming fitting the guards and mirror polish on the blade but I do love a Loveless Style dropped hunter. Probably the best know hunting knife ever made, certainly the most copied. I just finished this one for me in classic green canvas micarta with red liners, contoured coke bottle shape and tapered tang. Leather sheath with a dangler loop which is my favorite as its most comfortable to me.

Edit….man I should have cleaned it up a bit before photos with the dust particles on the blade and smudges on the guard. Lol

 

[BeeMaa]

Quick pic of the new sheath made by @CM McKenzie for my wife with a beautiful black die job. Knife is a Grohmann DM Russell #1 Stainless Canadian Belt Knife with Rosewood handle.

 

[Tokoloshe Safaris]

No one tries to "borrow" this one!

 

[BeeMaa]

No one tries to "borrow" this one!

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Beauty is in the eye of the knife holder!

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Quick pic of the new sheath made by @CM McKenzie for my wife with a beautiful black die job. Knife is a Grohmann DM Russell #1 Stainless Canadian Belt Knife with Rosewood handle.
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@BeeMaa
Why didn't you get your darling wife the carbon Grohman. Holds a far better edge. Yes it will tarnish but who cares when you have a better edge .
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Beauty is in the eye of the knife holder!

@BeeMaa
Don't you mean beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
Bob

 

[BeeMaa]

@BeeMaa
Why didn't you get your darling wife the carbon Grohman. Holds a far better edge. Yes it will tarnish but who cares when you have a better edge .
Bob

She poached this knife off of me...so don't get me started on my "darling" wife. LOL. Really it just made room for me to get yet ANOTHER knife as she rolled her eyes at me.

 

[Rick HOlbert]

I recently sold a bunch of knives (thank you AH members who looked and bought them) and as any proper AH member, already had in mind what my next one would be. So before the funds could hit the bank, I purchased a Smith & Sons Brave with Natural Micarta Scales. Fits my hand well and is now resting on my cartridge belt. This one hasn't had a chance yet to make any memories, but I assure you it will.
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This also made me wonder what others are using as their hunting knives. Of course I will expect the legion of @Von Gruff fans to come forward with pictures of theirs, but I know there are others out there that have some semi-custom, full custom or a Buck 110 that their Grandfather gave them. Share a picture and maybe the story behind it.

Found the company that makes the knife Peter Capstick designed. I've found it to be very comfortable to use and takes/holds a razor edge. One of my most used knives

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

She poached this knife off of me...so don't get me started on my "darling" wife. LOL. Really it just made room for me to get yet ANOTHER knife as she rolled her eyes at me.

@BeeMaa
I've spoken to your wife remember and I think she is a lovely person.
I know at times you think she is a real treasure but you would like to rebury her at times.
Ha ha ha ha ha
Bob

 

[Mopani]

My knife from PUMA, Germany. Quite old but still in excellent shape.