Camp Style Knives
This is the section
for knives that will tackle any chore be it a cutting contest or
a contest with the great outdoors. Big knives are fun!
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"Brutus" Chopper/Camp Knife
This big, full-tang
chopper has a 10 1/4" edge-quenched blade of 5160 high carbon steel with
acid soaked/forge finish flats, antiqued/
boiled mustard bevels and a filed thumb rest. The "palm swell" handle is
African Blackwood with stainless steel handle bolts and
lanyard liner with a polished tang. This knife is 15" overall length and
comes with a tooled leather "sash" sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $800.00
"Ham-Hands Recurve" Camp Chopper
This full-tang Camp
knife has a recurve ground, random damascus blade 10" long. The guard is
etched
1018 carbon steel. The felly etcjed tang is sandwiched in by Olive- green
canvas Micarta with multiple
stainless steel handle bolts and a matching lanyard liner. The knife is just
over 15" overall and
comes with a sturdy leatehr blade sheath with belt loop and tie tab.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,500.00
"Recurve Chopper" Camp/Field Knife
This chopper is
similar to my Basic Utility Bug-out Knife, just a bit more dressed
and a bit bigger.
The 10 3/8" blade on this knife is forged from 5160 high carbon steel with a
brushed satin finish. The guard,
handle pin and lanyard liner are stainless steel. The handle is Jade-green
G-10 with belly texturing and
a green spacer between the guard and handle. The knife is 15 3/4" overall
and comes with a
border tooled leather blade sheath with a belt loop and strap.
Price, with leather sheath: $750.00
"Ham-Hands...Beast" Chopper/Camp Knife
This
big chopper is an off-shoot of our original "Ham-Hands" model... and
then some. This knife has a
9 3/4" edge-quenched blade of 336 layer damascus forged from 5160 & 15N20
high carbon steels in
a "random cut" pattern. The guard and threaded pommel are 4140 steel with
and antiqued/mustard
finish. The handle is a large piece of Sambar Stag with black spacers on
each end. The knife
has an overall length of 14 1/2" and comes with a tooled leather post
sheath.
Price, with leather sheath: $1,400.00
"Big Burlap" Camp Knife
This
camp chopper has a 9 3/4" blade forged from JD5160, flat ground with a
convex edge and a satin finish.
The overall length of this knife is just over 15". The guard on this piece
is carbon steel. The handle is Burlap
mycarta (mycarta made by L.R. "Butch" Harner) with a green Micarta spacer and a
stainless steel pin
and lanyard
liner. The knife comes with a border tooled leather blade sheath with snap
and loop.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $750.00
"Basic Needs" Camp Knife
This no-nonsense chopper is forged
from 5160 steel. The blade is 10" with an etched/satin finish, forge
marked flats and a rounded spine. The double brass guard has a black spacer
on top of a Cocobola
handle with a brass pin and lanyard liner. This knife is 15 1/2" overall and
comes with a border
tooled leather blade sheath with a snap and loop.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $700.00
"Ham-Hands" Chopper/Camp Knife
This big chopper has
a 10" blade of satin finished 5160 spring steel with a beveled spine and is
about
1 3/4" at it's widest point (from spine to edge). The contoured guard is
stippled and cold blued 1018
carbon steel. The handle is Cocobola wood with a maroon Micarta spacer and
stainless steel pins
and lanyard liner. This piece is 15" overall and comes with a tooled leather
blade sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with sheath: $800.00
Flame Ebony Camp Cutter
This
camp knife has a 9 1/8" blade of high carbon "frontier" damascus steel
that's just over a 1/4" at it's
thickest with a low top bevel on the spine to compliment the flat grind
and full distal taper. Overall
length is 14 1/2". The handle is stabilized Flame Ebony wood with a carbon
steel guard, stainless
steel pin and staggered nickle-silver spacers. The knife comes with a
tooled leather blade sheath
with Cape Buffalo inlays and tan stitching, matching the tan streaks in
the handle.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,700.00
"Big Claw" Recurve Hunter
Here's another "Big Claw". This
recurve hunter/camp knife has a 10" blade of 400 layer damascus. The
blade
has a slight convex grind and a shallow top bevel on the spine. The
handle is Sambar stag with a throat
of stabilized/green dyed Redwood Burl
wood and black/ nickle-silver spacers. The contoured
guard and pommel are also nickle-silver. The tooled
leather blade/belt sheath has
three windows inlaid with brown Stingray skin.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,300.00
"Camp Bowie" in Curly Maple
This full tang, heavy cutter is made from
JD5160 high carbon
spring steel and has a satin finish. The
blade is approx. 9 3/4" with just under a 15" overall length. The
guard, handle bolts and lanyard
liner are all brass. The handle itself is stabilized Curly Maple
wood with black liners. The
knife shown has a tooled leather "rig" sheath with a Barred Owl carving.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $950.00
Full Tang "Big Claw" in Giraffe Bone
Here is our "Big" Hunting Claw in a full tang version.
The 9 3/4" blade of 5160 has a tapered tang
and a
hand-rubbed finish (14 1/2" overall length). The blade has a slight
convex grind and a bevel on the spine. The
guard is nickle-silver.
The handle scales are stabilized Giraffe bone with black liners, stainless steel
handle bolts &
lanyard liner.
The knife comes with a full "basket-weave" blade sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $800.00