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Hunters
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Below are some of my favorite "Hunter" style blades. No
huge choppers here, just the size you need for
light carry and to get the job done.
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"Redwood & W's"
Hunter
(New pic!)
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This
spear-point style Hunter has a 5 7/8" blade of high carbon "W" pattern
damascus steel, edge-quenched and
with a visible hamon. The contoured guard is done in "jail bar" wrought
iron. The handle is stabilized, top-
grade Redwood Burl with a throat of stabilized Giraffe bone with a black
spacer and is finished off with
an etched, carbon steel pin. The overall length of this knife is 11" and if
comes with a tooled leather
blade sheath with belt loop and retention strap.
Price, with leather sheath: $950.00 |
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"Adirondack Hunter"
in Curly/Burl Maple
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This
is the new, updated version of an old favorite. This full-tang hunter is forged from 3/16" thick 1084 high carbon steel
with an
integral guard, thumb drop
and an open/exposed pommel with lanyard hole. The knife is 8 3/4" overall with
a 4" cutting edge.
The knife is edge-quenched, has been acid soaked with forge marked flats and
an
"antiqued"
finish overall. The handle
scales are stabilized Curly/Burl Maple with
stainless steel
handle bolts. The knife comes with a
tooled leather pouch
sheath with belt loop.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $475.00 |
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"Straight-back/Coffin-handle" Hunter
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This
"Straight-back" Hunter has a blade suitable for small to mid-size game as
well as making a good camp or field knife.
This 9 1/4" long full-tang knife is forged from "stretched" Ball-bearing
damascus (52100 bearings & 1084 powder done
in a canister weld) and has a 4 5/8" cutting edge. The blade is
edge-quenched with a visible hamon. The handle
is done in a "coffin" profile with fully etched tang. The handle scales are
"faceted", stabilized Giraffe bone
and secured with stainless steel handle bolts. This knife comes with a fully
tooled leather pouch sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $500.00 |
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"Etched-Cherry" Spear-point Hunter
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This Spear-point style Hunter has a 5 1/16" blade forged from W2 high carbon
steel. The blade is clay-quenched with
and etched hamon (quench) line and has acid etched and forge-marked flats.
The contoured guard and set pin are
silica bronze. The handle of this knife is stabilized A-grade Cherry Burl
wood. The overall length of this knife
is 10" and it comes with a fully tooled leather pouch sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $500.00 |
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"Ball-Bearing/Gut-Hook" Hunter
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This Hunter has a
wide 7" blade of folded, 52100 & 1084 powder high carbon "ball-bearing"
damascus steel with a file
worked spine and gut-hook. The fullered oval guard and pommel are both
"ball-bearing" damascus as well. The handle is
stabilized/grey dyed Maple Burl wood with spacers of 1018 & nickle "twist"
damascus with a fullered red Micarta
spacer in between and a matching pin. This knife is 12 1/4" overall and
comes with a tooled leather blade sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,500.00 |
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"Lone Star" Hunter
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This 6" Clip-point
Hunter blade is forged from 1084 powder and inlaid with tiled mosaic
damascus featuring the
state of Texas and the Lone Star with etched/forge-marked flats. The
contoured guard is 300+ layer
"random" damascus. This knife has a handle of A-grade Desert Ironwood Burl
with a throat/
spacer of stabilized Giraffe bone with a black spacer and is finished off
with a stainless
steel pin. The overall length is 10 3/4" and the knife comes with a tooled leather sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,500.00 |
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"Antiqued-Stag"
Clip-point Hunter
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This Clip-point
Hunter has a 5 1/2" blade forged from 52100 high carbon steel that has
been edge-quenched and
treated with my antiqued/boiled mustard finish. The guard and pommel are
both forged from "chainsaw" canister
damascus. The handle is Sambar stag with black end spacers and hammered
stainless steel pins. The overall
length or this piece is 10 1/2" and comes with a tooled leather blade
sheath.
Price, with leather sheath: $575.00 |
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"Frontier" Trailing-point Hunter
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This
Trailing-point Hunter has a 6 3/4" blade forged of high carbon "frontier"
damascus steel with etched
and forge marked flats. The fullered oval guard and pommel are both etched
wrought iron. The handle
is Sambar stag with a throat of stabilized Eucalyptus Burl wood and a spacer
of worked silica
bronze. The pommel is threaded into the tang of the knife. The overall
length of this piece is
11 5/8" and comes with a tooled leather blade sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,300.00 |
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"Fancy" Clip Point
Hunter
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This
Clip-point hunter has a 4 3/4" blade of "B-B Smash"
damascus forged from 52100 ball bearings. The
contoured guard is stainless steel as well as the
handle pin.
The handle itself is stabilized, A-grade
Cherry Burl wood with a black spacer and a throat of stabilized Giraffe bone. The knife is
9 1/2"
overall and comes
with a fully tooled leather pouch sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $575.00
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Small Game
Knife in Buckeye Burl
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This "bird & trout style" Small Game knife is forged
from 1084 high carbon steel, edge-quenched with
a file-worked thumb rest and a hand rubbed finish. The handle scales are
stabilized California Buckeye
Burl wood with stainless steel handle bolts and an exposed lanyard/pommel
opening. This knife is
8 3/8" overall with a 3 5/8" cutting edge and comes with a tooled leather
pouch sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $325.00 |
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Clip Point Hunter in Maple Burl
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This
Clip Point Hunter has a 4 1/8" blade of 5160 high carbon steel
with a hand-rubbed finish. The contoured
guard is "wagon wheel" wrought iron. The handle is
Maple Burl wood
with a throat of black Buffalo horn
(both are stabilized) and finished off with a stainless
steel pin. The
knife has an overall length of 8 3/8"
and comes with a fully tooled leather
pouch sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $425.00 |
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Spear Point Hunter in
Raindrop Damascus
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This
Spear Point Hunter has a 5 3/4 blade of 300 layer "raindrop" pattern high
carbon damascus steel
(approx. 3/16'' at
thickest). The guard is nickle-silver. The handle is stabilized Curly
Maple wood
with a throat of African Blackwood and a nickle-silver spacer. The handle is finished off with a
stainless
steel pin. The knife
has an overall length of 10 3/4". The knife comes
with a leather
blade sheath with a double window inlay of Fish-skin.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $800.00 |
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"The Garrin" Trailing Point Hunter
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This Trailing
Point hunter has a 6" blade of 385 layer "twist" pattern damascus with a
matching
guard and thumb grooves. The handle is stabilized Giraffe bone with black
liners and stainless
steel handle bolts and lanyard liner. This knife comes with a tooled leather
blade sheath.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $1,200.00 |
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Spear Point Hunter "Jr."
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This
Spear Point hunter has a 5" clay-quenched blade forged from 52100
high carbon steel
with a
full distal taper,
hand-rubbed finish. The
knife is 10" overall. The
contoured guard
is lightly-blued 1018 carbon steel. The
handle is A-grade Curly Koa wood with a black spacer and stainless steel pin. The
knife comes with
a tooled leather pouch sheath with a belt loop.
Price for a similar piece, with leather sheath: $450.00 |
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