Your favorite blades

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Captainkirk
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Your favorite blades

#1 Post by Captainkirk »

Show us your favorite blades and tell the stories behind them!

Here is my first-ever hunting knife...a Western fixed blade that I got for a Christmas gift back when Nixon was in the White House. Still holds a wicked edge and has been in the woods with me many a year as a constant companion.

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This is my Bear/MCG skinner with guthook. Guthook works great, but I find the blade a tad too wide and long for field dressing....

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Re: Your favorite blades

#2 Post by Graps »

My favorite blade I'd D-2 , ATS 34 makes a good blade as well . I like to heat treat them to 60-62 Rc .
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#3 Post by Dan »

KaBar, browning, and the 2 on the right I made out of armor plated steel left over from bomb proofing humvees in afghanistan.
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#4 Post by Captainkirk »

Nice, Dan!
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#5 Post by Gamestalker »

Yesterday, I went to a county sherrif's office to see about getting a new pistol permit because mine had expired. I had to go thru a metal detector, so I had to put all metal objects on me into a basket first. The couple behind me started laughing while I kept reaching into different pockets pulling out additional knives & things. Then they pointed out to me that I didn't remove my belt knife. I had forgotten about that one. I really didn't even realize that I had so many knives on me until I pulled them all out!
Here's what I had:
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The three on the left are my every day carry & the other two are for hunting. I keep another sheath knife in my fanny pack too. I was headed straight to the woods when I left the sherrif's office.

Here's my sheath knife:
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#6 Post by Carpdaddy »

Lol Gamestalker, bet they talked about that one for a while.

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#7 Post by Longtrad »

Im a big fan of the good and cheap mora

http://i.imgur.com/LtHJN5dl.jpg

I also really like kershaw clip knives but I have a hell of a time keeping a clip knife from getting snagged on a tree and left behind.

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#8 Post by Longtrad »

That's an awesome piece of history kirk! I wish I could keep track of my knives long enough to have memories like that. I guess thats part of the reason why I like those cheap moras. the big bevel makes it easier for dummies like me to sharpen them up too.

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#9 Post by Captainkirk »

Longtrad wrote:That's an awesome piece of history kirk! I wish I could keep track of my knives long enough to have memories like that. I guess thats part of the reason why I like those cheap moras. the big bevel makes it easier for dummies like to sharpen them up too.
Thanks! That was a Christmas gift from Dad back in the early '70s. Give a kid a knife for Christmas today and DCFS will probably bust down your door.... :?
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#10 Post by Captainkirk »

Any new blades...either commercial or home-made...joined the ranks lately?
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