All About Pocket Knives

tongueriver wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:10 pm They are both sold to me as ironwood.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:30 pm The thistle knives are very nice. Most have wooden handles that someone had to carve out. I have a Henry Sears with a molded (bakelite?) handle.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:05 pm Two Bark River Auroras, maxi and mini.
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Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 11:18 pm

tongueriver wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:30 pm The thistle knives are very nice. Most have wooden handles that someone had to carve out. I have a Henry Sears with a molded (bakelite?) handle.

I would like to see that one Cal

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:24 am Recently got the smaller version of this nice set of knives. Designed by Bob Lum, they were executed by Haruo Suetake. The blade is 4 1/4". OAL is 8 1/4". Rockwell Hardness is 60. Handle is anodized aluminum. ATS-34 steel, black coated.
Knife Model: Bob Lum Encounter SC-110B Fixed blade Black Little Encounter.

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toomanyknives wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 1:14 pm

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 4:31 am Becker BK9
Western W 88

Two more winners from the I man! Those are sweet!

ken98k wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:45 pm

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 4:31 am Becker BK9
Western W 88

Your BK9 looks like a beast! One heck of a chopper I'll bet!
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Yup, beastly chopper, the best camp knife I ever had. Mean slicer, great hotdog stick carver, sweet firewood prepper, splitter, and whittles a mean fire stick with good curls for EZ start up. The reviews say it does a pretty good job of being a hatchet too if you need to build a shelter or chop some poles although I have not done that. But I have processed a bunch of kindling and such many times with it and batoned a few logs with it, chopped big branches up and it excels at all those, and I like it better than a hatchet. Although I still take a Cold Steel tomahawk to camp with it.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:40 am Thanks doglegg. I've noticed that many of the Japanese knife makers like their blades a bit on the hard side. This had a Rockwell of 60 but I see many at 61 and 62. I need to find a deer hunter to discover if these wonderfully sharp edges hold for some serious cutting. I suspect they will but...

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:24 am Recently got the smaller version of this nice set of knives. Designed by Bob Lum, they were executed by Haruo Suetake. The blade is 4 1/4". OAL is 8 1/4". Rockwell Hardness is 60. Handle is anodized aluminum. ATS-34 steel, black coated.
Knife Model: Bob Lum Encounter SC-110B Fixed blade Black Little Encounter.

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Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:24 am Recently got the smaller version of this nice set of knives. Designed by Bob Lum, they were executed by Haruo Suetake. The blade is 4 1/4". OAL is 8 1/4". Rockwell Hardness is 60. Handle is anodized aluminum. ATS-34 steel, black coated.
Knife Model: Bob Lum Encounter SC-110B Fixed blade Black Little Encounter.

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Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:28 am I don’t think I’ve posted these in this thread. I just picked them up at SMKW last week. ESSEE 3 and Izula 2. Lord willing I’ll get to try them out on Bambi in a month or so.

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tongueriver wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:05 pm Two Bark River Auroras, maxi and mini.
BRKT AURORAS003.jpg

tongueriver wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:00 am

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 11:18 pm

tongueriver wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:30 pm The thistle knives are very nice. Most have wooden handles that someone had to carve out. I have a Henry Sears with a molded (bakelite?) handle.

I would like to see that one Cal

Tang-stamped Henry Sears & Sons (over) 1865. A woodcraft copy.
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Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:24 am Recently got the smaller version of this nice set of knives. Designed by Bob Lum, they were executed by Haruo Suetake. The blade is 4 1/4". OAL is 8 1/4". Rockwell Hardness is 60. Handle is anodized aluminum. ATS-34 steel, black coated.
Knife Model: Bob Lum Encounter SC-110B Fixed blade Black Little Encounter.

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Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:28 am I don’t think I’ve posted these in this thread. I just picked them up at SMKW last week. ESSEE 3 and Izula 2. Lord willing I’ll get to try them out on Bambi in a month or so.

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jmh58 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:38 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:28 am I don’t think I’ve posted these in this thread. I just picked them up at SMKW last week. ESSEE 3 and Izula 2. Lord willing I’ll get to try them out on Bambi in a month or so.

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Gotta get some blood on those Wade!!
John

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:14 pm

jmh58 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:38 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 4:28 am I don’t think I’ve posted these in this thread. I just picked them up at SMKW last week. ESSEE 3 and Izula 2. Lord willing I’ll get to try them out on Bambi in a month or so.

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Gotta get some blood on those Wade!!
John

John, I’ll do what I can!

jmh58 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:18 pm CEBBBE2A-708E-47F6-959F-49FA28CE7663.jpeg

My ESSEES.
John