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Offline Looper

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A trio from Sticshooter...
« on: May 01, 2010, 08:27:00 PM »
Here are a trio of knives I just received from Frank.  

The top is a large French trade knife, with osage scales and 20 pins.  It's the big brother to the other one he posted earlier.  I have a big hand and wanted to be able to fit all of my fingers between the knob and the curve in the blade.  The blade is 8.5" and the overall length is a touch over 13".  It's a big knife for sure, but it will be the perfect pig-sticker/kindlin' chopper/steak flipper/bow scraper knife.

The second one is a 4" skinner I had Frank make for one of my best friends.  His late father was a farrier, so we included a rasp bolster.  The elk antler scales were influenced by his scientific work with elk.  The blade is a 4" drop point and the overall length is around 8".

The last is a gift for my father-in-law.  It's a sweet little 3" skinner with a whitetail antler scales.  The blade is a drop point and the overall length is a little over 7".

Michelle made up some awesome sheaths. They hold the knives securely and are very high quality.

I have some additional pics that I can post, if anyone wants me to.

 

 

Offline Kevin Evans

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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2010, 08:46:00 PM »
Those are cool!!

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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2010, 09:00:00 PM »
Those are great lookin' knives by the Sticshooter!

The middle one would be my favorite.

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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2010, 09:39:00 PM »
Lets see the sheaths too.
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Offline skullworks

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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2010, 11:07:00 PM »
Awesome stuff!
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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2010, 12:09:00 AM »
Great stuff. But where are the sheaths?
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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2010, 01:04:00 AM »
Sheathed pic added.

Offline Nala

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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2010, 02:56:00 AM »
How about a pic with the whole knife pictured so we can see the blades and points?

Beautiful knives.

Nalajr

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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2010, 11:04:00 AM »
Good to see Frank and Shell are back to putting out their ussual fine work!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2010, 07:25:00 PM »
Thanks Doug. But these were made before I went into the hospital and shell has still been catching up on her leatherwork for others on here but has helped with making all the sheaths during this time on thse who i had to send out to after I was in the hospital on rest had alot of folks on hold that had waited until I could have Shell get the sheaths made up and some knives still needing edges put on them. thanks Cheney for the nice words and nice pics too and sorry for waiting this long <><
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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2010, 08:28:00 AM »
Good to see you posting Frank  :thumbsup:

Get yourself right bud. I'm still in the market for a 5" bladed workhorse, when your ready to twist one up.

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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2010, 10:16:00 AM »
Good to see you back Frank.

 You need to get rested up real good and in shape before you go getting to busy again brother.

 I'm sure those who are waiting are more than understanding.

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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2010, 10:37:00 PM »
Cheney very glad you like the knives. And thank you all for the kind words. <><
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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2010, 11:32:00 PM »
Frank,

Great to see you posting again. I have been praying for you and your daughter to get better and for Shell to keep up her strength. I'm still waiting for you to build me a knife, but I can wait as long as it takes for you to get back to good health. There is nothing more important than that.

God bless,

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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2010, 07:56:00 AM »
OK, Frank, are ya thru hangin' out ina hops-pistol bed and ready to get seriosly back into the fray again??? -   :D  

Glad to see you back, buddy. Oh, yeah - sweet knives and handsome sheaths in this thread!!!
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Re: A trio from Sticshooter...
« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2010, 06:27:00 PM »
great to see you back at it.and nice looking knives. loyd

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