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Offline Ray Hammond

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Lil' caper
« on: November 07, 2012, 06:11:00 PM »
Great three finger 1084 15N20 caper with red and black liners SS pins and nice ironwood book matched scales.

 
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Offline Ray Hammond

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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2012, 06:12:00 PM »



 
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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2012, 06:56:00 PM »
Beautiful Ray. Do you do the leather work too?
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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2012, 07:14:00 PM »
Very nice, the profile is something I haven't seen before and looks very functional.
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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2012, 07:20:00 PM »
Blade peek

No way.  I used to try but I'd make four or five per knife trying to get them right!!! I have a couple different guys who do them for me
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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2012, 08:05:00 PM »
Looks great Ray. That wood is beautiful!

Chris

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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2012, 08:55:00 PM »
Great indeed!

Nice work and Ironwood

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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2012, 09:08:00 PM »
Nice!!  geat leather too!

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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2012, 10:38:00 PM »
Beautifully functional Ray.  That is georgeous ironwood.
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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2012, 12:57:00 AM »
Ray,

I love the blade shape, love the handle shape, love the wood, and I especially love the chatoyance in the Damascus. Can you tell us the dimensions of the knife?

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Offline Ray Hammond

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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2012, 05:30:00 AM »
The OAL is 6 1/2". Handle is 3 3/8" blade 3 1/8"

Handle being curved though offers a greater overall surface for your fingers than its straight line length would let you imagine and  a more comfortable grip because either your index finger or your thumb goes in the valley over the Ricasso providing tremendous control over where the blade is at all times.

     

It's a caping knife- but honestly for a whitetail it's all the knife needed for every job from field dressing skinning quartering- that point will really pop those leg joints.

I always use a fillet knife if de-boning meat but other than that it'll tackle a WT nicely.    

 

Compact - light in hand- superb control- and it's purty!!!

Thanks again for the nice comments.   I've got several of this style in the works
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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2012, 10:43:00 AM »
wow, beautiful knife Ray!

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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2012, 06:39:00 PM »
Sweet knife

Offline bruinman

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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2012, 08:12:00 PM »
Great looking knife!

Offline Ray Hammond

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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2012, 09:56:00 PM »
Hey bud! My wife loved the photos!!!!!
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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #15 on: November 17, 2012, 07:58:00 AM »
That is a very beautiful knife, Ray. Thanks for posting the photos.
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Re: Lil' caper
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2012, 11:10:00 PM »
Incredible! Hope I can own one some day!!

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