A different style of Hunter:

[kbaknife]

I little different sort of hunter.
Very comfortable to hold, however.
Ladder Damascus Brute de Forge, hot blued, mirror polished spine and screwed Stabilized Walnut scales.

 

 

[GRINCH]

I really like this one,great job.

[Bigriver]

Pretty dang cool looking, love the style.

[Doug Campbell]

Sure looks nice from here. Will I get to check it out closer fore long?

[kbaknife]

Only if you're going to Arkansaw.      


 

Originally posted by Doug Campbell:
Sure looks nice from here. Will I get to check it out closer fore long?

[tomsm44]

Another nice one.  It's kinda strange looking at your high class polished "white iron camp knife" and then this one that's a little rougher and not being able to decide which one I like more.  Do I see where you didn't completely forge  out part of the grooves that you cut for the ladder pattern?  That's a brilliant addition to the Brute de forge concept.  I'm definitely going to try to plan ahead next year to come up to Ar.

Matt

[kbaknife]

The left over ladder grooves were not planned from the beginning, it's just how it came out.
That's the beauty of forging the Brute de Forge knife.
Don't let it's simplicity fool you - I have more time in this than I do in the White Iron Camp knife.

 

Originally posted by tomsm44:
Another nice one.  It's kinda strange looking at your high class polished "white iron camp knife" and then this one that's a little rougher and not being able to decide which one I like more.  Do I see where you didn't completely forge  out part of the grooves that you cut for the ladder pattern?  That's a brilliant addition to the Brute de forge concept.  I'm definitely going to try to plan ahead next year to come up to Ar.

Matt

[gables]

Great knife Karl. I have liked all of your brut de forge blades. Can you post a photo of the hammer you used to forge the finger choil? Thanks

[kbaknife]

I'll have to take one first.

 

Originally posted by gables:
Great knife Karl. I have liked all of your brut de forge blades. Can you post a photo of the hammer you used to forge the finger choil? Thanks

[kbaknife]

I got this one from Joe Keeslar that he brought home to the US from his second home in France.
I had to do just a tad bit of shaping on it, but note how the edge of the wide peen is rounded in both overall width and edge.
That helps to be able to move the steel in the direction necessary.

 

 

 

 

Originally posted by gables:
 Can you post a photo of the hammer you used to forge the finger choil? Thanks

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[gables]

Many thanks Karl! I was searching many of your posts yesterday and began to realize how much of my shop practices are heavily influenced by the information you and Lin share on this forum.

[kbaknife]

And much of our work is influenced by those whom we have observed, and so it goes.........

[ron w]

      Very nice!

[amar911]

Gotta love that knife. One of my favorites, Karl.

Allan