Recent content by Rupestris

Very nice Doc!! Thanks for the inspiration. Its been cold here and my garage is unheated but I need to get out there and catch up with you. ;)

I suppose I could play along. Slipjoints: Lockbacks: Imperials: Bark River and Koster: Rapid River custom hatchet: Wilson Custom: Becker BK7 that I "customized":

I'll second that one! A Stainless Clipper model is my go-to fishing knife. You might want to order one of those as well. $13 at the site Q posted. Chris

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=11197 This thread should give you some ideas. If you've already got a semi-finished blade, check out page two. HTH, Chris

The Ugliest Shotgun in Howard County was a Mossberg bolt action. I had one. A Mossberg 395KB. Worth about $50 when I traded it for a new Palm Pilot (worth about $100) :p. Fun guns but unless it has a rifled barrel they're not as practical as a pump-gun. The 695 is a deer smackin' machine...

:eek: Critters over there must be HUGE!!!! Love the handle on the Bowie and Differential heat treat is a nice touch. I can't say I see 440C done that way very often. Congrats!

How'd ya like the smell of those horns when you cut 'em? I've done an antler handle and they have a rather memorable smell when you sand them on a belt. Like burnt hair :barf:. I've been on the hunt for some scrap carbon fiber for a project I've been slacking on. If you get a chance to...

Looking good Doc! Be sure to get a respirator before monkeying with micarta. That stuff can be bad ju-ju if you breathe too much of it. Desert Ironwood will put a hurtin' on ya too.

Yes they are Cobblers. I think HoosierQ just used my pic to show the knife he got that was dull. One of them is still original with just a paracord wrap. The other is here: EDIT: Found a pic of the cobbler wearing paracord. Chris

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Let me ask you something. How are you going to steel and strop it if its sitting in my kitchen drawer :confused::mad:

Not to dig up an old thread but... Word is that they'll be dropping some of their used and abused M1 Carbines for S&W M&P AR's too. My next door neighbor is a Detroit LEO and brought the new M&P 40 over last week for me to check out. Yep. He knows I'm a gun nut and that I'd...

Never needed a fire extinguisher yet I keep three in the house. Never needed an airbag but my car has four. Haven't fell down the stairs in my house but I have hand rails on 'em. Don't have a CO leak yet I have a CO detector. I guess it's a matter of "better to have and not need..."

A third vote for teh Griptilian. If you can get a Cabelas version with a D2 steel blade, all the better. Happy anniversary!

I've done a bit of converting old kitchen knives into field/skinning/camp knives. My latest was a knife I found in the broiler of an old stove that was in the basement of a house my sister-in-law was moving into. I didn't take any "before" pics but it was a nine inch butcher knife that was...