Let’s see those Hunting knives

I hunt whitetails and ducks. I use an old A.G. Russell on the ducks:


My favorite whitetail knife was a Busse BAD, until I got a Randall Trout and Bird:

Speedo66 said:

The bites I've seen bluefish inflict on bunker have been a lot rougher than that. lol

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Yup, I had one bite a diamond jig in half, one of those cheap lead party boat type. Seen a guys toe get nipped off, the captain told the guy it's not a good idea to where flip flops. It was a nice alligator blue to lol.

One of my first bait knifes I remember was a mora.

Here’s another old Mora I have, big and sturdy enough to be used as a hunting knife.

Never rusted despite years on a boat in the Hudson, which is tidal and brackish.

An unmodded Mora Filet.

Some of my other hunting knives. Nothing what anyone would call fancy, but they are all good working knives. Several are special to me.

I once forgot to thread my sheath knife onto my belt before heading into the woods. I shot a buck and realized my knife was back in the truck. I had a Schrade Stockman ("slenderino") in my pocket and so I used it. I've also used a Benchmade Mini-Barrage and a Spyderco Native in the same situation.

Boattale said:

Some of my other hunting knives. Nothing what anyone would call fancy, but they are all good working knives. Several are special to me.

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What is that interesting folder in the fourth photo?

desmobob said:

What is that interesting folder in the fourth photo?

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Lionsteel Warhorse

Browning drop point is a keeper!

TR

desmobob said:

I once forgot to thread my sheath knife onto my belt before heading into the woods. I shot a buck and realized my knife was back in the truck. I had a Schrade Stockman ("slenderino") in my pocket and so I used it. I've also used a Benchmade Mini-Barrage and a Spyderco Native in the same situation.
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Three times you've forgotten a sheath knife and had to use pocket knives to dress deer, that's like going for a long ride on your Ducati and forgetting to put gas in it. lol

Speedo66 said:

Three times you've forgotten a sheath knife and had to use pocket knives to dress deer, that's like going for a long ride on your Ducati and forgetting to put gas in it. lol

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Indeed. It's as easy to pull out my pocket knife as it is to pull into a gas station. I guess a pocket knife is like the one gallon reserve of my Ducati's fuel tank.

Three times sounds almost habitual but in almost 40 years of deer hunting (how many days afield might that be?) I don't think it's too bad... especially since I always have a knife of some sort in my pocket.

I can say I've never run my Ducati out of gas, but I did run my Triumph Bonneville out of gas back in the 1980s. It quit just as I pulled into the garage at home! Very lucky!

desmobob said:

Indeed. It's as easy to pull out my pocket knife as it is to pull into a gas station. I guess a pocket knife is like the one gallon reserve of my Ducati's fuel tank.

Three times sounds almost habitual but in almost 40 years of deer hunting (how many days afield might that be?) I don't think it's too bad... especially since I always have a knife of some sort in my pocket.

I can say I've never run my Ducati out of gas, but I did run my Triumph Bonneville out of gas back in the 1980s. It quit just as I pulled into the garage at home! Very lucky!

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Think about how nasty it's going to be if you run your all electric car or bike completely out of power, no easy adding gas, will probably have to be towed.

Only three times forgetting a big knife in 40 years, sounds like you're doing OK.

Speedo66 said:

Think about how nasty it's going to be if you run your all electric car or bike completely out of power, no easy adding gas, will probably have to be towed.

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I never thought much about that until I saw a photo of a typical winter scene of a highway closed by snowfall and full of cars. How long would your electric car's batteries keep you warm? And would you have the power left to get moving again after a long closure? Would numerous cars with dead batteries block the road? Interesting...

To get back on topic, here's an old 1930s Case I found in the road. It had been run over numerous times and was in really bad shape. I spent a lot of time on it and it came out pretty nice. I intended to use it in the field but haven't yet. (I spent so much on the Randall, I want to use it every season to get my money's worth! )

^^^
Nice save on that Classic Case.

Shanghai McCoy said:

^^^
Nice save on that Classic Case.

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Thanks! Here's the "before" photo... it looks like it had been sharpened on a grinder.

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Wow. That was a real rescue.
It's great that the original pommel and the stacked leather was still usable.

There was a lot of time spent with a sanding block and various grits of wet/dry. The pommel was the hard part... It was easy to sand off the road rash but I could NOT find a way to adjust/tighten it to account for the shrunk leather handle washers. Turns out the pommels are attached by pressing them to compress the leather and filling the end (where you'd typically find a pommel nut) with molten lead.

All I had to do was heat it up with a propane torch to melt the lead, press it down hard against the leather and let the lead harden back up.

desmobob

Nice recue with the Case! My Dad had a Marbles hunting knife (probably purchased late '40s/early '50s), that had been neglected for many years and was relegated to cutting twine whenever he got a bundle of sticks together in the back yard. I "rescued" it by trading him a USAF Survival knife for it and I then fixed it up and put a decent edge on it.

Another great save . Love those old Marbles knives.

bannockburn said:

desmobob

Nice recue with the Case! My Dad had a Marbles hunting knife (probably purchased late '40s/early '50s), that had been neglected for many years and was relegated to cutting twine whenever he got a bundle of sticks together in the back yard. I "rescued" it by trading him a USAF Survival knife for it and I then fixed it up and put a decent edge on it.
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That fuller looks deep, is there another one on the other side?

Buck 105 Pathfinder. 5” modified clip.

Old WWII era Woodcraft from Marbles, Galdstone, Michigan...



This was a gift from an elderly friend, along with a very nice collection of outdoor books. He had sons, but none were interested.

I've used my dads buck a few times, good knife just bigger then what I like to use.

Speedo66

That fuller looks deep, is there another one on the other side?

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Yep, there sure is. Same exact size and location.