What is your grail knife?

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Since I’m a custom Knifemaker, of course my favorite are my own.

For a fixed blade, my “Stryker” has been my top blade.
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But I’ve worked on my interpretation of a LIGHT combat knife. ALL of my outdoor/combat/survival knives are made with CPM3V..by far my favorite steel. These are actually being heat treated now by my guy. I’m excited about this one.
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For folding knives, my Benchmade Morpho32 has been my EDC for like 11 years! But I’m also working on Folders now.
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I should be more excited on these. Using CPM20CV SS, Titanium frame lock liner & my own laminated Carbon Fiber. But between my gun building, and fixed blades...kinda slow going on these
 
Dave,
Those are some good looking knives, definitely be proud of them!

Post pics when you get the fixed blade and folder done. What kind of scales are you planning on using for the fixed blade?
 
AG russell stinger. Could be wrong on name. But definitely a AG russell. Pops had one it was a boot dagger. Been years since ive seen it.
 
I think the Russel Sting was the one that really kicked off that type of knife, at least from a commercially produced standpoint. Ive had a couple over the years, and kinda wish I had the first back, even if it was a bit beat up.

The Gerber Guardian seemed to show up not to much after the Sting took off, but wasnt really in the same league.

If you like that knife, and dont want to pony up what the originals or even the later remakes go for, CRKT makes a version of it that wont break the bank.
 
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Dave,
Those are some good looking knives, definitely be proud of them!

Post pics when you get the fixed blade and folder done. What kind of scales are you planning on using for the fixed blade?
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Thank you partner. Yeah, I’ve been blessed by The Lord..especially since I’m disabled & do it all with one arm/hand. Been a good many years doing it now, and far as I know, I’m the only One Armed Knifemaker anywhere!

The handle scales will also be the Carbon Fiber I laminate myself.
 
Shanghai

Use to carry mine as a boot knife and it really was very comfortable to have it that way. I also had the set of velcro straps that allowed you to carry it a bunch of different ways.
 
Many / Several years ago I went is search of 'The One Knife'.. This would be the best knife I could have the the proverbial 'one knife' scenario. It had to meet specifications similar to Dave Canterbury's for bushcrafting as well as being a competant fighter. I am also partial to a drop point design.

In the end I chose the Harsey Difensa by Spartan Blades based on design, materials and workmanship:

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https://spartanbladesusa.com/shop-all/spartan-harsey-difensa/
 
I have never really been a knife guy. Then I met my bestfriend. He talked me into my first $80 blade. It was a Ken Onion Leek. I lost it at some point. I shelled out $100 on a BenchMade don't remember the model but I stupidly used it to stick a target to a hay bale and the first round my father in law sent down range found my knife (totally one of those Murphy visits) he didn't do it on purpose. After that I picked up a really sweet Dalton warhawk. That got lost in a move. I had a Wilson Combat A5 fighter ( most expensive blade I've ever purchased) but times got tight and it had to go. The lesson I learned from all that... I am not a knife guy. I have a Kbar TDI, the replacement Bayoney/fighting knife (USMC), a K Bar, and my everyday in my pocket knife is a S O G Trident.

My grail knife would be the Trident. I have literally took out and installed a kitchen sink with it. Love that knife.

What I want to get is a Gerber first issue ( I'm sorry I can't remember what it was called) fairbane or Applegate dagger/fighting knife. My apologies to you knife guys if none of that is clear.
 

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Original Gerber MKII's are quite collectible these days and priced accordingly. Dont waste your money on the current versions, they are nothing like the early knives.

If you're looking for an F&S/Brit Commando, check out eBay. They usualy have a bunch, including current issue knives, which are pretty reasonable. The early knives are like the Gerbers, and can be quite pricey.

Ive bought a number off these guys with no complaints (although their prices have gone up a bit since the last I bought).....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MOD-MARKED...095936?hash=item2acf08f040:g:5QEAAOSwVzRaw6ba
 
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I would say some sort of molded liner (maybe epoxy ?) with some fossilized mastodon scales
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Nope.
I'm saving my last big chunk of mammoth ivory for something else.
Most of the rest of my mammoth ivory pieces are no larger than a 1911 grip.
I'm more likely to use a chunk of century-old oak T&G flooring from rebuilding my library's children's department.
 
I've got a good bit of birch bark glue. If you look closely at the tang you'll see the remains of the old glue.
I'm trying to keep the joining tight enough that there's no need for hair filling.
I may have my sister carve a tiny horse's head to inset into the hilt... .
 
I'm really not much of a knife aficionado,,,
The small folder in my back pocket is a $10.00 Chinese from Bass Pro.

But I've always had some affinity for that Sharpfinger made by Schrade,,,
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I think it's lines are aesthetically very pleasing.

Back when I was playing in a medieval reenactment group,,,
I fantasized about heaving a similar knife made,,,
But forged from a hunk of Meteor.

Remember that scene from the old Richard Widmark movie about James Bowie,,,
That blacksmith forging the original Bowie Knife from a meteor always stuck in my head.

That's my Grail Knife,,,
A Meteoric Sharpfinger. :D

Aarond

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