Custom knives?

[iccyman001]

Does anyone here have a custom knife?


I just use a buck knife, but I am thinking about ordering a custom knife for hunting and a custom butcher set.
My goal is to find enough sheds this year to trade a knife maker for what I want or find enough to sell them and pay for what I want cash.


Id just love to see what everyone else has or may recommend for a knife.

 

[WW]

Make your own. It isn\'t that hard. Here is mine. You can\'t see it in this picture but I placed an elk ivory in the end of the pommel. I\'ve made a bunch of them. Buglemaster also makes a few.

Did Russ show you the one I made for him?

 

[iccyman001]

Make your own. It isn\'t that hard. Here is mine. You can\'t see it in this picture but I placed an elk ivory in the end of the pommel. I\'ve made a bunch of them. Buglemaster also makes a few.

Did Russ show you the one I made for him?

Both of those knives turned out great Bill! :upthumb:
I\'ll have to start researching on how to build custom ones. It could turn into a little side hobby.

 

[elky McElkerson]

I\'m a knife addict. My wife hates that , and keeps me at bay. Thank goodness.

I have one custom for myself. I just want two more.

I\'m usually not a fan of antler handles. But they are growing on me. If I were to buy one. If get one from this guy. Rwfred on some knife forum

I\'ve never seen him trade bone for steel tho.

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[colorado russ]

You know I\'m jumping in on this one WW! Still looking for a custom leather sheath that\'s worthy!

I plan on doing a few shed hunting trips more in hopes of getting some antlers I can screw up on before going all in when making my own. But, I\'d get to buy a Dremel! [attachment=1]<!-- ia1 -->knife 1.jpg<!-- ia1 -->[/attachment] [attachment=0]<!-- ia0 -->knife 2.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment]

 

[WW]

Russ, would something similar to this work for you?

 

[elky McElkerson]

Oh boy. Nice


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[colorado russ]

Seems a little plain for such a beautiful knife Bill! I\'m going to Mountain Man in Manitou springs this weekend to look so let me see what I find. I\'ll be going in the field with it this year so definitely will have some kind of sheath instead of the cardboard that the blade came shipped in!

 

[Bowfreak]

Beautiful knives guys. I think it is pretty cool how we are all individuals and what makes one tick doesn\'t the other. I use one of those Outdoor Edge butchering kits to butcher my whitetails. I leave it at home and break it out once get a deer in the skinning tree. They are pretty good knives. Not great knives but with the sharpener that is included I can keep them in good shape to handle a whitetail quickly. I would use the same kit on elk once I get it home if I ever kill one. For field care, I use whatever on deer as I only need to get the guts out of them. Normally it is a 30 year old buck pathfinder (for the poop chute) that my high school girlfriend bought me and a wyoming knife for gutting. I pack a sling blaze and a multitool in my elk kill kit FWIW.

 

[iccyman001]

I\'ve never seen him trade bone for steel tho.


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You figure they would! Bone isn\'t cheap to get for handles, so if I game someone enough $1000 worth of antler for the rate they pay and I asked for like a $300-500 knife.... doesn\'t seem TOO crazy, does it?


Maybe I am just living on hops and dreams.
I will collect a bunch this year.


I can try to make my own knife and buy one too. See which I like more :dance2:

 

[colorado russ]

Careful Dan. Living on hops caused my gout to flare up! :lol:

Now I live on rye or something from an aged barrel!

 

[elky McElkerson]

I\'ve never seen him trade bone for steel tho.


Sent via Jedi mind trick.

You figure they would! Bone isn\'t cheap to get for handles, so if I game someone enough $1000 worth of antler for the rate they pay and I asked for like a $300-500 knife.... doesn\'t seem TOO crazy, does it?


Maybe I am just living on hops and dreams.
I will collect a bunch this year.


I can try to make my own knife and buy one too. See which I like more :dance2:

i tried once. with the Adventure Sworn guys. they have a crazy wait list, and they sent out a request for some Elk Antler. i was stoked..i had a bunch of sheds. he had me saw a chunk off. from a photo he picked the straightest section. my antler he rejected because it had to much \"pith\" or marrow.

i didnt even want a free knife, i just wanted to be bumped up the waitlist. custom guys are kinda picky. these two guys made handle out of Giraffe bone. i didnt know where he got it. or which bone it was.

FTR, cutting up antler with a sawzall sucks!!

 

[WW]

When using elk antler for knife handles, spike antlers are probably the best. They are usually the best diameter and actually have a stronger core with less pith. They do however have less character.

 

[iccyman001]

When using elk antler for knife handles, spike antlers are probably the best. They are usually the best diameter and actually have a stronger core with less pith. They do however have less character.

I should have saved my spike antlers

 

[iccyman001]

I\'ve never seen him trade bone for steel tho.


Sent via Jedi mind trick.

You figure they would! Bone isn\'t cheap to get for handles, so if I game someone enough $1000 worth of antler for the rate they pay and I asked for like a $300-500 knife.... doesn\'t seem TOO crazy, does it?


Maybe I am just living on hops and dreams.
I will collect a bunch this year.


I can try to make my own knife and buy one too. See which I like more :dance2:

i tried once. with the Adventure Sworn guys. they have a crazy wait list, and they sent out a request for some Elk Antler. i was stoked..i had a bunch of sheds. he had me saw a chunk off. from a photo he picked the straightest section. my antler he rejected because it had to much \"pith\" or marrow.

i didnt even want a free knife, i just wanted to be bumped up the waitlist. custom guys are kinda picky. these two guys made handle out of Giraffe bone. i didnt know where he got it. or which bone it was.

FTR, cutting up antler with a sawzall sucks!!

Hmmm copy all, Cliff!!! Thank you!!!
I\'ll be prepared to sell the stuff to fund the knife then.



I\'m trying to get on Will\'s level