One of my Bird and trout blades handled

[HillBill]

Hi folks.

The chap who received these 3 blades
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95148
has wasted no time getting a handle on one.

I like it.

 

[Dartmoor navigator]

Lovely. Very distinctive.

 

[Bluebs4]

Was wondering how the angles would look and they do work
He done the blade justice very nice indeed
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[mountainm]

It looks great!

 

[Dannytsg]

Very nice work.

 

[bdshim]

that very nice and clean neat looking

 

[British Red]

Thats a lovely looking blade Mark - areally useable design

 

[HillBill]

Thanks folks

Hugh - I think the design has a few possibilites. Bird and trout, hunter, bushy (with a scandi), kitchen, fighter ( with a longer blade).

 

[British Red]

Indeed it does

That upswept design is unusual in that its not another "me too" clone - but perfect for game work - very smart

 

[Man of Tanith]

Handsome bit of work there
i struggled to visualise the knife when it was just blanks but now it looks very practical

 

[HillBill]

Cheers Sam. Elliot knows what he's doing handling blades.

 

[Darkwoodecho]

Thanks for that Mark, you know you and your blades are always a pleasure,
feels really good in the hand, 2 more to go and some "field" trials

 

[HillBill]

No worries Elliot.

Look forward to hearing feedback on its performance

 

[British Red]

Unusually for me, I think one of those would work well in carbon fibre and kydex.....dishwasher proof stuff. Nice to be able sanitise the whole thing that way!

 

[mereside]

thats really nice work looking forward to seeing what you do with the blades we talked about , atb wayne

 

[HillBill]

I've been thinking about what i could use for handles to make them suitable for deer work as regulations say it cant be anything absorbant and must be food safe according to the chap who owns a gunshop near me, so unstabilised wood is out, not sure on stabilised stuff. Was thinking corian, but its heavy and slippy if its covered in blood or fish slime. Carbon fibre? might have to give that a whirl. Any other suggestions would be good, micarta? G10?

Unusually for me, I think one of those would work well in carbon fibre and kydex.....dishwasher proof stuff. Nice to be able sanitise the whole thing that way!

 

[HillBill]

Cheers Wayne. I'm thinking a straight bladed dagger type affair for the altas joint, slightly flexible as discussed, easy to work into a double sheath too. The steel is ordered. The grinder soon to be fixed, it was the start up capacitor that had gone. £7.50 for a new one. I'm happy

thats really nice work looking forward to seeing what you do with the blades we talked about , atb wayne

 

[Dreadhead]

phwaw those are something else Mark very nice

 

[British Red]

I've been thinking about what i could use for handles to make them suitable for deer work as regulations say it cant be anything absorbent and must be food safe according to the chap who owns a gunshop near me, so unstabilised wood is out, not sure on stabilised stuff. Was thinking corian, but its heavy and slippy if its covered in blood or fish slime. Carbon fibre? might have to give that a whirl. Any other suggestions would be good, micarta? G10?

I'm sure G10 would be fine....micarta probably but the fibres are absorbent if linen etc. However I guess they should be saturated and sealed in resin. Easier to go "all synthetic". Sheaths are the same - leather or fabric absorbs and retains all manner of of claret ...kydex on a Tecloc with stainless fiiting would mean, with your stainless, you put the whole lot in the wishdosh on hot cycle and forget it. Surprising how few quality game knives exist that meet the regs for commercial game work

 

[mountainm]

I've been thinking about what i could use for handles to make them suitable for deer work as regulations say it cant be anything absorbent and must be food safe according to the chap who owns a gunshop near me, so unstabilised wood is out, not sure on stabilised stuff. Was thinking corian, but its heavy and slippy if its covered in blood or fish slime. Carbon fibre? might have to give that a whirl. Any other suggestions would be good, micarta? G10?

Corian with a texture finish? You could melt a pattern onto it? Going to experiment making cavities in Corian to lighten them a little too.