Re: belt knives
[Re: danny clifton]
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08/02/19 01:51 PM
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I disagree about bringing your own knife being bad manners. It certainly isn't bad manners to bring your own hammer to a roofing party so why would it be bad to bring kitchen tools to a cooking work party? complaining about the knives they have might because you didn't bring your own might be bad manners
part of why my knives see so much kitchen use , used to cook for the homeless at the church, hate the garbage they call knives there. I would do them the courtesy of washing my knife first then I was using it.
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Re: belt knives
[Re: danny clifton]
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08/02/19 02:39 PM
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If ya can’t shave with a cutting implement its blunt and when I had to cook some place I would take my knives with me as it’s easier to work with tools one is used to
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Re: belt knives
[Re: danny clifton]
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08/02/19 03:49 PM
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on all the cooking shows that is the only thing the guest chefs or contestants bring with them.
knives are a very personal tool we each like something just a bit different , what feels right in out hand.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: belt knives
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08/02/19 06:05 PM
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Puma White Hunter...had one for years. Carry Sharp Finger most of the time. Dressed out lots of game with it. My bush carry is Puma Hunters Pal or a Puma Skinner. The Pumas were gifts but I bought sharp finger... Some nice looking blades here.
Last edited by Trapper Don; 08/02/19 06:05 PM.
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Re: belt knives
[Re: danny clifton]
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10/25/19 10:17 PM
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Love this one from knives of Alaska
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Re: belt knives
[Re: danny clifton]
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10/26/19 07:02 AM
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I don't often carry one. The mini trapper in my pocket has field dressed a LOT of game. This knife though belonged to my dads dad. Not sure how old it is but he had it when I was a kid. Its called a little finn made by kabar. As you can see it was used a lot and sharpened. For field dressing deer or elk its a real dandy. What kind of belt knives do you guys like? That is an excellent little knife. A friend I small game hunt with has been carrying one for years. He showed it to me one day and I thought the size and balance and grip we’re just about perfect for me. I ordered one from Amazon and when it arrived I was very disappointed to see that it was made in China. I returned it. I’m not sure if they make that model in America anymore. I have a friend who works at the Cutco/Kabar factory in Olean, NY about an hour from my camp. I’m going to ask him about it. Interesting sidenote; one evening he took me and a group of guys from camp over to tour the production facilities at Cutco/Kabar. It was very interesting.
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Re: belt knives
[Re: danny clifton]
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10/26/19 08:17 AM
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yes, the modern ones have a different steel (that shiney stuff) and a different grip shape. I had no idea they were made in china though
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: belt knives
[Re: danny clifton]
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10/26/19 09:47 AM
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If it doesn't rust or take a gray patina then it is some form of stainless steel... Or "high carbon" stainless as they like to say. The metallurgists can tell you all about that.
Good old carbon steel is the way to go. You can sharpen it on the flat side of a brick and put a workable edge on it. You just have to take care of it so it doesn't corrode, which can be a real issue with folding pocket knives... Sweat, etc...
I've always been told not to store pistols in a holster (especially leather)I figure the same goes for knives. The holster or sheath can draw/hold moisture. But sometimes, especially with young'uns around, it's safer to keep them sheathed and up out of reach.
Avoid chrome tanned leather for anything that will spend lots of time in contact with metal. The chromium salts left in the leather after tanning will corrode metals.
Mike
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Re: belt knives
[Re: Mike in A-town]
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10/26/19 09:51 AM
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If it doesn't rust or take a gray patina then it is some form of stainless steel... Or "high carbon" stainless as they like to say. The metallurgists can tell you all about that.
Good old carbon steel is the way to go. You can sharpen it on the flat side of a brick and put a workable edge on it. You just have to take care of it so it doesn't corrode, which can be a real issue with folding pocket knives... Sweat, etc...
I've always been told not to store pistols in a holster (especially leather)I figure the same goes for knives. The holster or sheath can draw/hold moisture. But sometimes, especially with young'uns around, it's safer to keep them sheathed and up out of reach.
Avoid chrome tanned leather for anything that will spend lots of time in contact with metal. The chromium salts left in the leather after tanning will corrode metals.
Mike And stainless doesn't necessarily mean bad. I just find stainless harder to put an edge on... And it doesn't take that beautiful gray patina like plain carbon steel does. I have a lot of stainless knives... My EDC is a Buck 110 folder. It gets worked like a rented mule and I don't worry about "abusing" it. Mike
One man with a gun may control 100 others who have none.
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Re: belt knives
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10/26/19 10:09 AM
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I do not carry a belt knife since a smaller folding knife has served me well for the past 60 years in my hunting and trapping adventures. I do however have a number of belt knives that I have collected over the years and think they are super cool. This one is a treasure that I found at a garage sale for three bucks. It is a Marbles Ideal, stag handle, with a five inch blade, Gladstone stamp, and original sheath. This is why I like garage sales. Now if I were to carry one and seriously wanted to cut something I would carry this Cutco serrated Hunter which is so sharp your eyes will bleed just looking at it. I got this one at a thrift shop for a decent price and sent it in to the factory for a free sharpening and polishing. Can't believe how sharp it is.
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Re: belt knives
[Re: danny clifton]
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10/26/19 08:46 PM
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Have a Kinfolk some what like Danny posted. Great for rectal work and working blind around interior lungs etc.Fits nice in hand with index finger as a guide. Only thing I did years ago, was to lower the handle strap so the blade stayed covered. Have other knives job specific. Tut
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