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Jon was with me for many years. We don't live too far apart now and I go to his place to shoot,as it is secluded,and he has a 200 yard range.
He likes to hunt,and never eats store bought meat as he doesn't like the hormones they shoot into animals. I can't blame him. I would not want to kill animals myself. I just like the challenge of accurate shooting,which I am getting worse at because I shake now.
So,I thought a knife was a good gift. Jon is hard on knives. He broke the tip off of a vintage Puma pocket knife I found for him,and he lost a trapper I gave him. Jon never takes this knife off the mantle!!!
It is a folding hunter,really. The blade is 3/16" thick. Most pocket knives are less than 1/8" thick on the blade. The handle scales are quarter sawn elephant ivory(certified pre 1972). The steel the blade is made of is vintage,too. It was cut from some 1950's Brown and Sharpe 1095 tool steel that I bought. It had been in an old store so long that the paper wrappings were tattered and falling apart. Not fit to sell,I guess. I was delighted to buy it all. Made back when America made the real stuff!! It is ground SO much smoother than tool steel is today. You nearly cannot see the grinding marks on it. 1095 is Jon's favorite knife steel,because plain carbon steel will take a keener edge than any other steel. It's true.
The blade is 4" long.
The blade was freehand ground,as are all my knives (I have no other way to do it). It was highly polished because highly polished steel is slower to etch from blood. Before stainless,many hunting knives,especially German ones,were highly polished,giving you more time to wipe the blood off before it attacked the steel.
The gold insert in the handle is 24 karat gold,with Jn's name engraved on it.
When I filed a decorative pattern into the back of the knife,I discretely filed "Jon" into the pattern. I made up that pattern because I could work Jon's name into it. I HOPE I can find the close up photo of that.
The bolsters are nickel silver. It will not tarnish for quite a long time,and is stronger than silver.
Well,I can't find the closeup of the filing on the back of Jon's knife,though I do have it somewhere. SO,I'm throwing in a Bowie knife I freehand ground out of 1/4" D2 steel. Its blade is 6" long. The handle is micarta which looks like ivory(reasonably so). It is urea plastic layered with impregnated paper. You can see the layers when it is contoured.
If you look carefully,you can just make out JON in the back of the knife centered between the center rivet and the last rivet on the left.
He likes to hunt,and never eats store bought meat as he doesn't like the hormones they shoot into animals. I can't blame him. I would not want to kill animals myself. I just like the challenge of accurate shooting,which I am getting worse at because I shake now.
So,I thought a knife was a good gift. Jon is hard on knives. He broke the tip off of a vintage Puma pocket knife I found for him,and he lost a trapper I gave him. Jon never takes this knife off the mantle!!!
It is a folding hunter,really. The blade is 3/16" thick. Most pocket knives are less than 1/8" thick on the blade. The handle scales are quarter sawn elephant ivory(certified pre 1972). The steel the blade is made of is vintage,too. It was cut from some 1950's Brown and Sharpe 1095 tool steel that I bought. It had been in an old store so long that the paper wrappings were tattered and falling apart. Not fit to sell,I guess. I was delighted to buy it all. Made back when America made the real stuff!! It is ground SO much smoother than tool steel is today. You nearly cannot see the grinding marks on it. 1095 is Jon's favorite knife steel,because plain carbon steel will take a keener edge than any other steel. It's true.
The blade is 4" long.
The blade was freehand ground,as are all my knives (I have no other way to do it). It was highly polished because highly polished steel is slower to etch from blood. Before stainless,many hunting knives,especially German ones,were highly polished,giving you more time to wipe the blood off before it attacked the steel.
The gold insert in the handle is 24 karat gold,with Jn's name engraved on it.
When I filed a decorative pattern into the back of the knife,I discretely filed "Jon" into the pattern. I made up that pattern because I could work Jon's name into it. I HOPE I can find the close up photo of that.
The bolsters are nickel silver. It will not tarnish for quite a long time,and is stronger than silver.
Well,I can't find the closeup of the filing on the back of Jon's knife,though I do have it somewhere. SO,I'm throwing in a Bowie knife I freehand ground out of 1/4" D2 steel. Its blade is 6" long. The handle is micarta which looks like ivory(reasonably so). It is urea plastic layered with impregnated paper. You can see the layers when it is contoured.
If you look carefully,you can just make out JON in the back of the knife centered between the center rivet and the last rivet on the left.
