'Old School' style hunter

J. Doyle

J. Doyle

Dealer - Purveyor
This is another commissioned knife. He wanted what he called a traditional style hunter, something that looked like what his dad had. When I was a kid, my dad and uncle used to have some clip point hunters with clipped blades and stacked leather handles, made by Blackjack knives, I think. After a drawing, this is what we came up with. I guess it's my more modern version of that old Blackjack knife. Heck, even the curly maple is sort of reminiscent of that stacked leather. :)

This is a nice light and small hunter that balances perfectly on the first finger, right behind the guard. All of the materials for blade and handle and the overall design were picked out by the customer. This knife will be used whitetail hunting, probably even tomorrow. ;)

Specs:
Hand forged from 1075 steel
8" overall, 3 3/4" tip to guard, .190" thick at the ricasso with a full distal taper
Rounded spine and ricasso
False edge, not sharp but gives the knife a wicked point for piercing hide
Bronze guard with bronze and red g-10 spacers
Stabilized curly maple handle

All comments welcome.







 
Classic indeed, lovely lines on that one... I really like the rounded spine and ricasso, it looks very user friendly.
 
Beautiful,

awesome look with the dark blade finish and light wood, great bolster work also, always love you temper lines !

good job
 
Thank you all for the kind words. I appreciate it. He picked this one up yesterday and said in a week or so he may have some pics of it in use. I'll post them up if he sends them to me.

Thanks again.
 
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