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Bird & Trout Knives

So often when we here Traditional Pattern knife we think folding slip joints. Over time, however several traditional pattern fixed blades have become fairly consistent. I think one of the most collected among these is the Bird & Trout Knife. Lets see some Fish & Fowl Fixed Blades. I'll start with my Boker 155 as this one is my favorite. This little Boker was found so versatile that it became part of the Emergency bail-out gear of the Strategic Air Command. Why because Curtis LeMay was lookng for a light weight versatile knife and not something Rambo would use to take on the entire Soviet Army!

Below are pictures of my Boker USA 155 knives. The top one is the Civilian version and the bottom is the E-1 Survival Knife used by the USAF Main differences between the two is the E-1 has a lanyard hole and hard leather fitted tube sheath.

But at the end of the day, both are simply classic Fish and Fowlers!

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on April 8, 2015 at 20:41

That joker is great!

Permalink Reply by Syd Carr on April 8, 2015 at 21:04

Thanks, I'm very happy with it. I've cleaned many a dove/pheasant/duck in my day, and I wish I had this knife when I was more actively hunting. I used a Buck 102 for years, (later stolen, never could get it to sharpen up well anyway), & wanted something to replace it, but something a little larger with bone/antler/stag handle. After shopping around online this one fell in the middle price-wise, and just looked good to me & had good reviews so I ordered it. I was pleasantly surprised when it arrived, it is the most naturally comfortable fixed blade I've ever had in my hand, plus it's light weight makes it a breeze to carry. As I seldom hunt anymore, most of the wear it will have on it when my grandson inherits it will be the patina the blade will naturally develop over time. I still go fishing, so it will probably clean a trout or two eventually, (or maybe an albacore...I live at the ocean now, & go out for albies every season if possible), but I doubt it will ever gut a bird.

Jan Carter said:

That joker is great!

Permalink Reply by Jerryd6818 on April 12, 2015 at 13:21

Some would argue that the Randall #8 B&T is too large to be a true B&T but I figure that's what they named it so there ya go.

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on April 12, 2015 at 14:52

And I would argue anytime one hasa chance to show a Randall, you show a Randall! Awesome, B&T, Jerry!

Permalink Reply by tim payne on April 12, 2015 at 15:48

agree with toby, awesome randall jerry

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on April 12, 2015 at 19:27

I say with go with Randall Bird & Trout! It is a beauty!

Permalink Reply by Jerryd6818 on April 13, 2015 at 11:00

Thanks folks. I had wanted a Randall since 1965 when St. Clair and Kjentvet used theirs to help cut the tent tops off the hardback hooches so we could apply corrugated. (those tent tops leaked like a sieve everyplace they touched the 2x4 frame). I was truly amazed that they only had to stop and sharpen their Randalls once for about every three or four times the guys with K-Bars were going to the stone. Fast forward a little over ten years to about 1978 and I discovered this B&T, brand new, in a local gun shop. Couldn't resist it.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on April 13, 2015 at 13:38

Jerry

That is quite a testament to the Randalls of that era. Glad you found one to make your own