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Comment by Michael Squier on July 14, 2015 at 15:16

Hi Jan, the thicker one is the Outdoor labeled one, its very noticable too. I should measure them for a comparison, if anyone cares lol.

Comment by Jan Carter on July 14, 2015 at 13:18

Michael,

Hey congrats on the find and finding the info!  The thickness may have been a way for the Outdoor Sportsman folks to lower the cost of the knives they were buying to sell

Comment by Jan Carter on July 14, 2015 at 13:16

John,

Donnie uses camel bone a lot as do others of the hobbiest that occasionally sell a knife, it is an inexpensive material that can be stabilized (needs to be done correctly by professionals) and makes great handles.  I once asked a major manufacture why they dont use it and the reply was "only because it will not take dye consistently and will give too many variations to the colors!

I wish more would use it, it reminds me old appaloosa bone and everyone gets a knife that is not just like everyone elses

Comment by Michael Squier on July 14, 2015 at 11:09

Ok, so I did some searching and found a picture of the identical blade this time marked Utica Sportsman, so im now sure my Outdoor Sportsman was made by Utica, they must have changed the thickness of these inexpensive knives at some point. My Utica may be later and its much thinner. 

Comment by Michael Squier on July 14, 2015 at 10:40

Outdoor Sportsman, anyone know who made them? It looks simular to a Utica Sportsman but has enough differences to make me think it was made by another company. The blade is thicker and it has a single swedge on the clip. This is one of those small bowie style hunting knives from the 40's and 50's , thanks. 

Comment by John w schmidt on June 25, 2015 at 6:37

Anything with Camel bone spells Pakistan. I think many are good quality and own a few. Have seen some that claim French Origen too.

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on June 24, 2015 at 22:10

Sorry, that should read $170

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on June 24, 2015 at 21:47

I forgot, I've got $70 into all three regular pricing is about $149 each

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on June 24, 2015 at 21:40

The company is called CFK - Custom Forged Knives and they have gotten very good reviews.

Jan Carter

They do all appear to be customs, do we know the makers?  I see a tang stamp on the first one you posted but it is too small for these old eyes to read

Comment by Billy Oneale on June 24, 2015 at 18:47

Nice blades

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