Rusty R Halsey

Male

Casper, WY

United States

The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world - it can just barely kill you. (Northrop test pilot)

Profile Information:

How did you hear about iKnifeCollector?
Yes
Do you currently subscribe to any knife publication (offline)
No
How long have you collected knives?
6- 10 years
Favorite Kind of Knives
sowbellys & sunfish; 3 blade trappers & hardwood handles
About Me
certified old fart - not wild about cheap stainless steel, celluloid handles or telephones of any type
Interests
watching NASCAR, reading about unusual aircraft, gardening, playing with the dog
Other Hobbies
very simple woodworking; using basic photography; avoiding crowds & finding quiet places

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  • Keelen Grimm

    Thank you for the kind comments on my photos! Yes the thumb holes work just as well as thumb-studs but take some getting used to if you have always used the latter a lot. I tried to make my pictures more artsy which is where the weird angles come from! Feel free to use any of my ideas.

    Keelen

    Apr 29, 2009

  • Keelen Grimm

    Thank you for the information! I appreciate it.

    Apr 29, 2009

  • Steve wells

    Rusty
    That is a great Collection of Sunfish-STUNNING

    Apr 30, 2009

  • Steve wells

    Thanks for the Friendship- Show more Bull Dogs

    Apr 30, 2009

  • Steve wells

    Well I thank you very much on the Coms Rusty - you have some very fine Trapper on your page

    May 2, 2009

  • Steve wells

    Thanks Rusty,but not as pretty as them Bulldogs ummmm

    May 3, 2009

  • Steve wells

    Thanks Rusty

    Canal Street would be my second choice of Knives

    May 4, 2009

  • Doug Scearce

    Rusty feel free to use one of the knives I would
    like to see it when you finish if that's fair LOL!

    May 4, 2009

  • Steve wells

    Rusty you really got a way with the camera- Just oustanding

    May 4, 2009

  • Seamus McGuinness

    Thanks, I'm still supprised it got through customs.

    May 19, 2009


  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Hey Rusty
    Just dropping by to say Hello!
    Scott

    Jun 12, 2009

  • jeff claiborne

    rusty, thanks for kind words. i love to make sowbellys, toenails, swellcenters. they are so big and impressive. i like your pictures, nice knives. a little carbon steel and a piece of stag and i am happy. jeff

    Jul 1, 2009

  • Steve wells

    Hey Rusty hope you had a good weekend - all i did was buy a few knives - later

    Jul 27, 2009

  • Steve wells

    Morning Rusty - I can't wait to recive them. One is a AAPK Club knife - Stockman, 440c , and Ebony scales its a bute. Then a Russlock out of the Limited Edition Commemorative set. Have a good one - later

    Jul 29, 2009

  • Randy, HHH Knives

    Rusty, Yep I sure do. The inlay that is.. Thanks for the kind words and complement.
    Randy

    Nov 5, 2009

  • Frank Evans

    Rusty, Let me know more if you think that Whittler Bulldog in the photos is rare - i do not have any referance books for Parker products!

    Frank Evans

    Nov 9, 2009

  • Frank Evans

    Rusty! you and the camera do great things together! Nice Portfolio!

    Nov 9, 2009

  • Frank Evans

    My whilter has the same bulldog make as your big whitler does! I think per the photos above!

    Nov 9, 2009

  • Frank Evans

    Rusty, i noticed from your photos the wood scales like my Case knives. I also noticed you have a lot more wood Case! that are great! Nice Collection! Wellcome aboard.... This is a great forum and great people!

    I use to ride Harley's, and I met some of the greatest folks... It's the same in the knife family, most all are great, honest, "home-folk"

    Enjoy!

    Frank

    Nov 10, 2009

  • Frank Evans

    I'm not supposed to lend any iRetailer any president over another but that is one hell-of-a -catalog!

    They have and deserve a great following especially for the "exclusives".

    I have more comments on my photo of the Case Easter Canoe from Shepherd Hills than I do any other knife.

    Good Man!

    Frank

    Nov 21, 2009

  • Frank Evans

    Great photos BTW!

    Nov 21, 2009

  • thomas c stratton

    One of these days I'm going to get a couple of those five-blade trappers and filework them,just to see how they turn out.I didn;t notice them in the Smoky mountain catalog.

    Dec 28, 2009

  • thomas c stratton

    Rusty,
    Do they call the five-blade trapper "the Beast"? Case had a peanut out some years back called the Beast.I always intended to filework one just for fun but never got around to it.The trapper is a bigger "canvas" to work on.I will try to get some time to post pics of some of my work ASAP. The hliday has put me behind and wore me out.
    Tom

    Dec 28, 2009

  • Bob Andrews

    You have a nice bunch of GEC's there Rusty!
    Bob Andrews
    http://oldhundredcollectibles.com

    Jun 7, 2010

  • Michael D Sabol

    thanks for joining my group

    Jun 15, 2010

  • Jim Thompson

    Thanks for the comment on a couple of my knives. I need to work harder to get to your level of photos. All are superb and a very diverse collectioon of knives all of which are beautiful. Thanks again...Jim

    Feb 20, 2011

  • Jim Thompson

    I welcome your friendship. The pictures that I have posted are of items that I have displayed in my home office. One of these days I will post some more of my collection, the majority of which is Case. One of my favorite patterns is the "muskrat' and I have selectively added other makers muskrats to it as well as the "Scout/Utility" pattern. Needless to say I like all knives, the older ones in good shape the most. They are getting harder & harder to find, especially at a reasonable price.

    Feb 20, 2011

  • Luca Vignelli

    Rusty,

    I just posted the price quotes from GEC for the custom black buffalo horn #36 Sunfish. I just need you to reconfirm that you still want one, or more, now that we have a firm price quote.

    You can check out all the latest info I posted on the GEC Group page and let me know there.

    Thanks!

     

    Feb 28, 2011

  • Jim Thompson

    Hi Rusty..Thank you for the comments on my knives & pictures but thre picture quality is lacking to yours. You have a very excellent group of knives posted. I noticed some muskrats. One of these days I will post some. This is one of my favorite patterns.

    Mar 5, 2011

  • falah gumilar

    Hi Rusty, you got great knives and pics!!

    Mar 14, 2011

  • James O Phillips

    Thanks for the comment,like the great eastern knives too.

    Mar 30, 2011


  • KnifeMaker

    Dave Taylor

    Hi Rusty,

    I spent most of my life in the wheat and cow country of Montana.  When I worked for the railroad I had an opportunity to transfer out to the coal line in Thunder Basin.  Didn't do it and always wished I had, but that's "hind sight".  Two years ago, when we had one of those "once in ten years" winters I decided to try Arizona.  I got a warm climate, but it sure isn't "home".  If I could find a little place up around the Sundance/Newcastle country I'd be back in a minute.

     

    Good to hear from you.  Hope you're enjoying a bit of Springtime up there.

     

    Dave

    Apr 18, 2011

  • johnny twoshoes

    Rusty, your an awesome photographer.

    Great album, and some very quality pics, and knives.

     

    Great show my friend

    Jun 16, 2011


  • In Memoriam

    Robert Burris

    Welcome to the Outdoor Group, tell us about the outdoors where you live.

    Oct 25, 2011


  • KnifeMaker

    Larry Tay

    Hi Rusty,

    Is it the photo or the knives you like ?

    In either case,thanks very much .

    Best wishes for the season.

    Larry

    Dec 18, 2011


  • KnifeMaker

    Larry Tay

    Hi Rusty, had a look again at your pics and saw what you mean by problems with the ones with the lace and white marble ground,You seem to have solved the problems as proven by the shot of the knife on the maple (?) leaves. Beautiful,you're the man. Thanks for the photography lesson.

    Dec 25, 2011

  • Tom Peterson

    Rusty,

    Thanks for your comments on my latest GEC's sir. You have quite a collection too and your photography is superb! Your lineup of GEC sunfish is pretty awesome. Also like the Mountaineers Are Always Free etched knives being that I am a WVU grad. Like the Bulldogs too. Great work on displaying your collection!!!

    Dec 27, 2011


  • KnifeMaker

    J. Mutz Knives

    Hi Rusty,

       Thanks for the kind words about my Elephant Toe knife. I hope you have a safe and prosperous New Year.

     

    Jeff

    Dec 31, 2011

  • MICHAEL MAYFIELD

    Hey Rusty, Thanks for stopping by and comments!!

    Happy New Year!!

    Mike

    Jan 2, 2012

  • Terry Pitts

        Thanks Rusty glad you like it.  Terry

    Jan 11, 2012

  • Patrick A. Servey

    Thanks Rusty, They're a start. I have high hopes of getting some better pics. taken to posted of some others. You on the other hand take some great pics. I can only hope for such a shoot. My son gave me another setting suggestion to try so, I'll see.

     Thanks again Pat

    Jan 14, 2012

  • Patrick A. Servey

    Rusty, Thanks for friending me and THANK YOU so much for the complements. Pat

    Jan 14, 2012

  • Terry Pitts

         Glad you liked the knives Rusty.     Terry

    Jan 14, 2012

  • Guy Fitoussi

    Glad you liked It. The name of this monastery is "MARSSABA",it is not far from Jerusalem and it was founded during the Byzantine period.

    Jan 16, 2012

  • Guy Fitoussi

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Saba

    Jan 16, 2012

  • Ron Cooper

    Hey, Rusty!

    Congratulations on being a "Featured Member." I really like the photos of your knives. I may have to steal some of your ideas. I especially like some of the critters that you pose with your knives.

    Good show, my friend!

    Oct 18, 2012

  • Ron Cooper

    Rusty,

    Thanks! I really appreciate your kind words.

    Have a great evening!

    Oct 18, 2012

  • Jim Thompson

    Hi Rusty....Thanks for the comments on the damascus hunter and chef knife. Both of these blades came from Alabama Damascus. The chef blade is from a 5100 alloy material and based on the effort & time it took to get it polished and after completion, sharpening it to my satisfaction, leads me to believe it would be a good material for a field knife as well.  

    Oct 21, 2012

  • Indian

    Wc Davis makes awesome knives for fraction of the cost...and outstanding workmanship...

    Mar 9, 2013

  • Sunil Ram

    Rusty, thanks for joining the Stockman Pattern Group.

    Apr 7, 2013