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Fixed blades

A dicsussion group about knives of the Great Outdoors needs to have an area to discuss all those fixed blades. This will be a place to show off your fixed blades. Doesn't matter if it for filet fish or just the knife you use around the camp fire. Maybe its your favorite deer skinner! Let's see it!

For years, the knife i took camping was my Camillus Mk2 Fighting knife. But it is now in retirement. Not because I found something better, just because it has too much sentimental meaning to have it confiscated by a park ranger or game warden or lost through stupidity.

My current camp knife is a Rough Rider 844 Burl Wood Hunter. Why? Because it has been getting the job done. I've got Hunters by Bear & Son, Case and Buck that all cost more but this one seems to get the job done better and cost half as much as the others.

The only issue I had with the knife was the strap for the sheath. It got in the way of taking the knife in and out of the sheath . A little altering and all was fine.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Oncedisturbed Riley on December 12, 2013 at 19:13

Some very nice knive here, need to photo my various knives

Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on December 28, 2013 at 2:53

Case 381-6 SS

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on December 28, 2013 at 12:20

Excellent Case fixed blade, Ken. I live that upswept clip and the stacked leather handle! Looks sharp (in more than one way!)

Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on December 28, 2013 at 12:22

Thanks Tobias, its really a quality knife.

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on December 28, 2013 at 20:49

https://bay173.mail.live.com/default.aspx?id=64855&owa=1&ow... Remington hunting set at BassPro.com

Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on January 1, 2014 at 5:52

Colt 2 Knife set

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on January 1, 2014 at 9:54

Very nice piggy-back set, Ken. How does the big Colt compare to the Case 381-6? It looks very similar.

Permalink Reply by Ken Spielvogel on January 1, 2014 at 10:01

Thanks Tobias - yes they are very similar - except the Case has a lot better quality in its stacked leather. I like them both.

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on January 1, 2014 at 10:24

Good morning , this is a group of knives make by local knife maker Bill Wright of Stanton Tenn. He made knifes from saw blades, old Denson wood saws or cross cut saws. He would break the crosscut blades up and and grind the shards to the shape he desired. Some of his first knives he made, used handle kits, he ordered from an ad in Popular Mechanics magazine in the 1950's. He used a lead mold for the guards , which was part of the kit and his own saw blades. The two small paring knives and the well worn kitchen knife, were my grandmother's ,than my Mom's and now mine. He made me the deer bone handled knife from the largest whitetail buck , I had harvested at the time. The large knife in the center photo was his last knife, he made, before he passed on a few years ago. His knives can be found at yard sales & flea markets in Haywood, Fayette, and Lauderdale counties.

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on January 1, 2014 at 10:52

This is this deer, the leg bone of the Wright knife. I had purchased a ten inch 357 Remington Maximum barrel for my TC contender, that year , used 158 grain Hornady XTP at 2000 FPS. Ended up selling that barrel later, and purchased a 14 inch in the same caliber, for added velocity and less muzzle flash. The ten inch barrel muzzle flash was about 3 feet long and alarmingly bright in low light!

Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on January 1, 2014 at 11:06

Big coyote taken with the 14 inch 357 Rem. Max. He had bitten the nose off, one of my bucks, and was heading to parts unknown as I topped a ridge, tracking the eight point. Sprinting across a short valley, away from me. The yodel dog looked back in my direction, before exiting the opposing ridge, which was his last mistake.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on January 1, 2014 at 11:10

Rick,

Very nice to have the memories of a friend, family members and previous hunts in your knives. I think the history of knives is fascinating and there are some great stories out there like yours. Wouldnt it be nice if we could compile them right here on iKC?