What's your favorite hunting knife?

[COPPERDOG1]

My go to knives are Bark River Ptarmigan and Bark River Little Caper.

Brian

 

[Smokin' Joe]

Bark River knives are very high quality.  I had the Fox River model which I sold (another hair brain idea of mine) to fund another project.  Good knives!

 

[Marty1]

Here's my primary skinner...

nothing fancy...a U.S.A. made, 4- 7/8" WESTERN 39...early 70's.  Holds an edge real nice.  I bought it new back then and have used it ever since.

GREAT blades and pics guys!  Hard for me to walk by any knife display in a store. I always had an interest in fine hunting knives.

 

[Muley Hunter]

I do plan to buy a Green River knife to stay in my mountain man era. I'll get one for skinning, and a bigger one for the kitchen for butchering.

 

[Justahunter]

I make custom knives and use them anymore but I don't go anywhere without a vintage Case XX folder of some sort. By far and away my favorite produciton knife. There are a lot of good produciton knives on the market and the Natives made a sharp rock work for thousands of years.

I love these knife threads.

Here is some of what I produce.

Cool thread.

I always love seeing cutlery.

Todd

 

[Whokalouie]

Nice knives and leather work too. :Red tup:

John

 

[Smokin' Joe]

Holy cow!!!!!!  Those knives are absolutely beautiful.  You are really talented.  Thanks for sharing!!

 

[RonRC]

Those are FINE knives! I would be proud to own any of them!
Ron

 

[Muley Hunter]

Those are purdy!

Do you make a grubby mountain man version?

 

[Justahunter]

Thank you fellas! Very humbling.

I haven't made a grubby mountain man version yet for the simple reason, I honestly feel the best "throw back" knives are produced by real mountain men who want a great knife. I can't really offer much in that area that you couldn't teach yourself how to do with the help of youtube, and with some patience you could make a really great knife with some hand tools and a torch with a rose bud (to heat the metal.)

That being said, I do use a rasp once in a while and if you have a quality rasp, they make great blades similar to 1095 and could produce a very vintage "grubby", awesome look.

Here are a couple full tang rasp knives. One is convexed and polished for a differnt look.

Anyhow,

If any of you would like to try and tackel a knife project, I am an open book and will help any way I can.

Thanks again,

Todd

 

[Muley Hunter]

I like the last one pictured.

No way for me to make one. I live in an apartment.

 

[patocazador]

What's the wood in the 1st picture of your first post? That knife is gorgeous.

Do you have a website or order blank or have you discontinued sales?

 

[Kentucky Colonel]

Wow. Just wow. 

Do you still sell?

And, make a really grubby one for Muley. Rub some mud into it or something.  :twisted:

 

[Justahunter]

Thank you again, fellows.

First off, I need to apologize to the admin and the O.P. as I didn't mean to use this awesome forum and high jack this awesome thread as a selling tool for my knives and I'm not quite sure of the rules as I don't contribute financially here at all. I will have to change that and see about becoming a contributing member somehow...

The very first knife has Spalted Pecan scales on it and it has quickly become one of my favorites.

I do have a facebook page and I really hope I'm not breaking the rules but it is Thayn Custom Knives.

I do sell a few and take a few orders but I am so backed up right now, ethically I have to catch up before I can take any more. I have a carreer, a 5 year old and 2 year old and not much spare time so I get to it when life allows.

Thank you all again, so much. It does mean the world and I feel honored when people think so much of my work. I can be reached via P.M. here or messaged on F.B. if you would like to talk further about knives or how to build your own I will help any way I can.

Thanks again,

Todd