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RT below is an excerpt from a tale of a stag I took many years ago. Geez I wished I had one like your handle as even a glimmer would have helped me find it. In bold below. I found my GR on a return trip the next morning. Quote: Knowing dark was imminent I took the obligatory photos although with the aid of a flash unit and then making up my mind to head skin and cape him out there and then under my "battery questionable " head lamp I got stuck into him. Then disaster! Placing my Green River skinning knife on the leafy carpet after an initial cut and prior to rolling the stag I simply couldn't find it after the roll over,frig it! EQ:

Geez mate they look pharking awesome,too good to give to rello`s lol.

I`ve been a fan of HW for 20 odd years ever since reading of the saga `tween him and the lion. The black fellas refused to believe that he killed a lion with a knife until they followed the blood trail and found it dead...from gone to hero in minutes and they worshipped him from then on. The knife looks bloody great RT.

Sold my 15x56 to a bloke that has property in the King Valley, he told me recently that he was observing sambar sunning at 1.5 k`s away on a hill face.

Howzabout some dimension specs RT? IE blade length, handle length.

Big strong knife and it looks like its strong enough to cut that cracker in half too.

I used the red gum handled sheep skinner on the recent stag today RT. As you can see the effects of the 7mm RM under the ear butt had an explosive effect and of course an instantaneous death. Below is how the antlers came out after the skin was removed. Maybe you can use them as scales. I hit them with the hose and will saw off later.

It did the job, unzipped the stag and other tasks. I will have a yap to you re handle shape mate.

And 'opening up' treatment at home with another of RT`s knives. Mulga wood handle/scales.

mailed you.

RT`s knife got a bit of paint on her this morning. Stag had his head showing above a berry bush from where I was. As he reached for a bite I gave him one from the old 7mmRM. I could only see his head at the time.

And to another AH member along with RT many thanks also for the rifle sling ...with sambar motif.

Being longer could only be better for those late arvo sits or the wet bush walks imo. I`m glad we got those hoods done at the time. Very happy with mine, why else would i buy two lol, they are a daily wear here in the bush, on foot, bike, ute, Kubota and I will add that the SIL loves his. PM inbound.

I have bought three, two with hoods....I`m the original crash test dummy hood wise. There you go @SamHuntVic, a member endorsement lol.

There are some good pieces here, a Green River blank for $10 gets you real quality carbon steel,a few bucks for pins etc and make a handle for yourself from whatever grabs you,maybe a bit of antler,bone or some exotic wood you have around the joint. http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/SubList.aspx?catId=9 and also here for those that want to try making from kits or even buying a finished job. http://www.texasknife.com/vcom/index.php