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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

imagine a red hot (white hot) billet of metal belted flat then folded then flattened then folded...with an air hammer some billets of steel are folded 1500 times. I spoke to a Damascus cutler that was folding 1200 times by hand!

GD put some pics of your knives up with some details can you,I will eventually get myself a Dammy or three.

Remind me to pull `em out next time you lob mate,they are good tough knives,the middle one is in the tractor cab as I use it for gutting silage bags ,they will blunt a knife quickly and she works well.Ask me about steels too. (sharpening ones)

Hoy stalker the two smaller knives except the Green River skinner were made from old cross cut saw blades, they are high carbon steel which is grouse for knives imo and to me as an ex slaught better than SS. Anyway my mate Kelvin made them for me and i still use them to this day. The GR steel is as good as it gets and is renowned for its quality. GR blanks can be had for $10 USD

I have had input on boots previously a few times as I have used all sorts for 30 years for sambar hunting which is very tough on footwear...this 30 doesnt count all the years before that on other species. Anyway I still buy them if i see a bargain and continue to use every pair in my boot locker as evidenced in the pic...I dont clean them,let the grass do that! I dont oil them much either as most are Cordura type material or other syn stuff. The Irish Setters I wore to NZ are top boots (3rd from left front) but did buckle slightly under even tougher conditions in one of the side panels which has suggested to me in future that this type are limited to easier hunting..stands to reason eh as the more panels sewn together the more can go wrong...NZ high country Sth Island hunting does require quality boots and although the IS`s did the trip wonderfully and with much hunting pre and post that trip the panel stitching and not enough overlap means that type wont be going back there. I have gone off the Rocky`s I have worn and own.. good boots but not good enough for me though I still wear them. Danners are good,but haven't been to NZ. The wet weather/snow /mud boots are used on the farm here and in the bush camps too,no cold feet with them.

There`s no such thing as 'waterproof' if you are hunting where you cross rivers and creeks as the water comes in over the top of the boot and stays in tooyou cant keep it out for long. Recent NZ hunt..we crossed the river 100 yards from the truck and the feet were wet for the next ten days as it was cross more of them or actually walk up the creeks,no boot can stand that sort of stuff but it can be more comfortable than the much cheaper jobs. My third toenail only came off last night from that hunt btw.

First pair of Hi-Teks of mine were the only pair,I blew them apart on a 10 day hunt in the "gatta in 93,never will own that brnd again. I did 12 days in NZ`s toughest country a month or so back and wore Irish Setters,they were a great grippy boot but the water proofing factor means nothing if you are crossing creeks and rivers daily. Main thing is for stiffish and tough boots and a bit of height for max ankle support...Meindels are available under the Cabelas home brand,same boot but re branded cabs and are 1/2 the price here of M branded`s

I grabbed Rono`s Piranta to do some work on that little stag he shot recently ferk! bang, broke the blade on the first go,threw it to the shite house and reached into my pack for my Green River skinner..with the appropriate words added. I carry a scalpel but its for doing some of the finer work around the head skin,skinning knives are made for skinning scalpel blades arent,at least not for the big animals that is. A two hand grip and an upward thrust will split through the brisket so as to access the organs on the meat animals much easier too.

No it was made in Sweden AH

Exquisite alright,heres another knife carrying the same handle material that I was sent a lump of..wild briar root from Spain.Alas its not mine,check the dammy blade out!