Rifletuner Posted December 20, 2023 Report Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) If you dont know the story of Harry Wolhuter and his "lion killer" knife, its definitely worth a read: https://southafrica.co.za/legend-of-harry-wolhuter.html The knife itself was made by Thomas Williams Butchers Cutler in London and was from a pattern commonly used for slaughtering sheep in the 1800s. I used the template produced by Pops Knife Supply: https://popsknife.supplies/pages/lion-killer to make my knife. The blade is 3mm SF100 stainless, with a full flat grind and a tapered tang. The handle is gidgee scales with thin red G10 liners, brass pins & a brass mosaic lanyard tube. Handle finish is hand rubbed Aussie oil. Edited December 20, 2023 by Rifletuner 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
advpat Posted December 21, 2023 Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 Beautiful knife 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted December 21, 2023 Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 7 hours ago, Rifletuner said: f you dont know the story of Harry Wolhuter 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifletuner Posted December 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 1 hour ago, advpat said: Beautiful knife Thanks mate 👍 1 hour ago, gryphon said: 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. Thanks mate 👍 Its definitely an interesting story. I wonder how many people today would fight back with a knife under those circumstances? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncs Posted December 21, 2023 Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 This has become an obsession hasn’t it? 😂 Careful or you’ll run out of time for shooting! Bloody nice again mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamHuntVic Posted December 21, 2023 Report Share Posted December 21, 2023 I look at factory knives and think yeah, that looks nice but nothing beats the look, feel and workmanship of craftsman produced knives. You are setting a very high bar for yourself RT. Grant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timb0 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 That is a very beautiful Knife! I especially like the handle. What is SF-100 like? Possibly similar to AEB-L? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifletuner Posted January 28 Author Report Share Posted January 28 On 27/01/2024 at 1:01 PM, Timb0 said: That is a very beautiful Knife! I especially like the handle. What is SF-100 like? Possibly similar to AEB-L? Thanks mate. Yes, SF100 is similar to AEBL. I haven't used that particular knife, but other knives Ive made from SF100 have performed pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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