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Thanks mate 👍

Very nice.

Thanks Dave 👍

That's a ripper RT.

Thanks mate 👍

Another great looking knife mate. I like the blade shape and that handle looks good.

Thanks mate

Another fantastic specimen! Great work

This one is 3mm NitroV steel, with a full flat grind and a tapered tang. Handles are Spotted Gum, with red G10 liners, brass Loveless bolts & brass lanyard tube. The pattern of this knife draws very heavily from the Bark River Gunny Hunter. I had some Auctioneers Promise red oil and gun stock oil sitting here and have been thinking about trying it on a knife handle for a while. I had been a bit nervous about the red oil in particular as I didnt want it to dominate the colour of the handle timber by darkening it too much. I was initially a bit underwhelmed with the spotted gum after I hand sanded it, as it just looked like a very plain piece of light wood. I hit it with one coat of red oil and it was amazing how it brought the figure out in the wood. I stopped after a second coat of red oil, then gave it 14 coats of the gun stock oil and think it came up great.

I always take a map, compass and pen when I'm out. But a GPS is a level above so I always take one of them too. Always knowing where you are is handy

🤣 studying the map beforehand is the best preparation i find.

What's wrong with a map and compass linked to the Eyeball MK1. Sure I've been geographically embarrassed but not for long. Once was sitting on a log having a think and a good look around only 30 metres from Joefish and the truck. Grant.

Yeah, I get the advantage of it. But I don’t have one so it pisses me off

fair enough. some guys like them as they can see where each other are within about a 5km range. i think you have to talk or press the talk button every so often to keep updating your location? i can see why multiple hunters in an area might like them but i found them a bit of a distraction, plus when you get too far apart you lose contact anyway.

They talk to each other over UHF for the location tracking. So if you’re out on the same channel (but not on a Rhino) then you get a squalk tone every few mins. Pisses me off

Its the most obnoxious thing a hunter can have

I beleive its the Roger tone that people don't turn off. and Duncs thinks its a transmission tone that effects uhf users

what do you have against rhino's?

Howdy, from Newcastle. Started bowhunting but still don't know a lot. Looking forward to having fun and learning.

F#*king Rhinos!!

Thanks Ben I have, but I was really keen for something that could use satelite imagery, but I believe the rhino has a UHF as well?

have you thought about a rino 750 and topo maps,

i have a garmin gpsmap62s i think it is, must be 10 years old by now. its pretty good, i did have to load some maps, for memory i bought them cheaply on a card off ebay, the maps are very good but im sure they're "garmin authenticity" is questionable. compass works ok in it, sight n go feature is good. i hardly use it now though as the phone maps on avenza are just too good, 4 times bigger screen and good free maps. the garmin will be more durable if you have a misshap (fall in a river) unless you have your phone in something like a snap lock bag (yep, that's saved me before) there is the garmin inreach mini if you want satellite messenger capability.

Garmin doesn't block free maps, if a free map isn't working there's most likely another issue causing the problem. Encrypted firmware on a lot of their new devices will stop non-legit maps from working, while still allowing free maps to work. Pretty good rundown of the 67i here Better price here

Garmin do their best to block free maps from working to get your extra $200. I got sick of the issues just trying to get the current DPI requirement maps working on the old 64S every 1/4. Still trying and can't get the latest. Lucky as free Avensa maps are so much better and I don't bother with taking the Garmin as a backup in state forests. With a modern bigger phone screen, I can also use it in the car exploring the forest tracks.