Green River Knife project today

[Caleb Foster]

Anyone have a knife they pair with their gun? I always carry this old Green River skinner with my Hawken Rifle, it’s an awesome whitetail processing knife. Today I decided to dress it up a little!

 

[montezuma]

Always wanted one of those.

 

[Caleb Foster]

Always wanted one of those.

You can still buy them, they are inexpensive too

 

[Banjoman]

Yep, this knife always goes out with the Chambers.

 

[BillinOregon]

Caleb, Banjoman, I like your knives. I have some Russell blades around here somewhere, -- a ripper, two big butchers and a sheep, or "legging" knife. Used to have a buffalo skinner, too. I wonder where it is. I added that legging knife after reading comments by a guy who managed a bison ranch for Ted Turner saying he thought that particular blade was the best of the lot for dressing a bison.
This one:
https://www.crazycrow.com/green-river-knife-blades/green-river-knife-blade-5.25in-sheep-skinner

 

[Gtrubicon]

I just recently got this one off eBay for 19$ delivered. Two Feathers built the beautiful sheath For me.

 

[Caleb Foster]

I just recently got this one off eBay for 19$ delivered. Two Feathers built the beautiful sheath For me.

Looks good

 

[Caleb Foster]

Caleb, Banjoman, I like your knives. I have some Russell blades around here somewhere, -- a ripper, two big butchers and a sheep, or "legging" knife. Used to have a buffalo skinner, too. I wonder where it is. I added that legging knife after reading comments by a guy who managed a bison ranch for Ted Turner saying he thought that particular blade was the best of the lot for dressing a bison.
This one:
https://www.crazycrow.com/green-river-knife-blades/green-river-knife-blade-5.25in-sheep-skinner

Awesome!

 

[Gtrubicon]

I sanded, stained and oiled the scales. 15 minutes on the Lanskey sharpener and it shaves hair smoothly.

 

[LRB]

Anyone have a knife they pair with their gun? I always carry this old Green River skinner with my Hawken Rifle, it’s an awesome whitetail processing knife. Today I decided to dress it up a little!

I would only point out that an 1834 knife would not have cutlers rivets, nor brass rivets of any kind. They would be of iron and would be more like pins with peened heads.

 

[Caleb Foster]

I would only point out that an 1834 knife would not have cutlers rivets, nor brass rivets of any kind. They would be of iron and would be more like pins with peened heads.

Well dadgum, looks like I need to change the date

 

[BillinOregon]

Wick is of course, correct. If you look at images of originals with full tangs, the scales are usually held to the tang by a pattern of five pins, two at the bottom, one in the middle and two at the top. Those big, bright brass cutlers rivets shout "FARB" from quite a ways away -- and I admit to having used them myself before I knew better.

 

[LRB]

Wick is of course, correct. If you look at images of originals with full tangs, the scales are usually held to the tang by a pattern of five pins, two at the bottom, one in the middle and two at the top. Those big, bright brass cutlers rivets shout "FARB" from quite a ways away -- and I admit to having used them myself before I knew better.

Me too Bill. Way back. Generally, you won't often find more than 3 small diameter pins on any pre1800 common working knives, no guards on any but daggers, little to no brass in use except for swords. I repeat, in general, there seems to always be a rarity to pop up somewhere.

 

[Hermit Tim]

View attachment 235233Yep, this knife always goes out with the Chambers.

The famous knife. I love it.

 

[Hermit Tim]

Anyone have a knife they pair with their gun? I always carry this old Green River skinner with my Hawken Rifle, it’s an awesome whitetail processing knife. Today I decided to dress it up a little!

Nice. I've got one I bought new in the nineties that I've never used. Looks very generic. Thanks to you, I may do a little carving on mine. Will have to make a new sheath for it as well. It came with leather but it is about the cheapest and thinnest leather I've ever seen. Mine isn't an original, just a cheap copy, but I do love the blade design.

 

[Banjoman]

The famous knife. I love it.

And it is still used daily on the farm where I plowed it up.

 

[barracudadave67]

Heres a couple I built from Green River kits, a few years ago. I make my own sheaths, also.
They are resonably priced, and easy to build.
Dave