Any good? They don’t seem too pricy at places like crazy crow.
Green River knives
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Google John Nowill knives, they have knives that are closer to the historic knives that were used they have pinned handles, not rivets. riveted handles did not come out until after the Civil War. Green river knives with pinned handles did not appear until the late 1830s. I have a Nowill knife it is inexpensive and is made of good steel.
I have a couple and they've been really good. Well worth the price. I'm gonna check out that guy Rusty mentioned. Always nice to find a good knife at a reasonable price.
Think mine is pinned as well.
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Can't say about Nowill pins but original trade knife pins were iron, peened/riveted. The two piece brass cutler rivets came into use in late 1800's and the blades were not scandi ground.
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sorry I meant the two-piece cutler rivets, actually I should have said Google Sheffield knives the Nowill knives are on there. They have 4 pins arranged in a pattern, about the closest you will get today to a Wilson butcher knife today.
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Green River blades are really good. If you don't want the two piece brass rivets, buy a knife kit and make your own. In a kit you can find, and use steel, or brass pins. Green River blades make excellent knives, just substitute pins for rivets, and you will have a more authentic knife. They also stay sharp good. You can choose what wood scles to put on the knife also, usually American Walnut, or Curly Maple, or Maple.
Green River kits are available at Track of the Wolff, Crazy Crow, Log Cabin Shop, just to name a few.
Dave
Green River kits are available at Track of the Wolff, Crazy Crow, Log Cabin Shop, just to name a few.
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John Nowell knives are good also. I have a 5, and 6 inch butcher knives. I have not found a source for just the blades tho. There handles are a little smaller than Green river knifes, also. They are made in Sheffield England.
Bernal Cutlery is one source for John Nowell Knives.
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Bernal Cutlery is one source for John Nowell Knives.
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I too have a John Nowill & Sons 6" butcher knife that I got at Bent's Fort last year. I skinned and butchered a deer with it and it worked very well.
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The Russell Green River blades are very good, to be correct stay with steel/iron pins and very plain woods. The originals were just tools. NDNs sometimes decorated and carved grips, but the most common were starkly plain.
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They seem excellent for mountain man period. I especially like the peened iron pin rivets and the lack of a ricasso and the overall grind.
I ordered one of these. Sheffield knife, 8" blade. This will be my belt knife. 5" blade is ok, but never feels like quite enough.... 
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What make knife is that I cant make out the markings, in that pic.
Dave
What make knife is that I cant make out the markings, in that pic.
Dave
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Dang, that’s a good price/deal !
Seemed like it to me.
Those Crazy Crow Snake knives are made in Pakistan. Kind of like the Belgium trade guns stamped London.
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Do you know if they hold up well?
I don't own one, but they have a two-star rating on Amazon. Personally, I would spend ten dollars more for a John Nowill and Sons butcher knife.
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