Hudson Bay Camp knife

[gmarc]

Fellows:

Here is my latest knife....a Hudson Bay Camp knife of forged 5160. It sports a 9.5"x2" blade, maple scales and original type pin & rivet construction. I chose a slimmer thickness to emphasize the slicing capability vs. cleaving. Though only one pin is plainly visible, the other is there as well. This knife slices VERY well

 

[SpottedBull]

SWEEEEEET!!

 

[PA.1740]

VERY NICE!!! :thumbsup:
Have Fun
Phil

 

[rafterob]

Very nice! as a Chef I can appreciate its' versatility and utilitarian design. To me the rivets are a little big but that sure wouldn't stop me from accepting it as a gift :wink: Or perhaps I could offer my services as a product tester?

 

[LRB]

Good clean work. Very nice.

 

[William O.]

Great looking knife and should be a great slicer. I really like the stain and finish of the handles.

 

[gmarc]

I make lots of knives for Food Folk....they are the most demanding of knife users...even more than military people.

Cooks seem to hate knives that are the least bit fatiguing to use..and rightly so.

 

[gmarc]

Here is the top view, showing a more slender spine than the original and the two-piece ferrule vs. a solid bolster.

I want to make a sheath, but I have never seen an original for these knives. Has anyone else?

 

[chance]

Really Awsome!!!!!!

 

[matt denison]

That is a very nice knife.

Your use of two pieces of brass as plates rather than a solid bolster is correct for these knives. Also good use of large washers on the rivets, many find this hard to reproduce. The rivets should be iron (steel)

The originals that I have seen/handled had a compound taper to the tang. They taper from front to back and from top to bottom. It's a b!tcH to fit the scales to the tang on them but after some practice you can do it fairly easy. You have to pay particular attention to getting the rivet holes plumb.

 

[gmarc]

You are right re the taper....I left the tang full thickness as I wanted a slicer vs. a cleaver, with more weight in the butt

The example I saw (Browning, MT) had brass pins, though more than one firm made these knives, I'm told.

 

[Jim Blair]

There is a picture of an original Unwin & Rodgers knife and sheath in Gordon's "Great Knife Makers for the Early West" on page 115.The sheath was very simple of a style like this-
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It was fastened together with copper rivets and burrs.The book mentioned is extensively illustrated with color pictures of fur trade era thru the buffalo hunting period factory produced knives, but it is expensive if you can locate a copy.

 

[matt denison]

Great book!

There are two "Buffalo" knives on that page. They are quite different from each other in the treatment of the brass plates vs. bolster pieces. I love the upper one on the page, the scales are cracked, verdis on the brass, it has been sharpened many times. It is a wonderful relic that could tell stories. The lower one with the bird's head grip looks virtually unused.

 

[Jim Blair]

It is a dandy book,great pictures of factory made knives of the period. :thumbsup: Beautifull pictures,I'd like to have his set on rifles,it's really pricey if you can locate set.

 

[JamesG]

Great work, nice clean lines.