Let's see your Belt or Rifleman's knife

[hopping]

The bear tasted great. the blade is from a early 1800 saw mill blade.

I carry the knife because the last time I tried to open a potato chip bag with my Brown Bess, there were issues.

 

[jonathan butcher]

Nice knife and sheath, Rich is one of my fav makers !

Rich McDonald of Longknives and Leather made this Riflemans knife 10" blade for me. His wife Jeanne made the rawhide lined sheath

 

[William O.]

Such great knives, I've managed to collect a dozen or so but only two might be considered HC. I love my Jeff White knife and regularly use it to cut patches at the muzzle. Easy to hone, resharpen and maintain too. My intimidation knife is made a file and while the maple wood scales provide a good grip, the length of the blade is too much to be of much use around camp. The spine throws a good deal of sparks when struck with a good size flint though and would no doubt immediately adjust the attitude of whomevero

 

[pab1]

Here are a couple pics of my favorite Jeff White knife (Bush HD) from a hike yesterday.

 

[Josephg]

Greg Childress. Doesn't really fit here. Want to show it.

 

[Desperate Lee]

Greg Childress. Doesn't really fit here. Want to show it.

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i just love Damascus blades. Also love bone, real bone, handles. When i come across them i usually buy them. Will post pictures later.
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[hunter58]

One of my favorites

 

[toadboy65]

Here is one of mine- Bear in mind that I made this one when I was 16, using a Green River blade, an elk, and some beads. These days I mostly make my own steel, but I have always liked this one.

 

[Treestalker]

Greg Childress. Doesn't really fit here. Want to show it.

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True beauty like that is timeless. Just don't get caught by the PC police, LOL!

 

[Josephg]

The slabs on the knife are spalted Madrone out of a big ole stump we pulled off a beach.

 

[jbwilliams3]

My primary interest is 18th century and I am most familiar with the Anglo-made material history (French trade knives are another subject). The relatively small number of individuals (in comparison to the overall population) who would have carried a knife on a belt would be using cheap Sheffield (or Sheffield knock-off) butcher/trade or "scalping knives" (used in the period as a marketing term for common butcher knives). These were cheap and perfect for their intended uses. The English knives were half-tang, usually three pinned and handled in exotic hardwood, and had cutlers resin filling gaps between the tang and handle. They are common in the archeological record, were imported by the thousands with and without sheaths, and were used by Natives and Europeans alike. These two repros were made by Ken Hamilton.

Here are some originals:

 

[jbwilliams3]

This is probably my favorite knife though, made by Kyle Willyard. I use a scalper or a folding knife for living history, but this one for hunting and everything else.

 

[jonathan butcher]

Perfection

This is probably my favorite knife though, made by Kyle Willyard. I use a scalper or a folding knife for living history, but this one for hunting and everything else.

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[toadboy65]

Here is another of mine-

I was sort of going for a paleolithic feel. The knife is 1095, if I remember correctly, but copper plated before the scales went on.

 

[smo]

Better late than never... Here’s my Steve Baxter made knife.

12 1/4” overall with a 7 1/2” cutting edge.
A well made useful knife, of which I’m proud too own.

 

[tallpine]

Since this thread looks like it is open to any kind of belt knife I will post this picture of a pig sticker I made for a fellow down in South Texas. Double edged, forged from a Nicholson rasp. Those South Texas boys like to get

up close and personal.

 

[Cruzatte]

Made by Tim Ridge.

 

[jonathan butcher]

I love everything Tim Ridge does, very talented artisan and maker.

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Made by Tim Ridge.

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Made by Tim Ridge.
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[Einsiedler]

I found this old blade in the barn when grandmaw and grandpaw sold the farm in 1964. I believe about 4 or 5 inches of the tip end were broken off and grandpaw repurposed it and used it for his hog and beef butchering knife. Had no handle. Other day I cut off about 2" of the handle end and stuck a piece of broke hatchet handle on it with a couple of iron pins.





Made an inside the belt sheath for it. Used it other day when old son, his father in law, and I butchered a 750 lb steer. Worked great!

 

[Kansas Jake]

I like it Einsiiedler and it has history and is repurposed. All of those add to its shine.