Let's see your Belt or Rifleman's knife

[cal.43]

Just a few I made over the years,
the first two are made from old blades the third is forged from a found part of a coilspring.

 

[LRB]

Now that is an eye catcher! Did you make it ?

Thank you. Yes, it is one of mine. A made a few or so of that style. Some in bone, some in curly maple. I believe I made that one 10 or 12 years ago. I traded one like that for the quilled sheath. One of very few I was able to keep for myself.

 

[user 48679]

Mine is also a scalper...

 

[YJake]

A Jeff White trade style knife that I dressed some maple scales for. And a Pedersoli Kentucky I just finished assembling.

-Jake

 

[Eutycus]

I don't carry a sheath knife at the moment. But I probably should and will again someday.But if something needs cutting I get it done.

 

[A Wyatt]

A little late to the party but here are a few in process

 

[jonathan butcher]

My favorite pictures of the bunch, a maker in the act.

A little late to the party but here are a few in process View attachment 44138View attachment 44139View attachment 44140

 

[Kansas Jake]

Ok, I couldn’t resist. Here is my sure enough rifleman’s belt knife straight out of late 1970s. I won it at a rondy in Nebraska back in the day. It is 16” long with a 9 1/2” blade. The only thing else is it is stampede Fry by the maker and I believe he told me it was forged from a late 1930s Chevy spring.

 

[jonathan butcher]

 

[jonathan butcher]

A few more;

 

[Eutycus]

What was that Crocodile Dundee said? "Now that's a Knife".

 

[Rifleman1776]

This was forged for me by a friend in 1976. It is based on a blend of five images of Rev. period Riflemans knives we could find. (pre-computer days). I carried and displayed it many times at ronny and when I gave talks and presentations about the Rev. War and the Riflemans role. Interestingly, there is an image of a knife in the Encyclopedia of the Rev. War that is almost identical to mine. The blade is 11 5/8" long, an average of the five we located. Handle is stag. Blade was forged from a truck spring.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/rr329/Rifleman1776/.highres/Riflemanknife.jpg

 

[pipascus]

I'm trying to decide which of these knives to make my main belt knife, with another on my shooting bag. My era of choice is French and Indian War; maybe a Frenchman living with Native Americans, or a Spaniard in same situation having somehow wound up in the NE. I don;t that that matters, but just thinking.

Pretty sure #1 is going to be the bag knife. I got this one at an antique store in Homestead, FL back in 2009.

For the belt knife I am leaning towards #s 5, 6, 13, and 14.
#6 seems like it may be the best choice, but I really like the curved ones 13 &14.

 

[toadboy65]

Do you do a lot of scalping?

I took one of mine when deployed, and was warned that such practices are no longer allowed.

 

[appalichian hunter]

What better way to end up if you got to go, than to be displayed on some ones lodge poll.

 

[tenngun]

Back when I started this game all sorts of neat stuff was put on as handles. Later I found out that most knifes came to this country with beach or tropical log wood often red.
A fine general man’s knife might have ivory.
What I got one year and was so happy with was curly maple.
However that wasn’t used in the old days.
yeaterday thumbing through ‘The Great Guns’ I noticed this.
written in the 1950s before ‘reinactorisms’ came along.
How old is it? Is it really a matched set? Can’t prove it but I thought it interesting

 

[medicine_duck]

I have one exactly like your #3 and it is one of my favorite knives

 

[JimmieD]

New member to the forums here so late to the post, my knife is 9 3/4" long overall with a 3 1/2" handle and 6 1/4" blade belt knife, not quite the full length for a riflemans knife, but it is my favorite belt knife that I own at this time.

Forged by Alex Campbell

 

[brazosland]

I’ve posted mine in other threads, I guess I can post them here.

My most recent are scalpers, one with a French blade and one with an English style.

Second is my Riflemans knife. 9.5” blade. Made by Tallpine on this forum. He almost couldnt bring himself to ship it to me...sure glad he did!!

 

[hogslayer]

Three i made from one bar of pattern welded mild steel & bandsaw blade
worked up three different ways.