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I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 10:15
by Virginian
I saw this fellow's work on another forum, so I contacted him to make me a knife to my specs. Here's what he came up with and believe it or not, this was the third knife he had ever made. I almost feelguilty using it in the field but I always wanted a nice knife just once in my life. I'm quite sure it will out live me.

The knife is 8 3/4" OAL, O1 tool steel blade, with brass pins and bolster and oak burl. When I ordered it, I asked him to make the blade a thin as possible, think scalpel. I've skinned 27 white tail with it so far and love it. It also came with a hand made sheath that's a basket weave print soaked in wax. I don't wear it much in the field because when I sit down in a deer stand, the sheath is the first thing to dig in. So I leave it at camp till I return, hopefully with some game in tow.

Eric

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Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 10:16
by Virginian
Here's a pic of the sheath.

Eric

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Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 10:24
by Cyberfly
Holy ****! Seriously? Only the third he'd ever made??
I have to ask, how much did he charge, because I'm thinking Xmas.
Is that his name on the blade or does he engrave the buyers name?

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 10:51
by f3rr37
Beautiful blade...

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 11:04
by Virginian
Cyberfly wrote:Holy ****! Seriously? Only the third he'd ever made??
I have to ask, how much did he charge, because I'm thinking Xmas.
Is that his name on the blade or does he engrave the buyers name?
I ordered from a fellow on rimfirecentral.com. Yes, his name is Gary Dukeman and I couldn't be happier with my purchase.

Here's a more recent knife he finished. He goes by the name of SQUAWSACH.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/sh ... p?t=458802" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'll pm you what I paid.

Thanks for the kind words.

Eric

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 11:32
by Rapier1772
That is beauty of a blade! I might feel guilty using it in the field also

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 15:08
by Virginian
Thank you but I figure when I'm gone, I'll let the next guy worry about it. ;)

Eric

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 15:59
by blueorison
Cyberfly wrote:Holy ****! Seriously? Only the third he'd ever made??
I have to ask, how much did he charge, because I'm thinking Xmas.
Is that his name on the blade or does he engrave the buyers name?
This. Virginian, thanks for sharing that with us.

27 is my favourite number; incidentally, OMYGOODNESS 27 WHITE TAIL HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS KNIFE?!

Venison is my favourite common meat.

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 25 Aug 2012, 16:47
by Virginian
blueorison wrote:
Cyberfly wrote:Holy ****! Seriously? Only the third he'd ever made??
I have to ask, how much did he charge, because I'm thinking Xmas.
Is that his name on the blade or does he engrave the buyers name?
This. Virginian, thanks for sharing that with us.

27 is my favourite number; incidentally, OMYGOODNESS 27 WHITE TAIL HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS KNIFE?!

Venison is my favourite common meat.
Thanks, very kind of you. I've had this knife for about two years, or I should say two deer seasons.

Va is overrun with whitetail so you can pretty much buy as many stamps as you like. 2 each season goes to my fridge and family & friends. The rest go to hunters for the hungry program. I feels good about what I'm doing each season as silly as this sounds.

Eric

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 17 Sep 2012, 20:10
by schalacer
beautiful knife i cant believe that its the third knife that he had ever made very impressing..when you look at this knife you will think that this is made by a professional knife maker

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 20 Sep 2012, 19:53
by Virginian
schalacer wrote:beautiful knife i cant believe that its the third knife that he had ever made very impressing..when you look at this knife you will think that this is made by a professional knife maker
Thank you for the kind remarks!

Eric

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 06 Oct 2012, 08:24
by jmz5
That knife looks amazing. Another venison lover here too! Been known for trading jerky for gold memberships...

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 06 Oct 2012, 21:20
by Bax
Very nice

I have been considering ordering from these guys, but you made me reconsider

http://manningcustomknives.com/

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 09 Oct 2012, 03:40
by jmz5
Bax wrote:Very nice

I have been considering ordering from these guys, but you made me reconsider

http://manningcustomknives.com/
Are they still making them even after Ed is gone?

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 09 Oct 2012, 08:01
by flyingirish04
I don't think so.

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 09 Oct 2012, 08:36
by Bax
jmz5 wrote:
Bax wrote:Very nice

I have been considering ordering from these guys, but you made me reconsider

http://manningcustomknives.com/
Are they still making them even after Ed is gone?
I actually haven't heard anything in that regard. I bought a knife from them about 5-6 years ago and it was pretty nice. Sadly, I dont know where it is now :(

Did he retire?

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 09 Oct 2012, 09:01
by flyingirish04
Died.

Re: I treated myself to a custom made hunting knife

Posted: 05 Jun 2017, 16:11
by Blackwater
Wow! What a beautiful knife. I particularly like the utilitarian design - very versatile in the field - plus the choice of handle wood, and the file work. What a beauty! It's said that a thing of beauty is its own excuse for being. I think that applies doubly to really fine and beautiful knives.