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Bear was kind enough to send me a sort of do-it-yourself knife kit. I drew out and profiled the blade that has been on my mind for some time now but I just can't afford.

Can you ID it ?

 

Wow

 

Smatchet? Looks big!

 

Nice, very nice.

 

Very Nice... reminds me of an old Buck skinner I used to have....
Hammer Forged?

 

I'm hoping it looks like this when it's done

 

Big it stands a very good chance of coming out quite similar from the looks of it. Don't forget lots of pictures of the process!

 

It has begun

 

Very nice Big, very nice indeed!

 

Cool. Good work so far.

 

Heat treated the other day

 

Almost there ! A little more buffing. Just right hardness, a file slides off without marking but I can feel my Arkansas stone cut it

My brass came today so I can get my guard cut and soldered into place soon

 

Great design choice !!!!!
White Hunter is a terrific knife.... I met a guy whose father gave him one before he shipped out to Vietnam.... he carried it everyday and used the heck out of it.... he asked me if I could clean it up and do some restoration on it.... he still had it in the original green box it came in.... nice....
Good work.... great to see the pics.....

 

Thanx Bear

I love the design of the White Hunter ... I just hope my version will do it justice.

 

The finished product, just waiting for an edge

 

Holy crap - that you made that from scratch is amazing! That is not a project for a beginner but you did a great job!

 

Thanks !! A good portion of this was done by hand with a file

 

Thank you again Bear for the gift of the supplies. The biggest reason I tried the White Hunter was hearing the story about the guy from Nam that you rehabbed the knife for. A little researching and I fell in love with the design.