Couple of "toss'n" boot type knives for a Monkey

Will try and find a video or make one. Or a pictorial tutorial so something. Maybe over the weekend. Really busy now.

Waiting for my 1pm class. Then soccer practice. Then and evening coaches meeting. Tomorrow is a full work day. Thursday is the eighth anniversary party for one of my classes. I think 90 people are coming. Wednesday and Fridays are my work days. Still waiting for our soccer games schedule. Everything has been last minute, so it wouldn't surprise me to find out we have a game on Friday that we have a game on Saturday.

 

No rush, take your time. We might want a thread on snares and traps. (Might be one already)

 

Wow! @Yard Dart those bring back memories Hope you like that newest addition....
Thanks for the interest in my humble tools
Bear

 

A close up of that knife please!

 

LOL @Yard Dart That's way too kind... I've seen "perfect" and my stuff is far from that... but you started something... already have 14 of these under the grinder's belts ... the first two... Yours is the only Sterile one... and 12 almost done sitting on the bench... just a bit more hand sanding and the final strop...

Still gotta make a tool roll for one and a couple kydex sheaths...

I'll post some pics tomorrow and you can see what you started

One is marked with a BR (for Bear's right) and BL (for Bear's left) on the blade tang and under the handle scales... it's my proto for a thinner leaf type blade... wicked sharp but tough... I think it is pretty efficient penetrator/slicer with a very slight "yari" profile... I like "organic" styles... so most of my stuff will have more flowing blended lines rather than crisp straight lines.... Not ABS cool but I go my own direction when it comes to my forge and my tools

Anyway... I sure hope you are happy with your concept come true...

Thanks again for all the interest over the years!
Take care and God Bless,
Bear

 

Thanks @Yard Dart .... It's great to have "inspiration" from creative minds like yours and others here...

LOL... as I was making the 12... 5 of which are single bevel so I suppose they don't really count... but I will count them anyway as I was saying... as I was making these... I was thinking no two of anything I make is going to be exactly alike... yours is the first and probably only sterile version... and other than it's "Sister"... (which I have marked with my touchmark) the other 7 of 12 double bevels... are a bit different...

I suppose that's the thing about hand made... especially when it comes from the fat, clumsy paws of this old Bear... no two are alike... while I was making the sets... each one is different in the sets of 5... I am sure the new owners will find their favorites in each set... but each one will be a new discovery in some small way as they look at it... a texture here... a bevel there... a different curve here... I'm not a machine and I like it that way... I know there's all kinds of cool out there... especially with the cnc and technology aided tools available... I just prefer to be old school imperfect fugly cool

Yup... after these... there are only 3 more left I will make like them... and I think those are already spoken for...

Limited Edition Retired... I suppose... if I make others... they will be pretty different...

Thanks again buddy... this has been a blast... and I've learned a few more things, the most from my mistakes and corrections... and am a better craftsman and person for it... so for that ... I say "Thank-you Yard Dart!"

Take care and God Bless,

Bear

 

The one above it.

 

Simple snare.

Wire is about a foot and a half or so. Coil is so small. Easy to fit anywhere including a wallet.





You don't need a twig, but it sure makes it fast and easy. This twig is 4-5 inches long. I did it and took pictures with one hand.

Lay a short length over the twig.



Loop it over again



Pinch the wire by the twig



Twirl the twig like a propellor and you get this



Break off twig



Run the end through the loop



You have your snare



Set it and catch whatever you are trying to catch



FYI. That wire is 28 gauge. Not the strongest, but enough for most small critters.

Was working. Had a little break. Thought I would throw that out before I forget or get tied up doing something else.

 

Mahalo @Yard Dart! I likee that!! @Bear!!! You gonna make more? With bamboo or koa handle??? ;D

 

That makes more sense, now. Your double wrap (to a sailor) would be called "a round turn" usually followed by two half hitches. With wire, a twist will suffice. Not what I envisioned at all.

 

Was trying to use plain engrish.

 

With vine or bamboo or rattan, stuff like that... The twist and tuck works too. Knots can break the fibers.

 

You missed

 

Engrishy is my second language...