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Custom made knife made personally by Bob Kramer in his shop in Bellingham, Washington. It was auctioned off in July 2019. Bob Kramer (born 1958) is an American bladesmith, "widely considered the greatest American knifesmith working today". [2] Some consider his kitchen knives to be "the best in the world". [3]
A hunting knife is a knife used during hunting for preparing the game to be used as food: skinning the animal and cutting up the meat. It is different from the hunting dagger which was traditionally used to kill wild game. [1] Some hunting knives are adapted for other uses in the wild, such as a camp knife, which hunters may use as machetes or ...
Logo of the Western Knife Company. The Western Knife Company was an American manufacturer of hunting knives which began operations in Boulder, Colorado in 1911. The company is probably best known for its "Bowie" style hunting knives. The company was purchased by Coleman (the famous manufacturer of outdoor equipment) in 1984.
Bladed weapons include swords, daggers, knives, and bayonets. Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing. Edged weapons contrast with blunt weapons such as maces, and with pointed weapons such as spears.
Hoyt later explained, "I didn't have any knives [to offer], but I sure knew how to make them". [1] After World War 2, Hoyt and his son, Al, moved to San Diego and set up shop as "H.H. Buck & Son" in 1947. [1] These early knives were handmade and more expensive than a typical mass-produced knife. Hoyt Buck made 25 knives a week until his death ...
Survival knives can be used for trapping, skinning, wood cutting, wood carving, and other uses. Hunters, hikers, and outdoor sport enthusiasts use survival knives. Some survival knives are heavy-bladed and thick. Other survival knives are lightweight or fold in order to save weight and bulk as part of a larger survival kit.
The aircraft is a development of the earlier Best Off Skyranger and was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The earliest such knife, made by Jesse Clift at Bowie's brother Rezin's request, resembled Spanish hunting knives of the day, and differed little from a common butcher knife. [20] The blade, as later described by Rezin Bowie, was 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (24 cm) long, 1 ⁄ 4 in (6.4 mm) thick and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (3.8 cm) wide.