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Such great knives, I've managed to collect a dozen or so but only two might be considered HC. I love my Jeff White knife and regularly use it to cut patches at the muzzle. Easy to hone, resharpen and maintain too. My intimidation knife is made a file and while the maple wood scales provide a good grip, the length of the blade is too much to be of much use around camp. The spine throws a good deal of sparks when struck with a good size flint though and would no doubt immediately adjust the attitude of whomevero
 
Here are a couple pics of my favorite Jeff White knife (Bush HD) from a hike yesterday.

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My primary interest is 18th century and I am most familiar with the Anglo-made material history (French trade knives are another subject). The relatively small number of individuals (in comparison to the overall population) who would have carried a knife on a belt would be using cheap Sheffield (or Sheffield knock-off) butcher/trade or "scalping knives" (used in the period as a marketing term for common butcher knives). These were cheap and perfect for their intended uses. The English knives were half-tang, usually three pinned and handled in exotic hardwood, and had cutlers resin filling gaps between the tang and handle. They are common in the archeological record, were imported by the thousands with and without sheaths, and were used by Natives and Europeans alike. These two repros were made by Ken Hamilton.
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Here are some originals:
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I found this old blade in the barn when grandmaw and grandpaw sold the farm in 1964. I believe about 4 or 5 inches of the tip end were broken off and grandpaw repurposed it and used it for his hog and beef butchering knife. Had no handle. Other day I cut off about 2" of the handle end and stuck a piece of broke hatchet handle on it with a couple of iron pins.





Made an inside the belt sheath for it. Used it other day when old son, his father in law, and I butchered a 750 lb steer. Worked great!

 

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