Neck Knife

[lonehunter]

Have not posted in a while, Just finished this one.
4 1/8" Blade of 0-1 steel
3 3/8" Full tang handle
Curly Maple slabs
Iron pins
Sheath of 5/6oz veg tan leather
Thanks for looking and all comments welcome

100_3470 by lonehunter1, on Flickr

 

[Rifleman1776]

Very nice but a bit big for a neck knife, IMHO.

 

[LRB]

Very nice but a bit big for a neck knife, IMHO.

How so? A 4" blade is a large knife? Many/most of the NDNS of the northern regions carried their main scalper knives in that manner. Anything smaller than this knife, is for cleaning finger nails, or performing surgery. Tiny neck knives are for the most part, a rendezvous thing.

 

[Nifeman]

Very nice but a bit big for a neck knife, IMHO.

Not a giraffe :rotf: ... All kidding aside, I think it's fine. And ya can't go wrong with curly maple... :wink:

 

[LaBonte]

Very nice but a bit big for a neck knife, IMHO.

as Wick noted original NDN neck knives still in existence or examined vai period docs/images are all in the 6-7"+ blade length range (mostly either scalpers or butcher style trade knives dependent on era and place) and not the real short blades so common today, which is a modern "mis-conception" not based on historical facts...

 

[Nifeman]

Very nice but a bit big for a neck knife, IMHO.

As matter of a fact, I just got done with one from a pattern that a gentleman sent to Miss Tudy that was copied from his knife that was supposed to be an original. That has a 4 3/8" blade and a 3 1/4" handle...

 

[Rifleman1776]

Very nice but a bit big for a neck knife, IMHO.

As matter of a fact, I just got done with one from a pattern that a gentleman sent to Miss Tudy that was copied from his knife that was supposed to be an original. That has a 4 3/8" blade and a 3 1/4" handle...

I yield. :surrender:
I did qualify with: IMHO :redface:
To me, the bigger neck knives have a danger factor I am not comfortable using, personally.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

They are supposed to be an anachronism for the average white dude of the colonial period, but I have one and use it all the time... field dressed a deer with it (as usual), the date for the last deer I got was Jan 10th. Very handy knives, in a handy location. Don't know why they supposedly didn't catch on with white dudes in that location.

That one is super nice... hey listen if you ever need an independent, long term, unbiased, durability test of one... I volunteer.

:grin:

LD

 

[MSW]

nice looking knife (big enough for bling, IMHO)

:thumbsup:

 

[omarick1948]

James, You've done it again!....Very nice sticker!

Rick :hatsoff:

 

[David Brockett]

Nice clean lines! I like your scabbard design, looks like it would lay nicely against your chest. I always wondered why neck knives used at Voos were normally so small and I just figured it was a "period correct" thing.