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Title: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: robtattoo on March 06, 2009, 10:14:00 AM: I have GOT to stop watching that film!

This is the result of the last viewing.

12-3/4" OAL
7-1/4" clip point blade
Sambar stag handle with brass bolster & buttcap

This is my first attempt at a bolstered fulltang, so be gentle! The blade is about 3/16" thick & beaten out of an old (1960s) landrover leaf-spring, which then ground to shape (Funnily enough, I got the spring from an old guy who's nickname is Grizzly. Funny old world, huh?!)

The sheath is in a mountain-man style with both a normal beltloop on the reverse, plus a slot & belt-flap so I can wear it pretty much how ever I like.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/robtattoo/Grizz001.jpg)

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/robtattoo/Grizz002.jpg)

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/robtattoo/Grizz003.jpg)

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/robtattoo/Grizz004.jpg)

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/robtattoo/Grizz005.jpg)
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: DANA HOLMAN on March 06, 2009, 10:29:00 AM: great job, i don't see anything wrong with anything. i like the knife alot. keep them coming
dana
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: skullworks on March 06, 2009, 10:46:00 AM: Saweeeetttttt work there Rob!!!!

"Elk don't know how many legs a horse has got!"

Love the movie too!
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: mastin03 on March 06, 2009, 10:50:00 AM: Thats a beauty there Rob! never can see the film to many times in my opinion

Watch your top to knot
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: Montauks on March 06, 2009, 10:52:00 AM: Wow! nice bowie to keep you company on your trip to the "musselshell"
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: prarieboy on March 06, 2009, 11:37:00 AM: Nice knife Rob!
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: WINDTALKER on March 06, 2009, 12:18:00 PM: Now thats a knife!! Nice work
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: d. ward on March 06, 2009, 12:20:00 PM: Thats beautiful work right there..If you like Rob as soon as we get to Que'bec with Tom this spring you could give it a try on a live 200# black bear.
We can lure him into the cabin with some crusty creams doughnuts.Where you will be waiting behind the door.Once he's in with you.I slam the door and run like hell.You know what you gotta do before I return with another right ? Whatda ya say ??????? bd
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: robtattoo on March 06, 2009, 12:29:00 PM: Tell you what BD, I'll trap 'im & skin 'im, if you let the bugger chase you through the snow! :D :D :D
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: d. ward on March 06, 2009, 12:51:00 PM: might not be much snow there however I am always up for a good race.The only problem I can see is they are a bit faster on thier feet then one might think.So I will need the aid of some good running shoes.bd
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: Kevin Evans on March 06, 2009, 02:13:00 PM: Good job Rob!!!
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: kbaknife on March 06, 2009, 03:28:00 PM: You da same Pilgrim I've been hearin' for three days and smellin' for two?
Sure are cocky for a starvin' Pilgrim.
Where you been, Rob?
You an American yet?
That is my A #1 favorite movie of all time.
I know for a fact I've seen it more than 100 times.
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: JohnHV on March 06, 2009, 04:04:00 PM: You've come far pilgrim.
Feels like far.
Twer it worth the trouble?
Ha? What trouble?
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: kbaknife on March 06, 2009, 06:21:00 PM: He was livin' in a cave up on the Musselshell with a female panther. She never did get used to him. ...
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: 4runr on March 06, 2009, 08:52:00 PM: Now I gotta watch it again!!

Beautiful job Rob! "Big Nasty"
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: Doug Campbell on March 07, 2009, 01:08:00 AM: :thumbsup: :D :thumbsup:
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: swp on March 07, 2009, 06:15:00 AM: "Just as fast as you can bring em."
Nice job Rob I like the tacks on the sheath too.
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: OconeeDan on March 07, 2009, 07:34:00 AM: Nice knife Rob!
Did you pin those bolsters?
Looks like you are ready for a bear carvin'
Dan
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: robtattoo on March 07, 2009, 08:53:00 AM: Thanks guys,I can always rely on you lot to put a grin on me face! :D

Dan, yep, I pinned the bolster with 2 4mm brass pins, the buttcap is pinned into the end of the antler.

It's presently coated in a mixture of ketchup & mustard to hurry-along the patina on the brass. It looks far to new! I'm seriously considering burying it in the garden for a few weeks to 'mature' :D
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: 2Knives on March 07, 2009, 08:56:00 AM: Very nice knife!

Whats on the spit?
Grown peticular???

Funny thing is I just watched that movie AND the Mountain Men at work this week...none of those guys ever saw either!?

If I don't get some whiskey soon I'm gonna DIE!!!

...hmm, that might be my new signature line.
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: kbaknife on March 07, 2009, 08:59:00 AM: Just where is it I could find bear, beaver, and other critters worth cash money when skinned?

Ride due west as the sun sets. Turn left at the Rocky Mountains.
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: robtattoo on March 07, 2009, 09:19:00 AM: I've been looking for a copy of The Mountain Men that'll play on UK DVD players for years :( It's only available in the US though.

Fun Fact; I bet you didn't know that at least 2 Trad Gang members I know of were extras in the film. Vance Brewer & Charlie Lamb! :D (At least I'm 99.9% sure it was The Mountain Men)
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: Mark N on March 08, 2009, 01:45:00 AM: Truly a classic film suitable for entertainment as well as education. Another favorite: The Mountain Men Charleston Heston, Brian Keith
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: tomh on March 08, 2009, 10:30:00 PM: hi Rob

I learned a trick for aging the brass tacks, from Chuck Burrows.
Get a metal pan, fill it with enough salt to cover the tack head, when you place them in upside down.Put all your tacks in the salt. Now take your little propane torch and heat the shafts if the tacks.

The affordable tacks here have steel shafts so this method anneals them and has the benefit of aging the heads. I am not sure if it would work on 100% brass tacks.

Knife and sheath look great!
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: SKYLER W on March 08, 2009, 10:36:00 PM: Beautiful knife Rob!!! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: tradtusker on March 09, 2009, 12:10:00 AM: You turn down this gift, and they'll slit you, me, bowdoc and the horses from crotch to eyeball with a sharp robtattoo blade

You've come far pilgrim. :notworthy: :clapper:

Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. "Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men." "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: Todd Robbins on March 10, 2009, 09:45:00 PM: That is one sweet package! That sheath looks great with that blade!
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: Mark N on March 16, 2009, 12:01:00 AM: Lost? T'aint never been lost. Been confused for a month or two.... Mountain Men
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: Lin Rhea on March 16, 2009, 06:29:00 AM: Love those bolsters Rob. Thanks for sharing. That's got to be one of my top picks for movies. Got some laughs from the movie lines. Lin
Title: Re: "Know how to skin Grizz, Pilgrim?"
Post by: Ian johnson on March 16, 2009, 07:26:00 AM: this guys knives are top quality stuff, I have one of his neck knives and its my favorite outdoors knife, nice knife Rob!