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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: tippit on February 19, 2011, 05:02:00 PM
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Great Smokey Mountain Blade Symposium is in two weeks and finally the weather broke enough to to get the forge fired up. It's been a tough winter in the Northeast. Snow falls already hit record depths and been too cold to pound steel in my un-heated garage.
With the three day February thaw, I made a camp blade to try my hand in the cutting competition at the symposium. This will be a first for me :eek:
The rules are:
1) Knife can't be more than 15 inches long.
2) Blade can't be more than 10 inches long.
3) Safety lanyard attached to blade & hand.
Here is my entry. Now I need some coaching...maybe Lin or others can chime in with any tricks to the technique :pray: tippit
Forged from 3/8 X 1 1/2 inch 5160 bar stock, 13 1/2 inches OAL, and 8 1/2 inch blade.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/tippit/Great%20Smokey%20Mountain%20Blade%20Symposium%202011/GSMBS2011006.jpg)
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the knife looks great. blade looks to really be the shape to be a good cutter.
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Jeff, That is one good lookin cutter!
I saw Ray Kirk win at Batson's a few years back with a 8 1/2 inch blade so it can be done. I sure hope I can get there to join the fun. Not sure yet, but you better believe I'll help all I can either way. Lin
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Great look'n knife right there!!!
Good luck at the competition too!
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Great job Jeff, that looks like one mean slicer!!
Nathan
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Man....words escape me!
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Jeff, that is one good looking knife! I bet you do well. Dan