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Title: bow & knife
Post by: bowfanatik on April 20, 2014, 01:15:00 PM
I like to see what you have
Post some photos
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Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: smokin joe on April 20, 2014, 01:31:00 PM
Beautiful knife. The very slight kukri influence in the shape of the blade and grip is very interesting.
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Post by: JEFF B on April 20, 2014, 03:16:00 PM
cool dude
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Post by: Warden609 on April 20, 2014, 08:16:00 PM
Very nice blade    :thumbsup:      :thumbsup:      :thumbsup:  and bow.
Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: GWV on April 20, 2014, 08:24:00 PM
Nice knife bro!
Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: Pat B on April 20, 2014, 11:55:00 PM
This was my hunting set up a few years ago. My main bow that year was the osage static recurve selfbow with choke cherry backing(56#@26") and my back up bow was a yew selfbow 55#@26". The arrows were either hill cane or sourwood shoots with stone or trade points. The knife was custom made by Bobby Keller and the small knife attached to the quiver strap was made by a friend from the UP of Michigan. I constructed the GFA style quiver from an old Selway bow quiver.
 (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/PatBNC/forPA016-1.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/PatBNC/media/forPA016-1.jpg.html)
Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: bowfanatik on April 21, 2014, 03:46:00 AM
I like small knife and arrows      :)
Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: Kip on April 21, 2014, 07:29:00 AM
Bob Lee and riser drop off for Helle handle.
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Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: Canadian Idle on April 21, 2014, 12:15:00 PM
Very nice combo Kip..   :thumbsup:
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Post by: BigDBowHunter on April 21, 2014, 12:36:00 PM
Awesome set ups here. Im jealous of some of these knives!
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Post by: southpawshooter on April 21, 2014, 01:16:00 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/Hsuc0Ml.jpg)
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Post by: stujay on April 21, 2014, 03:52:00 PM
Some good looking combos here!
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Post by: Gdpolk on April 21, 2014, 08:41:00 PM
Sarells Sierra Longbow, cocobolo and bamboo with a compound bow turned into a matching pair of knives from Mark Hill including a bushcraft knife and hunting knife in cocobolo hand selected to match my riser...

  (http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/gdpolk/Traditional%20Projects/IMG_0346_zps7a3b5ef5.jpg)
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Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: South MS Bowhunter on April 21, 2014, 09:12:00 PM
Garret,

Nice combo! What the storyline behind the compound to knives?
Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: Bodork on April 21, 2014, 10:31:00 PM
I made this bow for a friend.

   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/mikebaker/100_2122_zps853154cc.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikebaker/media/100_2122_zps853154cc.jpg.html)

Then I surprised him with this matching knife!

   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/mikebaker/100_2152_zpsbf79a242.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikebaker/media/100_2152_zpsbf79a242.jpg.html)
Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: Gdpolk on April 21, 2014, 10:42:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by South MS Bowhunter:
Garret,

Nice combo! What the storyline behind the compound to knives?
Shot compounds for years. Saw a knife maker on another forum offer a custom knife for a compound bow in a trade. We worked out the details. The compound that I hadn't shot in a couple years after getting my longbow got traded for other tools that I would actually use to match my bow. It was a win-win for both of us. My bow wasn't worth a lot, his materials weren't worth a lot, we both got into something that we wanted and would use for minimal monetary investment.

The bushcraft blade was just one of his base woodlore models with a slightly enlarged false guard. The hunter/skinner was my design based on all the things I liked from the 20 or so production hunting knives that I had and optimized to my preferences.  I drew up a design with exact specifications for everything like you would for a CAD program or blueprint and sent him a model.  He created that model for me with the materials that I wanted.  At the time I traded with Mark, he had 7 different hunting designs of various sizes and shapes on his website. He liked my design so well he made one for himself exactly like mine. Then, shortly after he used my design on a few animals, he dropped all of his hunter lines and replaced it with my knife and a slightly enlarged version of my knife. It doesn't look all that special but when you get to using it, it just works perfectly on everything from squirrels to deer.  His larger knife was made to work well on deer to large game.
Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: T-Bowhunter on April 22, 2014, 05:24:00 AM
:campfire:
Title: Re: bow & knife
Post by: Gdpolk on April 22, 2014, 10:54:00 PM
Anyone else?  This thread has potential to be great!
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