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  • Drillboss
    Warrior
    • Jan 2015
    • 894

    #16
    Originally posted by Von Gruff View Post
    Spent an hour on it this morning and got the handle drilled for the rivets and the lightening holes. Got the start of the grind done just to mark in the rear lines.



    You can see the difference between my design and the typical skinning knife that is seen on most farms and many hunters carry. Way too much belly length and not ideal for opening up down the legs in the blade up position. A clumsy knife in hand for me.

    The knife with the white handle looks just liked the ones we used to take the hides off of beef animals back when I was doing that for pocket money. Granted, we had another one for doing the close quarters work.

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    • Drillboss
      Warrior
      • Jan 2015
      • 894

      #17
      As another option, this gentleman is a former co-worker of my brother. He makes some pretty nice blades as well.

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      • Von Gruff
        Chieftain
        • Apr 2012
        • 1078

        #18
        The professional knifemakers are do put out some very fine knives indeed with some aproaching and becoming art in the beauty and complexity they show but these that I make are just simple working knives
        http://www.vongruffknives.com/

        sigpic Von Gruff



        Grendel-Max

        Exodus 20:1-17
        Acts 4:10-12

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        • Drillboss
          Warrior
          • Jan 2015
          • 894

          #19
          And your specimens are very nice indeed. I have a local friend who builds knives as well. I personally don't have the patience or aptitude for such fine work.

          I wanted to share Steve's knives in case anyone might be interested.

          I'll agree that the wide blade skinners aren't really necessary for deer and probably the goats in your part of the world. One can pretty much pull the skins off of deer around here. That conventional skinner worked really well for what I was using it for then.

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          • montana
            Chieftain
            • Jun 2011
            • 3209

            #20
            I grew up next to the family who makes Ruana knives and can say your knife came out beautifully. Well done! Rudy Ruana started making knives from car springs, and used saw blades from the old Anaconda lumber mill in Bonner Montana. Today their knives are renowned world wide and demand a premium. We use to trade our elk horns to them for a new knife as they used them in their knife handles. http://ruanaknives.com/
            Rudy Ruana made a milling machine from an old car steering box that worked for decades. Every grinder, belt sander used in his shop was made by him. You remind me of his innovation. Thank you for sharing your knife making process. Great job.

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            • cory
              Chieftain
              • Jun 2012
              • 2985

              #21
              That's a beautiful and very well designed!
              "Those who sacrifice liberty for security, deserve neither." Benjamin Franklin

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              • sneaky one
                Chieftain
                • Mar 2011
                • 3077

                #22
                VG is a wizard, It finally came to me. During our PM's- he sent the extremely long version- asked me if the Grr hoard would be interested in this++Heck yeah!!!

                I mentioned to edit it down a bit..

                Beautiful knives, great source of income- part time- for a retiree.

                He asked me many questions when he designed the GRR MAX. ,,

                So I asked him a few on my design for the AR. It would be --75% of the MaX. We ran numbers back & forth, looks like a go.

                He would -maybe make you a knife if he has the time. I need a new skinning knife.
                Last edited by sneaky one; 01-13-2017, 11:09 PM.

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                • Von Gruff
                  Chieftain
                  • Apr 2012
                  • 1078

                  #23
                  Another one

                  A couple of years back I started on what would become the definitive knife for my needs on the hill and to that end I drew up a design and gathered some bits together that I wanted to incorporate into it.
                  The handle slabs were from walnut that came from I tree I cut from my fathers yard about 35 years ago
                  The ebony was left over from the forend tip on my custom 7x57
                  The copper rivets come from the bar mower teeth from early farm work I did and the brazing rod would be used to make hidden pins to hold the ebony bolsters on

                  http://www.vongruffknives.com/

                  sigpic Von Gruff



                  Grendel-Max

                  Exodus 20:1-17
                  Acts 4:10-12

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                  • Von Gruff
                    Chieftain
                    • Apr 2012
                    • 1078

                    #24
                    Initially I cut the intended blade from a good german saw blade



                    Got it ground to shape and ready for heat treating





                    But during the process there was a problem so it was back to the drawing board

                    http://www.vongruffknives.com/

                    sigpic Von Gruff



                    Grendel-Max

                    Exodus 20:1-17
                    Acts 4:10-12

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                    • Von Gruff
                      Chieftain
                      • Apr 2012
                      • 1078

                      #25
                      Starting again with a pruning hook



                      This required quite a bit of cleaning up as it started with a triangular section



                      Getting it hot



                      and the quench



                      Drawn back to get rid of the brittle it is all set for cleaning up and finishing
                      http://www.vongruffknives.com/

                      sigpic Von Gruff



                      Grendel-Max

                      Exodus 20:1-17
                      Acts 4:10-12

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                      • Von Gruff
                        Chieftain
                        • Apr 2012
                        • 1078

                        #26
                        The bolsters are shaped up and the hidden pins put in place



                        http://www.vongruffknives.com/

                        sigpic Von Gruff



                        Grendel-Max

                        Exodus 20:1-17
                        Acts 4:10-12

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                        • Von Gruff
                          Chieftain
                          • Apr 2012
                          • 1078

                          #27
                          The handle slabs can then be shape to fit, and a bit of filing done on the spine




                          With everything in place and the copper rivet in the final shaping can be done




                          http://www.vongruffknives.com/

                          sigpic Von Gruff



                          Grendel-Max

                          Exodus 20:1-17
                          Acts 4:10-12

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                          • Von Gruff
                            Chieftain
                            • Apr 2012
                            • 1078

                            #28
                            This is all the knife I will ever need on the hill, is light to carry and holds a very good edge.



                            It was with me when a slippery rock gave me a fall and the sheath took a scraping but no damage otherwise and like all hunting scars reminds me of a great hunt.

                            http://www.vongruffknives.com/

                            sigpic Von Gruff



                            Grendel-Max

                            Exodus 20:1-17
                            Acts 4:10-12

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                            • Von Gruff
                              Chieftain
                              • Apr 2012
                              • 1078

                              #29
                              Of course it was supposed to be the last one I would need but there has been many since then so I will gradually post up a couple more and then maybe some of the rifles I have built before and after the little Grendel-Max. Lots of Lee Speeds, mausers, martini's, sako and a vz33 mannlichers plus a few others as well.
                              Will just keep posting a few of my projects as long as there is interest and some conversation to be had on methods, styles and ,materials etc
                              There dosent seem to be a section that would suit these posts but I figure that most of us into hunting would have a passing interest in these things.
                              http://www.vongruffknives.com/

                              sigpic Von Gruff



                              Grendel-Max

                              Exodus 20:1-17
                              Acts 4:10-12

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                              • sneaky one
                                Chieftain
                                • Mar 2011
                                • 3077

                                #30
                                The wizard is on the loose ! Heee hee

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