Custom Hand Forged Hunting Knife
The Kootenay
Hand braided lanyard wraps around its custom reinforced sheath and loops over the Kootenay’s butt.
Handmade Hunting Knives
The custom hunting knife has a 4.5 inch lumber mill saw steel blade with a slight hollow ground, 4mm (3/16") tapered spine and a 4 1/2" handle, walnut scales, a hollow ground and tapered tang for balance at the guard. The knife is equipped with a long locking lanyard.
A fox motif.
Custom Made Hunting Knife Set
The Mt Caribou knife has a 5/16” spine, 5” edge with a 1” finger choil. A head saw tooth is welded to the end of the tang for hammering and smashing. Saddle stitched by hand. Equipped with a firesteel in a loop sewn into the sheath, a pouch with a touch up diamond stone.
The Kootenay, 5” D2 steel full tang blade, both knives have fellar buncher chain bar steel finger guards, walnut wood handle scales with acacia and copper. The scales are held by stainless steel threaded pins. Copper lanyard insert with a hand braided leather lanyard. An antler bead is woven into the lanyard.
Bushcraft/ Hunting Knife Set.
The Kootenay with a hunting ulu. An ulu is the best skinning knife.
Saw blade steel.
We’d arrive during the “filers” lunch break. They loaded our 3/4 ton up with 6’ and 4.5’ circular saw blade. Huge blades the differential on the truck touched the rubber stoppers on the frame. They had been storing the blades in the back behind some machines. For some reason the blades hadn’t been thrown out. They were obsolete and hadn’t been used for at least 15 years. That was in 1997. We were asked to return for another load of 2’ trim saw blades, planer blades and bandsaw steel. One mill gave us 25 years worth of blood, sweat and tears in a few visits.
The knife above has two lanyards. One growing from the back of the sheath with a loop on one end and one on the knife. Locking lanyards. Refer to the custom sheath page.
Kootenay Price $2350
To start the knife comes with its custom sheath and a short hand braided lanyard with an antler piece woven into it.
For more customizing,
Option Prices:
- firesteel and loop, $275,
- custom pouch, $355,
(with a diamond touch-up stone) - locking lanyards, $360.
Please watch a slide show of some blades and steel we forge.
Contact us if you have any questions.