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with the advent of the Buck 110 Folding Hunter back in 1965 I put my fixed blade sheath knives in a drawer and had no desire to dig them back out ... left to right in the center picture below -- 2 Old Timer skinners, a Western fillet knife, 2 Uncle Henry fillet knives that I've had since the early 1960's .... the second from the right is a Buck 75th Anniversary 119 that I've had for a couple of years .... the one on a right is a handmade blade that I've had for about a week .... most of the time I still carry 3 folding blades .... two are worn in a sheath on my belt, they are my latest 110 Folding Hunter (reserved for use with food) and a Leatherman with 2 blades .... the third is a Buck Bantam single blade.... the new had forged knife has me thinking about carrying it from time to time and has me wondering how many folks still carry fixed blade sheath knife ??

I do. Always. Silver Stag with 5” blade and antler handle. Those are nice knives Mr Bar.

They don't like sheath knives at work and they aren't very popular in town. Always carry my benchmade clipped in my pocket and CC when not at work.
I have a couple sheath knives but not as nice as yours.

kind words appreciated .... as noted in the opening post, all but two of my fixed blade sheath knives are 60+/- years old .... all of them are regular, production hunting/fillet/work knives .... the Old Timers have regular steel blades, the others are made of some sort of stainless .... the blade in the Western fillet knife is OK but isn't as good as any of the others

I have a dozen fixed blades, and carried one when flying, deployed, or in the field during my time on active duty. Usually the issued kbar, jealous of a few fellow Marines that had scored Randall made knives. In my second career, 95% of the time I carried a folder, usually a Benchmade.

Some of those brought back memories.

This is the very first fixed blade knife my Dad ever bought me. I still have it. I think I was 14 at the time because I had just got into hunting with him. It was made in Germany and real bone handle.

As many years have passed, my field dressing knife has now transformed into this.

But let us not forget the best sheath knives of all times, the Green Rivers.

I've never had my hands on a Green River but have read a good bit about them .... many rode in chuck wagons

JEBar wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:13 am

I've never had my hands on a Green River but have read a good bit about them .... many rode in chuck wagons

Well, I'll tell ya. I have many expensive Japanese kitchen knives, some costing over $200 because that is what I was into when I did fancy knife work in my kitchen but when you get right down to it, at the end of the day, these Green Rivers are all that you really need, because they will get the job done as they have proven since early 1800.

Team Roper wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:06 am

Some of those brought back memories.
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I have the same knife as the one on the bottom. I received it as a gift for my year as hunting chairman for the gun club in Hawaii on the base at Kaneohe Bay air station. Still sharp.

BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 21, 2020 11:45 am

Team Roper wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:06 am

Some of those brought back memories.
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I have the same knife as the one on the bottom. I received it as a gift for my year as hunting chairman for the gun club in Hawaii on the base at Kaneohe Bay air station. Still sharp.

Up until just last deer season that was my only ,go to, knife for field dressing deer, cleaning rabbits and birds. It has been a great companion ever since the first day I bought it back in the 70's. The top one was my Dad's so after he passed, Mom past it onto me.

Green Rivers were made by Russel who still makes em.
This was a blade only thing now shod in sheds.



Maybe a more modern steel but still a great slicer and camp knife capable of skinning .

I was recently gifted this Marble’s #45 Ideal hunting knife, made sometime between 1923 and 1932.

This is a "Poukko" type Horsehead knife made by Lissakki Jarvenpaa in Finland. The blade is 5-3/4."

This is another "Puukko" type knife made by Haugrud of Norway. It has a 4' blade and a pewter sheath.

This is a “Puukko” type knife made in Norway by Brusletto with 6” blade.

This Battle Horse knife is a work horse.