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Author Topic: Baby English Scalper  (Read 1388 times)

Offline LRB

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Baby English Scalper
« on: October 28, 2010, 06:19:08 PM »
NO! Not for scalping babies. Maybe for scalping potatos, apples, or, well, maybe wayward children who will not mind their parents. 4 1/2" blade of 01 steel, with a tapered partial tang. Correct over-sized grip of boxwood, iron 3/32" pins, riveted in. The pins are correctly set low in the tang in order to be centered on the over wide grip, which is a common feature of original trade English trade scalpers. Hope you enjoy a look.


Offline Uncle Russ

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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2010, 07:50:17 PM »
Should have had that when my oldest boy was growing up...

Some folks may see a 4.5' blade as being something less than a working knife, but not me.

For years and years I carried a knife that was simply too big to be practical.
If it had a 10 or 12" blade,  heavy enough to make you walk sideways, and hung down to my knees, I had to have it!  
It had my name all over it, and I didn't rest until I either got one like it, or satisfied my thinking that no bear was going to attack me at night,  and Sir Arthur was not in need of someone to fill a place at the Round Table....still yet, it was a lovely journey and I enjoyed it for many years.

I still like big knifes, but my heart for the past 30 or so years is really in those knives quite similar to this one. I can not envision any job requiring a knife that that one couldn't do...except perhaps some chopping chores, but that's a whole 'nother ball game.

Great job....per usual.     :bow

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Offline Bison Horn

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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2010, 08:20:18 PM »
Nice one. :th up  Someday I might try to make a knife probably using a premade  blade.
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Offline Roaddog

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« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2010, 06:41:59 AM »
Very nice knife and just the right size. I dressed out my bear with a 3" blade this year. The 9" I had on my belt looked sharp and felt sharp but couldn't cut butter. My falt :oops:
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