Show your knives!

[Captain O]

I carry this on a daily basis. It is handy and stays sharp.

 

[AshWilliams]

I carry this on a daily basis. It is handy and stays sharp.

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Is that a Microtech Cipher? I have the Chinese clone and it's my everyday carry. Love it.

 

[Captain O]

it is a Microtech Dirac.

Is that a Microtech Cipher? I have the Chinese clone and it's my everyday carry. Love it.

This a a 204p steel bladed, $300.00 knife.

 

[erslll]

Is it a Cypher? I can't tell from the pic. Too small for these seasoned eyes. It looks to me like the switch is on the large side, not the edge?

 

[jayR]

keeps on cutting EDC

 

[AshWilliams]

it is a Microtech Dirac.

This a a 204p steel bladed, $300.00 knife.

My Cipher clone was inexpensive but boasts a legit m390 blade.

I'd like to get a real Microtech at some point.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I was playing around in my shop today…
And made this.
Blade is from an old file….
The handle is cow horn.
A little bit of engraving as well.
Andy

 

[Indy62]

I was playing around in my shop today…
And made this.
Blade is from an old file….
The handle is cow horn.
A little bit of engraving as well.
Andy
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Impressive!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Impressive!

Thank you....
I find that as Summer Break winds down...I get to being busy with projects and such.
Andy

 

[Indy62]

Thank you....
I find that as Summer Break winds down...I get to being busy with projects and such.
Andy

Yeah..I get that. You know I bought this hatchet at Ace Hardware like 10 years ago. A few years ago I was tinting and treating a Telecaster guitar I built and thought..hrm..this stuff would look good on my hatchet handle. So I did it.

From there I decided to put a knife edge on it...with stones...then thought..well I gotta go full in and buy a proper leather protector. So I did.

I'm funny like that. The viking line in my blood comes out once in a while. turn a $20 hatchet into something..kinda cool.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Yeah..I get that. You know I bought this hatchet at Ace Hardware like 10 years ago. A few years ago I was tinting and treating a Telecaster guitar I built and thought..hrm..this stuff would look good on my hatchet handle. So I did it.

From there I decided to put a knife edge on it...with stones...then thought..well I gotta go full in and buy a proper leather protector. So I did.

I'm funny like that. The viking line in my blood comes out once in a while. turn a $20 hatchet into something..kinda cool.
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Vikings did ya say…?
A Viking style hand axe made from a rasp.
Handle is curly maple.
The book is The Vikings by Gwyn Jones.
An excellent read by the way.
Andy

 

[Indy62]

Vikings did ya say…?
A Viking style hand axe made from a rasp.
Handle is curly maple.
The book is The Vikings by Gwyn Jones.
An excellent read by the way.
Andy
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Nice coloring and metal work..

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Nice coloring and metal work..

Yeah...the fella who made that did a good job.
Andy

 

[Indy62]

Yeah...the fella who made that did a good job.
Andy

I've been fascinated lately by the viking incursions of 800-1100AD into England and France.. It always surprises me when people say they're Scottish..or Irish..or Welsh..or English..

And I think...well....not really. How far back in time you wanna go?

I just say I'm an American..no hyphen.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I've been fascinated lately by the viking incursions of 800-1100AD into England and France.. It always surprises me when people say they're Scottish..or Irish..or Welsh..or English..

And I think...well....not really. How far back in time you wanna go?

I just say I'm an American..no hyphen.

Ahhh yes....The Danelaw...and Normandy.....among many other areas.
As much I as like reading about the Vikings...I do know what side of the river I would be making my stand on at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
And there there is the earlier Battle of Maldon...What the Hell was Byrthwold thinking when he let the Norse cross onto dry land...?
Andy

Replica of a Norwegian sword Circa 700

• Andy54Hawken
• May 11, 2024

 

[Andy54Hawken]

As fascinating and cool as swords are….
Spears were the main weapon of most warriors of the so-called Dark Age.
This one is a Thrusting Spear.
For reference I am 6 foot even.
Very sharp edge and an ash shaft.
Andy

 

[Indy62]

As fascinating and cool as swords are….
Spears were the main weapon of most warriors of the so-called Dark Age.
This one is a Thrusting Spear.
For reference I am 6 foot even.
Very sharp edge and an ash shaft.
Andy
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Especially effective against cavalry.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

As fascinating and cool as swords are….
Spears were the main weapon of most warriors of the so-called Dark Age.
This one is a Thrusting Spear.
For reference I am 6 foot even.
Very sharp edge and an ash shaft.
Andy
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Reminds me of the guy who killed a baboon that was attacking villagers (can't recall where). He used a cold steel bushman. Love those things. $15 and can be used as a hatchet, spear, shovel, knife, and comes with a fire starter.

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• ilikegunspdx
• May 13, 2022

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• ilikegunspdx
• May 13, 2022

 

[Andy54Hawken]

@ilikegunspdx
Well that is one way to get yer point across....
Andy

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Coastal Salish style bow and a Plains style bow

• Andy54Hawken
• Aug 20, 2024

A "California style" bow ...the painted bow
A Plains style sinew backed bow.

Stone point...antique Iron Trade point

• Andy54Hawken
• Aug 20, 2024

A stone point....along with an original ( antique ) iron trade point.

Bows , arrows and stone point made by me.
Andy