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Old 05-08-2022, 11:37 AM
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Just completed another one.
Same blade design, and used Dymalux (black/orange/green) with G10 orange liner for the handle.


Awesome job, funny how knives are like fishing lures ya just gotta have a few more than you actually need!


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Old 05-08-2022, 06:54 PM
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I read this and chuckled. You see in this thread and others that I have used a Havalon almost exclusively the last few years and have literally, almost, taken apart Alberta’s big game with it. This last fall I, once again, took apart a bull moose with that “disposable” knife. I did it alone. He was a skeleton when I was finished.

Why? Because Coiloil37 is 100% correct when he says most knives, production or custom, largely suck by design. They are horrible. I got tired of packing a pantries worth of knives in my pack. Literally. So packed a disposable commodity that at least worked. If you want to weep openly, pay $350 for a knife that works poorly. What a bitter disappointment.

I have this same feeling toward hunting rifles. Many, many of them, by design, suck at what they are supposed to do. Be good hunting rifles. But that is a discussion for another time and place. Boots, bullets, packs the same.
With all due respect sir...

I'm sure you are an expert using a Havalon knife. And I'm sure many will agree with your expertise...I am one of them.

But this thread was about a design that I came up with. That's it.

If you don't like it...No problem. If you don't...All good.

If you want to brag about the Havalon knife that you cherish, please open a new thread and we can all discuss it with you...
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Old 05-08-2022, 06:56 PM
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[QUOTE=58thecat;4518452]Awesome job, funny how knives are like fishing lures ya just gotta have a few more than you actually need!

Thanx 58...appreciate it!

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Old 05-08-2022, 07:31 PM
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With all due respect sir...

I'm sure you are an expert using a Havalon knife. And I'm sure many will agree with your expertise...I am one of them.

But this thread was about a design that I came up with. That's it.

If you don't like it...No problem. If you don't...All good.

If you want to brag about the Havalon knife that you cherish, please open a new thread and we can all discuss it with you...
My comments had nothing to do with your knife design. Nor on the attributes of the Havalon.
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Old 05-08-2022, 08:55 PM
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Looking at your design again it may not be for me when it comes to gutting but I bet it would be really slick for splitting tails when it comes to putting up fur
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