Custom mini Canadian belt knife

[Lawnboi]

Man, sometimes we are lucky to drag them three feet… this is why having a knife with big belly is appealing to me that I can just grab with a handle. Especially where you’ve got to contort yourself into a position and even reach below you sometimes.

I was glad I only had to do two quarters on this one. We barely drug his head out of the tangle with 4 dudes. I think this picture was after the smiling guy had spent 15 minutes cutting back branches with a smallish backpacking saw.

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Spots like that are when you want to be the guy with the knife and not the one holding the leg!

 

[rifletuner]

Just saw this last night: https://sthealthyhunter.com/product/sthealthy-hunter-knife/

Wow, that is a lot of money for a relatively budget steel, poor plunges, what looks like a divot in the blade, and a belt finish. And thats the one they chose for their marketing photo

 

[Slalomnorth]

Wow, that is a lot of money for a relatively budget steel, poor plunges, what looks like a divot in the blade, and a belt finish. And thats the one they chose for their marketing photo

Wow I agree, that is a joke. 52100 is a great steel but it’s a very inexpensive low alloy steel to work with and finish. Also rusts if you look at it wrong. And who knows what they run their 52100 at. I run mine at 65 HRC. I can almost guarantee they run it lower than 60. yikes

 

[rifletuner]

Wow I agree, that is a joke. 52100 is a great steel but it’s a very inexpensive low alloy steel to work with and finish. Also rusts if you look at it wrong. And who knows what they run their 52100 at. I run mine at 65 HRC. I can almost guarantee they run it lower than 60. yikes

Yes, you can make a great knife from 52100 - definitely not knocking the choice for steel per se. Actually thinking about it, the steel might be the best thing that knife has going for it.