Garry Keown Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 More Buffalo skinners on 1095 with buffalo horn under the exhibition walnut. One has brass pins and the other has carbon fiber. And got all the sheaths done and waxed for everything that is ready to ship next week. Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) A red deer antler handle on this 1084 stick tang with peened brass guard and butt plates Edited January 5, 2020 by Garry Keown Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Got everything bar done bar an edge on these but that happens just before they are sold and or shipped off. This one is random SS damascus Hunter Skinner with desert ironwood over curve backed buffalo horn A 7 1/2 in 12C27 SS chef with curly maple A 1084 Light Hunter with gidgeewood A 1084 Hunter Skinner with Leopardwood over buffalo Horn A 1084 Hunter Skinner with Black Palm over brass A 1084 boner with walnut over buff horn A 1095 PH EDC withDesert Ironwood over curve backed brass 1 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Middleton Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Damn, that PH with the brass bolster is speaking to me. I love the profile of that knife line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Christenberry Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 i know what you mean, Alex. His PH EDC is just about my favorite of his designs. Been really fighting the urge to just flat out copy it! 1 Chris www.chrischristenberry.com WHEW!!! If I could only know now what I "thought" I knew back then.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Hey @Garry Keown you have been bashing out some decent quality and quantity since I was last on here. It has been some 18months since I logged on here. Good to catch up with what has been going on. Keep up the good work brother. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 16 hours ago, Alex Middleton said: Damn, that PH with the brass bolster is speaking to me. I love the profile of that knife line. 15 hours ago, Chris Christenberry said: i know what you mean, Alex. His PH EDC is just about my favorite of his designs. Been really fighting the urge to just flat out copy it! Thanks Guys. I have a pair of those (the copper and ebony ones shown previously) PH EDC's away with Professional Hunters in Africa for a hard work test to see if I have all the needs met with the design. 6 hours ago, Chris C-S said: Hey @Garry Keown you have been bashing out some decent quality and quantity since I was last on here. It has been some 18months since I logged on here. Good to catch up with what has been going on. Keep up the good work brother. Good to see you back Chris. I do appreciate the positive comments from my peers in this obsession we have. 1 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 A few more ready to go to the gun shop to replace sold items A Boning knife with Matai over linen micarta bolster on the 1075 blade Another Boning knife with Kwila handles A mini skinner with matai over buff bolsteron 1084 blade A PH EDC with swamp kauri over OD canvas micarta bolsters on the 1095 blade Wapiti knife with walnut on the 1095 blade and a bowie to use the end of a bar of 1075 with pear wood over the paper micarta bolsters Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 While I was doing the sheaths for them I made these for some blades I have on the bench at the momentSlip covers for three 7 1/2 inch chef knives two PH EDC's and a slip cover for a GP kitchen knife 1 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Gerber Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Garry the Machine! Looking great, as always! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris C-S Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 You've been busy my friend... great looking work as per usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 I got some handles shaped up today and was very pleased with the little 3 3/4 in kitchen petty knife in 12C27 SS with the blue liners under the impala jigged horn. There was a 4 3/4 in 1095 PH EDC with buff horn and exhibition walnut and another one with curly macrocarpa. A 3 3/4 12C27 paring knife with cocobola and a 5 inch general purpose kitchen knife in 12C27 with eucalyptus. I finished the day by doing the finish grind on some more blades and starting on the handsanding 1 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Gerber Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 The Impala with the blue liners looks stunning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 I forgot to take decent pics of these before they headed off this morning. The 7 1/2 in chef knives of 12C27 SS with oak handles and the box set (004) is a sample for my agent to show round various interested parties so will see what comes of them. The pic was taken before I had the inletted discs etched with the symbolic malon labe motif but it is the same one as on the box lid. Have also sent him portions of the colour options for the cloth lining. 2 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 A Thumbrest Skinner with Swamp Kauri over CB Buff, Hunter Skinner with Matai over FB Ebony and a Mini Skinner with Macrocarpa over FB Micarta. A J T Ranger with Ambonya burl over CB Buff and a Light Hunter with Sapele over CB SS A pair of J T Rangers Top one has Madrone Burl over FB Micarta and the lower one has Maple Burl over CB Micarta Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 A pair of boning knives. Top one has black micarta over brass with blue liners and the lower one has oak over brass A pair of Hunter Skinners. Top is Swamp Kauri over FB micarta and the lower has Oak over micarta. A Pig Sticker with Black micarta over brass with blue liners and the lower is a J T Ranger that I got the bevel too high so gave it a FF grind and put Matai over CB micarta. Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 A Skinner with Ebony over copper and a Light Hunter with matai over FB micarta A pair of Mini Skinners . Impala jigged buff over blue liners and eucalyptus over micarta A new design which is an amalgamation of 3 others (big game knife, hunter butcher and the wapiti knife) and called the Wapiti hunter Butcher with blaze liners and spacer with black and OD micarta and a P H EDC with natural and black micarta 2 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Middleton Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I bet it feels good to finish up a batch that size. Outstanding as always! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, Alex Middleton said: I bet it feels good to finish up a batch that size. Outstanding as always! Yes it does. It is one thing to have some repitition as far as efficiency goes but a dozen is a better number although these are all different so there isn't a sameness to many of the operations. Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Christenberry Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Impressive work, Garry. 1 Chris www.chrischristenberry.com WHEW!!! If I could only know now what I "thought" I knew back then.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Something different with a first try at forging from an off cut of 1095 where this Became this. The SS is a bear to get right but looks good with the red G10 spacers. Now have this to a stage I am going to call it done. Not perfect but for a first forging I am quite pleased with it. The stabilised willow has some very nice markings and colours. As well as my 3 dot mark in the reminder of the forging I have stamped a number 1 on the blade as a memento of its place in my development Edited April 6, 2020 by Garry Keown 2 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) Another one I got finished today was this Wapiti Hunter Butcher. 5 inch blade of 1095 with micarta CB bolster and dressed with some nicely marked oak scales for a flared butt handle. Edited April 6, 2020 by Garry Keown 3 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Myshkoff Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) This flowing lines of this knife are beautifully done. 5 hours ago, Garry Keown said: Another one I got finished today was this Wapiti Hunter Butcher. 5 inch blade of 1095 with micarta CB bolster and dressed with some nicely marked oak scales for a flared butt handle. Edited April 6, 2020 by John Myshkoff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Christenberry Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 +1 !!! 1 Chris www.chrischristenberry.com WHEW!!! If I could only know now what I "thought" I knew back then.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 This is the 3 little ones I have done to show the comparrison between them. I had an order for a field scalpel that is 2 1/2 inch blade so decided to make a rabbit knife with 3 inch blade and while I was at it thought that a small game with the same blade as the light hunter but the handle treatment of the smaller onmes might be niceThe field scalpel has the 2 1/2 inch blade and gidgee wood handle.The middle knife is the rabbit knife with 3 inch blade and walnut handle.The larger of the three is the small game knife with 3 1/2 in blade and Desert Ironwood handles And a comparrison between the small game and the light hunter. I have an idea that this particular knife may just go into my own kit. The handle should ideally go forward to withing a 1/4 in of the plunge but with this particular piece of ironwood was only able to get this length from it. Mabe I should have put a bolster to lengthen it out a bit but it is what it is and still feels comfortable in hand. 1 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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