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This is the best all around field knife that I have used. It is meant to be an all purpose blade and it works as well upside down as it does in normal usage. This works best in a 3 1/2-4 1/2 inch blade. About any handle material works for this knife. My favorite is stag or sheep horn on this knife. Shown is oil finished fiddle back maple, I also use stabilized woods, ivory and bone. This knife will slice a radish so thin it will not give you gas.

You can also dress up your field grade Sendero. This one has a 1084 carbon steel blade. The handle material is fossil Stellar Sea Cow bone. The stainless mountings on this particular knife are engraved by myself. The escutcheon is engraved with scroll work and has a small checkered background. The guard and pins are done with beading. I use a tool to hammer each bead and pivot the tool on each bead to raise it up. On each pin head is approx. 150 beads. This takes a long time to do beading but I like the result. I was luck enough to win Best Hunter award at the Arkansas show this year of 2003 with this knife.

I took my Sendero hunter and slimmed it down a lot then swept up the tip just a bit. This is a magnificent little knife. It will fit in where ever you go and has a real touch of class. I engraved the stainless guard. This particular knife has a sambar stag handle and a 1084 carbon steel blade. When you get ready for one just let me know. Put one of these in your backpack and you will always be prepared and feel good about it.

The Spear point Bowie is probably the oldest style of knife there is. Simply because you could chip one of them out of stone. It remains the strongest point of all the knives. Not only do they work excellent in the field but they are also pleasing to the eye. This particular one is forged from 1084 carbon steel. It has a Sambar stag handle and the mountings are of stainless steel. I engraved the ferrule with the traditional "running wheat" pattern and the guard is engraved with a single line of large beads.

This knife is a heavier duty user than the Sendero. The handle determines this. The Game Master has a drop down in the back allowing the hand to pull against it which results in heavier work you can do. This particular knife that is shown as a forged blade of 1084 carbon steel and a curly oak handle that has been stabilized. The stainless guard is of 416 stainless. I engraved the guard with a wheat pattern. Pack this knife and on those long hunting trips, this knife looks good and works even better. Available in a variety of handle materials.

This is a prototype of the new model Woojack. This was set up to be a one knife does most all type of carry. The blade is 6 1/2 inches long. Sharpend clip, thick spine and a oil finished maple handle. The maple is a gun stock wood so it will hold up well under abuse, the blade is stout so you can baton it through heavy cutting if need be. The belly of the blade can be used to skin a critter in the field etc. This is not a traditional bowie but it sure does hold up well in field use.

The Jamecia is the only intergal I do at this point. Forged from round bar they take longer to forge, and longer to grind but makes a very stout knife. All out of one piece of steel this knives are also the most deceptive as there is only 3 pieces to this simple knife. Sometimes it is harder to keep it simple yet elegant. This style of knife is still being used by the Gauchos in Brazil where I learned to make this knife. It will do overall camp chores very well and works as an excellent knife for field use. This knife works well in about any handle material. Shown is a 9 inch blade and a 4 1/2" inch. My favorite blade length is about 7 1/2 inches though it works well up to a 10 inch blade. These are both forged out of 5160 medium level carbon steel but I now have some round bar W2 steel that should work really well..

This is an historic knife. It worked well back in the 1800's and it works well today. Hand forged in carbon steel. The handle materials that it works best in are bone, stag and wood though ivory and even Mother of Pearl where sometimes used. This field grade knife can be up graded with a leather sheath that has a silver throat and tip. The straight handle on this knife makes it very fast in the hand. Shown is a 7 1/2 inch blade which was the size of the originals I looked at.

This knife is shown with a 7 1/2 inch blade. Forged from carbon steel it works best with wood or micarta handles. A strong knife it also carries a thong hold to attach a lanyard for those times when you may need it. This knife works well in anywhere from 6 1/2 inches to up to 10 1/2 inches in blade length.

This is the second generation of the camp knife model, Rojo . This was the first of this newer design. It shows and performs better. The change is in the handle. I kept the forward finger lug for control and "pull" but dropped the back of the handle for more power and gave more "pull" on the bottom of the handle in back also. This knife will cut well and be comfortable. This design can also be used quite well for cutting competitions due to the handle design. From the makers view point a draw back is that it uses oversize handle materials so this will limit what can be used. Handle materials will have to stay with wood, or I should be able to find an ivory tusk big enough if a damascus blade was preferred. As shown with Ring Ridgee wood and 5160 carbon steel that has been etched and polished to show off the temper line. You can get your carbon steel blades either etched or not etched and a variety of damascus patterns can be made with this knife. This particular knife had a 10 5/8" blade, it weighed 17 ounces and the balance was approx, 3/4" in front of the guard. The last time I had something this sexy out in the woods I ended up at a shot gun wedding.

Rover
Field grade with engraving

This is my Rover model. It is an excellent all around piece. This one has an approx 5 inch blade, sheep horn handle and stainless mounting. The engraving is supposed to look like a flower though I seen something that was ran over on the road that looked kinda like that.

The Military model. The approx 6 1/2inch blade is forged out of 1084 carbon steel and double tempered. This knife is a no-nonsense user. The spine is false edged so that it will penatrate well and also strengthens up the blade itself the way it is done. It has a stainless steel guard, handle bolts and thong hole. It only comes in black micarta. The tang comes within 3/8 inch of back of handle. The knife is ground with a very slight convex cross section. This knife is designed to cut well and to hold up under conditions a soldier will find themselves in. If you depend upon your knife for everyday task, this one will square you away.

You can also get a combo set if you wish. This particular set came with matching stabablized curly oak handles. You can order it plain field grade or with matching engraving as is shown here. You can also get a shorter tang on the ax if you wish. This one was set up for heavy duty use. I have now got me one started I liked it so well.

This is a matching Sendero and Woojack bowie. Oil finished maple handle, stainless mountings and engraved pins. These are forged in 5160 carbon steel from round bars and double tempered.

Small Southwest Bowie

This Southwest Bowie has an approx 5 inch blade. A sambar stag carver tine for the handle, stainless mountings. Engraving on the guard and pommell and am just getting ready to put the pin in the handle and peen it. Yeah, Yeah, I know. I had forgot to put in the pin in, taking the photos late at night and the boogers are out so I don't want to go outside in the dark to the shop. Well, that and I am just lazy.

Small Sporting Southwest

A Sporting bowie is one that has a single guard. This is just a Sporting style Southwest bowie. 5 inch blade. This one is forged out of W2 steel. Stainless guard and pins. The guard has a chain of 4 flowers engraved on it.

My personal knife for 2005

Each year I make myself one or two personal knives. I always have a small one and large one. I thought I would just post up my large one for this year so you can get an idea of what I use. This knife is an intergal blade forged from 5160 round bar, double tempered in a Southwest Bowie style and a crown stag handle. The blade measures this year about 9 1/2 inches long and a tad over 1 3/4 inches wide. I use my personal knives to help set up cutting contest, I use them in the field or just let people cut with them when they visit my shop. The type or style of knife varies each year. I chose this style this year because I had never made in intergal southwest style. Big ole honker ain't it? As you can see I had already began to use it when I thought up putting a picture up. This is also what some makers refer to as a "beater".

This is a no nonsense tool. Finish is cold gun blued so it will hold up under hard useage. The head is made up of S7 steel which is a shock resistant steel. Handles are hickory ball peen hammer handles so you can replace them quickly and easy. This Hawk throws well as well as it holds a good edge. . You can just have one of these made for you when you take delivery on your order.