Gidgee handled hunter

[jindydiver]

Just finished a knife with a Gidgee wood handle :D


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/2007/gidgeeutility2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/2007/gidgeeutility.jpg

[granty]

nice jindy love the look of the handle.
looks like a nice fit in the hand

[AdamK]

Nice. I love Gidgee. Such great depth to the timber grain.

[jamie]

Nice bit of work Mick.
Nothing looks better than grain of Gidgee when polished. It just wants to suck you in.
Looks like a Dewry knife.

[XTfreak]

Sweet knife jindy as usual.
Do you do any with a gut hook? (just out of interest)
Bill

[jindydiver]

Thanks guys

Jamie
The Dewey knives are done with the same thought in mind, the difference is that they use finger grooves (choils) on the unhafted section and I wanted to have a guard on mine. It makes it much more definite in the hand when you are up to your elbows up the guts of a red deer if you can feel a solid stop like a guard (and not have to remember which groove your finger is in when the thought hits that you want to choke up).

[jindydiver]

Bill
I don't do gut hooks. I made a few with them years ago and decided they were too much trouble to bother with. A lot of guys find they are hard to sharpen in the field and when the frustration levels peak because they don't work as advertised it is the knife maker who wears the flak, not the guy who asked to have it. I tried all sorts of designs and when a deer is moulting they all jam up with hair and it become difficult to hold the knife hard enough to keep going. I find a good drop point hunter can get the job done twice as fast.

I still use one of my gut hooks, it is a stand alone piece (not a knife) and it is used when I bring home legs off pigs (or some one drops some off :) ). The skin is a bear to get off when they are cold so I hang the legs up and cut around the hock with my knife, I then cut down with the gut hook every 2 or three inches all the way around. Seeing as the cut is only 18" max' and the pigs hair is sparse I find it works a treat. I then grab each strip in turn with a pair of multi grips and tear them off the ham.

Gut hooks work okay on smaller game, but then I don't see the point :)

Do you use one now? If it works well for you can you post a pic of your knife?

[jamie]

Well put Mick. Another good reason for a guard is that your not going to cut your hand if you know were the sharp bits are when as you say "up to your elbows in guts"

Is this knife looking for a home?

[jindydiver]

It happens that it is looking for a home :) As are most of the others from this week

[XTfreak]

Jindy,
These are the two that I use now. They were purchased as a set and for the cheap price they arent to awful bad.
Here is the link seeings as Iam obviously not smart enough to put the pictures up:rolleyes:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a281/safetyman_1/2007_0712Knives0003.jpg (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a281/safetyman_1/2007_0712Knives0003.jpg)
I cant wait to see what you will be bringing to our hunt up North next month :D...
Bill