Carbon Steel Hunting Knives. Does any manufacture make them?

[Just Duke]

Carbon Steel Hunting Knives. Does any manufacture make them?
Non Tactical of course. ;)
TIA,
Duke

[Ajax]

I don't know about a manufacturer but we have a forum member here who makes knives his name is jtknives.

Andy

[BABore]

Marble Arms does. There was also an offshoot of them (former employees) that once went by Rapid River Knives out of Rapid River, MI. I think they're called Black River, Black Rock, or Black Creek maybe. IIRC K-Bar also has a couple hunting blades. Cold Steel also has a few made from their Carbon-V steel.

[redneckdan]

If JT can't hook you up check out blind horse knives. I have one of their frontier valley patch knives that is my every day carry. Made from O2 it takes a real nice edge with not a lot of work. It does get discolored but I think it gives the knife some of that old time charm. They can do many different grinds, not just the hollow grind you most often would see. The bushcraft crowd seems to be pretty impressed with them....and they beat the living piss out of their knives.:veryconfu

[BBA]

Hess Knives are made of 1095. Made in Michigan by guys who use to work for Marbles. Nice and pretty reasonable.

[Spector]

Try here.......Mike

http://www.kebcollc.com/cart/store.php?crn=208&rn=488&action=show_detail

[82nd airborne]

sog field pup, best hunting knife I have ever had and its only $30. This is coming from a guy with a $300 hunting knife, now I scratch my head and wonder why.

[Tim357]

If you have access to a grinder and a bucket of water, the Old Hickory line of knives make damgood starter blades for hunting knives. Just grind slow and cool often. I've done several and never looked back. There is NOTHING like good carbon steel for a hunting knife...

[waksupi]

Smokey Mountain Knife Works is a good bet.

http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce/main_front.jsp

[Geraldo]

Randall Made Knives offers carbon or stainless. I think Chris Reeve fixed blades are all A2. Cold Steel has carbon offerings.

My two favorite custom knife makers are Gene Ingram in Mississippi and Ivan Campos in Brazil. Both are good guys who make good stuff, but there are a lot of others as well.

[Just Duke]

I guess I should have said I was looking for store bought and wanted to stay under $150.00.
Black Jack knives anygood?

[6.5 mike]

TOTW has some nice blade blanks & all the guard & handle stuff if you want to make one yourself.

[Lloyd Smale]

Marble knives are no longer made in america. the company that bought them moved there office from mich. to texas and has oversees contracters building there knives. When there factory was bought out two of there employees opened there own shops. Bark river knife company and rapid river knife company. Both make knives that are even better knives then marbles were even in there heyday.
Marble Arms does. There was also an offshoot of them (former employees) that once went by Rapid River Knives out of Rapid River, MI. I think they're called Black River, Black Rock, or Black Creek maybe. IIRC K-Bar also has a couple hunting blades. Cold Steel also has a few made from their Carbon-V steel.

[FWest]

http://pumaknifecompanyusa.com/default.aspx

I have a skinner. I like it allot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/frankwest/SAM_0142.jpg

[camerl2009]

if you want i knife thats good and has a small price take a look a mora of sweden
i use one as a edc and now and then when hunting it dose the job and
easy to sharpen on a stone and thay come from the store razor sharp

http://www.bensbackwoods.com/servlet/Detail?no=9 this is the one i have i made a deer skin sheath

lol i make my own knive's and i still love them mora's

[fryboy]

the cheap ? the swedish steel , may not be the purtiest but the one camerl pointed out is entirely function-able and hard to beat - even not considering the price !!! yet if lost nothing to cry about except the loss of a fine blade , i've seen them bent and straightened to where the harder inner layer broke and aside from the nick it leaves it still functions , cheap enough to have several for using as one shouldnt use a edged tool

old stock schrades/old timers can still be found and they also are a bargain with function and form ( sheaths are also fair )

russell sells some already made much like great granpa would of bought and used under the green river brand, again these arent umm top of the line but fully function-able and erstwhile using knifes and with your wood skills buying a blade and hafting it would be no problem ( pm if you go this route and i'll send you some sweet handle material )

one thing i would suggest is a site that sells knives and also offers reviews ( such as midway ) understandably these reviews should be taken with a grain of salt but can often be very informing

[camerl2009]

the cheap ? the swedish steel , may not be the purtiest but the one camerl pointed out is entirely function-able and hard to beat - even not considering the price !!! yet if lost nothing to cry about except the loss of a fine blade , i've seen them bent and straightened to where the harder inner layer broke and aside from the nick it leaves it still functions , cheap enough to have several for using as one shouldnt use a edged tool

old stock schrades/old timers can still be found and they also are a bargain with function and form ( sheaths are also fair )

russell sells some already made much like great granpa would of bought and used under the green river brand, again these arent umm top of the line but fully function-able and erstwhile using knifes and with your wood skills buying a blade and hafting it would be no problem ( pm if you go this route and i'll send you some sweet handle material )

one thing i would suggest is a site that sells knives and also offers reviews ( such as midway ) understandably these reviews should be taken with a grain of salt but can often be very informing

the one i put up is all carbon steel not the Laminated steel ones

http://www.swedishknives.com/ thay have some nice hunting knives too

i do have there full set of carving knives

[montana_charlie]

Duke,
If you like this one, I have one NIB that I will sell you for $100.
http://pumaknifecompanyusa.com/Bowie-P2.aspx

This is a one-time offer for Duke, gentlemen.
If I decide to make it generally available, I'll post it in the sell/trade forum.

CM

[Just Duke]

Duke,
If you like this one, I have one NIB that I will sell you for $100.
http://pumaknifecompanyusa.com/Bowie-P2.aspx

This is a one-time offer for Duke, gentlemen.
If I decide to make it generally available, I'll post it in the sell/trade forum.

CM


Looks like she's stainless steel.

Blade Steel: 440C Stainless
Rockwell Hardness: 57-60

http://www.priceinsanity.com/servlet/the-1073511/PUMA-116396-Gold-Series/Detail

[Chicken Thief]

Crazy Crow sell some classical carbon knifes:
http://www.crazycrow.com/ready-made-knives

Heres the one i have toted through 20+ yrs of hunting
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm153/Chickenthief/Knive/DSCN2688.jpg

And under $20 too!
http://www.crazycrow.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CCTP&Product_Code=4925-040-001&Category_Code=841-400-100

[montana_charlie]

Just wondered if you could 'see' my post...

[softpoint]

Bark river makes some of the best knives for the money I've seen.I have several they use A2 tool steel, and several other steels(they will specify what each style is using) Also check out Blind Horse Knives, another reasonable priced line made of O1 tool steel I believe.:-)

[69daytona]

Why not a Gurka Kukuri, they sell on ebay for 40 bucks buffalo horn handles and buffalo skin wrapped wooden sheath, very high quality blade made from old army truck springs.
I bought two. I trained with the Indian Gurkas for 3 weeks while I was in Hawaii. They are fearless.

[softpoint]

I guess I should have said I was looking for store bought and wanted to stay under $150.00.
Black Jack knives anygood?

I am thinking the owner of Bark River Knives has or maybe still does make blades for Blackjack. Both brands are convex bevel, which I prefer.:cbpour:

[waksupi]

Check out my buddy Dean.

http://www.montanaamericana.com/

[chaos]

I skin out BUNCHES of wild hogs and a few deer every year. I Refuse to use anything but a good cabon blade as nothing that is stainless will hold up without constant dressing. I like MOORE MAKER brand knives. Made in Texas and worth every penny. Best carbon steel and holds an edge like none other that I've found.


The handles/ scales on the top and bottom in the pic are made of bone ( cow shin bone) , the middle is plastic/ delrin. I've been using both bone handled knives since 2000, the plastic handle for about 2 years. You CANNOT buy a better blade for the money. PERIOD.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s132/colbcheese/mooremaker-2.jpg


You can look at their catalogue here:

http://www.mooremaker.com/


Best prices on them that I have found are here:
http://bigbendsaddlery.com/home.html

[excess650]

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartList.aspx?catID=9&subID=58&styleID=224

If you can put handles on and such, look at the Russell blades. Most of them are carbon steel.


Older Schrade Walden knives are carbon steel, but the Uncle Henry line and later knives marked Schrade+ are SS.

[montana_charlie]

If you can put handles on and such, look at the Russell blades. Most of them are carbon steel.
The guy has a bunch of 'kit' knives for sale in the sell/trade forum. I have a feeling he started out intending to build his own...and gave up.


I like MOORE MAKER brand knives. Made in Texas and worth every penny.
I had forgotten about the Moore Maker knives. They truly are good ones.

CM

[Sprue]

Normark" Super Swede" (lockblade). They are no longer produced and way below your spending Cap.

They have changed quite a bit since this model was discontinued. They look like a *** with plastic handles but I always revert to it when skinning comes to play.

One of the sharpest blades I've ever seen and it holds an edge forever. The blade is 4 inch Stainless.

I've looked and looked for another one cause I liked the first one that well. Well, I got one off fee bay a month or so ago and its in better shape than my current one and my current one is in great shape. Gave around $35 for it.

If I ever see another one in decent shape I'll buy it.

They come with a sheath too.

Here is the one I'm talking about:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__OxXu_fhh18/SLFU8LBtQnI/AAAAAAAAAEE/994CojOXOy8/s320/normark_super_swede_lock_knife_ss_large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://survivall.blogspot.com/2008/08/survival-knife.html&usg=__ZXHftCazivRGJ84eaiwJuRtlmXQ=&h=320&w=163&sz=8&hl=en&start=10&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=KpSGesMCj23hgM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=60&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnormark%2Bbig%2Bswede%26um%3D1%26hl%3 Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=JdGITZOhHeXB0QHX6uyZDg

[Sprue]

Yep I agree with the above.

Mora knifes are on the cheap and I love them, they come nearly razor sharp and easy to re-sharpen. I don't care about the laminated steel ones though. The sheath that comes with, are ***. But I make leather sheaths for mine.

I also buy the heat treated Blanks and again, come razor sharp! Make your own scales and your good to go....... thats what I do and don't let the price fool ya !

Take a look: Mora Knives and outdoor stuff (www.ragweedforge.com/SwedishKnifeCatalog.html)

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh266/spilihp_2007/439d3ba3.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh266/spilihp_2007/6b43e3ed.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh266/spilihp_2007/c81b9d7c.jpg



Here is a couple that I've made (first ever attempt).

[wire nut]

Try bear and sons cutlery, My daughter gave me one for my birthday last year. It is made similar to a schrade sharp finger. Field dressed, Skinned and processed 3 deer last season and the knife is still sharp enough to continue using. Also made in USA in Alabama I think. Check out their web site. I think they produce other style that are carbon steel also.

[longbow]

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartList.aspx?catID=9&subID=58&styleID=229

[fatnhappy]

Marble knives are no longer made in america. the company that bought them moved there office from mich. to texas and has oversees contracters building there knives. When there factory was bought out two of there employees opened there own shops. Bark river knife company and rapid river knife company. Both make knives that are even better knives then marbles were even in there heyday.

I will not only attest wholeheartedly with Lloyd's post, I'll add pictures. I have a bunch of the marble's that were made in Michigan. If you can find one made 8 to 10 years ago you'll have the knife of a lifetime. The 52-100 steel holds an extremely sharp edge and even when hardened to 58 rockwell C it's still tough.

My rapid river drop point is more of a good thing, in that they're somewhat heftier than the marbles blades. IIRC they're using D2 tool steel. You'll like the maple handled Rapid River custom.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/004-5.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/001-8.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/hunting/101_0866.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/hunting/101_0869.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/hunting/101_0870.jpg

[Arisaka99]

Im with Sprue, mora knives are hard to beat!!!

[Just Duke]

This any good?
http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce/products/hunting/Fox-N-Hound%26%23153%3B+Damascus+Bowie+with+Genuine+Stag +Handle/FH1032.html

http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce/products/hunting/Fox-N-Hound%26%23153%3B+11%22+Damascus+Clip+Point+Skinne r+with+Genuine+Stag+Handle/FH605.html


http://www.knifesupply.com/eshop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=FH602

Fox-N-Hound Damascus Stag Freedom Bowie Knife. 14 1/4" overall length. Hand Forged Damascus Steel bowie blade. Genuine Stag handle. Features Brass guard and spacers. Comes with Genuine Leather sheath. Made in Pakistan. :veryconfu
Product Code: FH602

$47.95

[Just Duke]

Looks like I'm going with a few vintage Schrades.

[Lloyd Smale]

Ive got one that looks just like your top knife in the picture but with the drop point blade like your blue one. the kid that owned the company had some burl birch one day when i was in there that a guy gave him to make a few custom knives and he told me he could snag enough to make me one too. Its pretty but there tough enough that a guy can use them without fear. Its been my main hunting knife for a couple years now and has field dressed over 50 deer and still looks like new. Another one i use alot is my little chub. Ive got a half a dozen rapid river knives and there excellent knives. Ive got probably even more bark river knives. There not as pretty of a knife as a rapid river but there made as working knives and there designed more for use then for looks. In my opinion the quality of either is right up there with my randle for a 1/4 of the money.
I will not only attest wholeheartedly with Lloyd's post, I'll add pictures. I have a bunch of the marble's that were made in Michigan. If you can find one made 8 to 10 years ago you'll have the knife of a lifetime. The 52-100 steel holds an extremely sharp edge and even when hardened to 58 rockwell C it's still tough.

My rapid river drop point is more of a good thing, in that they're somewhat heftier than the marbles blades. IIRC they're using D2 tool steel. You'll like the maple handled Rapid River custom.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/004-5.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/001-8.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/hunting/101_0866.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/hunting/101_0869.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/lhsjfk3t/hunting/101_0870.jpg

[fatnhappy]

Ive got one that looks just like your top knife in the picture but with the drop point blade like your blue one. the kid that owned the company had some burl birch one day when i was in there that a guy gave him to make a few custom knives and he told me he could snag enough to make me one too. Its pretty but there tough enough that a guy can use them without fear. Its been my main hunting knife for a couple years now and has field dressed over 50 deer and still looks like new. Another one i use alot is my little chub. Ive got a half a dozen rapid river knives and there excellent knives. Ive got probably even more bark river knives. There not as pretty of a knife as a rapid river but there made as working knives and there designed more for use then for looks. In my opinion the quality of either is right up there with my randle for a 1/4 of the money.


I have a bark river "Little Creek" with blaze orange handles. It's a solid no nonsense knife that I leave to deer camp. The blade is probably a bit small for most people's tastes.
The big difference between my drop point marbles (which doesn't exist as a model-it's not a sport 99) and the rapid river is the blade thickness. The Marbles is only 5/32" thick and the rapid river is a 1/4". It might not seem like much but it makes a huge difference in balance and feel. The edge quality on the marbles needs to be seen to be believed. I can shave with it just sharpening with a stone. With a strop and some rouge it's terrifyingly sharp.

[Lloyd Smale]

no doubt the old marbles knives were a good knife. At one time i had 22 of them. I sold them all when they left there factory here and went oversees with there knife making. I had freinds that lost there job. I kept one. Only reason i kept it is my wife bought it for me as a gift before we were married. to be honest i dont miss them. I do seriously believe that the knives tha that bark river and rapid river make are a better quality knive then marbles ever made. Not by alot but enough that i notice and there made here localy in the good old USA and cost no more. Its a no brainer to me. I also have some predudice against marbles because i met the new president. He IS NOT a good old boy from Texas. I met him at the range and he asked where i bought my cast bullets. I told him i did my own. He asked if i wanted to sell some and i said no but might trade for knives. We struck a deal and i gave him 4 coffee cans full of cast bullets. It took me over a year to get a knife from him. My buddy who worked there tried to shame him into comming accross with a knife. He had no intention of holding up his end of the deal. A couple guys there ended up taking a knife out of the showcase and giving it to me. I told them it they sure didnt have to do that as it wasnt there fault. I also knew the orignal owners and they would have flipped over backards knowning a guy like that was running there bussiness. The old management were sticklers for quality control. I had an in to get there reject knives real cheap and 99 percent of them you couldnt tell in any way why they were rejects. Guys told me the first day the new management took over they said theres no such thing as a defective knife. Sell them all. Locals were sad to see the jobs lost when they closed but were glad to see those guys head back to texas! Still seems sacreligious to me to buy a marble made in tiawan!

[MSGO-Hammer]

A stainless knife can hold an edge just as long as a carbon steel knife, if you use the right kind of stainless. Most of the stainless knives you buy commercially are cheap stainless. Like 440 or 440C. If a good quality stainless is used, such as CPM 154 CM, S30V, S90V, the edge will hold up. I have a couple of CPM 154CM knives, and they hold an edge like you wont believe. Several deer were skinned with one of them. I only sharpened it because my mind kept telling me I needed to. They would still shave hair, before sharpening. To get a good quality stainless knife, you will have to turn to a custom maker.

Here is a link to pics of some of the knives made by Donavon Phillips in Morton, MS.
He made a few for me, and is a good friend and co-worker of mine.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdknives

My daily carry fixed blade, made of CPM 154 stainless. Gets used heavily.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2671/3832902189_64bf650cb3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdknives/3832902189/)
CPM-154 caper (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdknives/3832902189/) by bigdknives (http://www.flickr.com/people/bigdknives/), on Flickr

My hunter style knife. made to my specs. CPM 154 CM steel
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2525/3832898657_591cc89012.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdknives/3832898657/)
Standard hunter 4.5" blade (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdknives/3832898657/) by bigdknives (http://www.flickr.com/people/bigdknives/), on Flickr

Armadillo and orange G-10 handle knife, CPM 154 steel.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3429/3235827083_affbb13d3b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdknives/3235827083/)
Armadillo and Orange G-10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdknives/3235827083/) by bigdknives (http://www.flickr.com/people/bigdknives/), on Flickr

He does make some with non-stainless steels. His competition knife is made from CPM M4. Which is a tool steel on steroids. I have done one competition with him. Cut a 2x4 in half, 1", 1.5" and 2" sisal twine rope, one swing each. 3/4 dowel rod in one swipe, sliced straws long ways, and all kinds of stuff.
Normal knives would be destroyed. Do a search on YouTube for cutting competitions.

[Just Duke]

I have been picking up several vintage carbon steel Schrade's for hunting here lately.

[blasternank]

sog field pup, best hunting knife I have ever had and its only $30. This is coming from a guy with a $300 hunting knife, now I scratch my head and wonder why.

Do you have a link for this knife?

Thanks.

[jcwit]

Just google "sog field pup" came up right away with all sorts of info and places to buy it.

[GaryN]

I think Cold Steel quit offering Carbon V knives because I heard the company that was making them in the USA went out of business. Case has their CV line and it is all carbon. I have tried many knives. So far the one that has held up the best for me is a Helle laminated blade knife. I completely cut up two elk with it before it needed sharpening. I have never had a custom knife.

[chaos]

[QUOTE=DUKE NUKEM;1226523]I have been picking up several vintage carbon steel Schrade's for hunting here lately.

Here's one that's of several. Needs some work. But it was $40.00.

Here's one of my Schrades. This one cost $40.00
I'm still looking for a few more.


http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/BOWIE/KGrHqZlYE2EfrNQwBNkpDhmOwg_3.jpg

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/BOWIE/KGrHqZigE2LfFO4GBNkpDjmtzw_3.jpg

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/BOWIE/KGrHqVl8E2EuurdBNkpDlvo-g_3.jpg





Nice looking knife, but I cant imagine trying to butcher an animal with a Bowie:kidding:

[Just Duke]

So their over here. http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?p=1254259#post1254259

[MajorDude]

I have a couple of Mora 510s (discontinued, I think the current version is the 511) in carbon steel. For the money, they can't be beat. I also have a stainless 546 for the boat. They can be had at Ragnar's or Ben's Backwoods. Both places are great. Very practical and affordable. I make my own neck sheathes for them from kydex.

[kend]

Take a look at these, http://www.michaelmorrisknives.com/ A friend ordered one and I fell in love with it so I ordered me one just the other day. They're made from Nicholson files and he leaves a bit of the file tooth pattern on the blade so it has a distinctive look about them. I'm not a big knife kinda guy but these are beautiful. Being made from file steel you should be able to put a nice edge on them and it stay there for quite a while. And his prices are not out of line for a completely hand made custom knife.

[WickedGoodOutdoors]

Hey Duke, or maybe someone else that likes to pound hot metal.

Could you make me a few dozzen Swordfish Harpoon darts out of some scrap like old truck leaf springs?

Maybe we can shoot a few with a compond bow off the boat?

if that does not work there is allways the old wooden harpoon stick.

Capt Walt

Capt@WickedGoodOutdoors.com


http://bp3.blogger.com/_hzJVKDy85-g/RopiUuzxPoI/AAAAAAAAAJU/A3B5U37CTQc/s400/popup-harpoon-tip.jpg

[Rio Grande]

These are carbon, I like 'em.
Made here in Texas.
http://catalog.mooremaker.com/browseGroup.cfm?item_group_id=29383