Delivering a knife

[VonGruff]

This 951 Belt knife is a new design prompted by a customer who had used a similar but much smaller knife and asked for this scaled up version with heavy thumb jimping for general use (skinning etc) and lighter forefinger jimping for when it is being used as a capping knife. The orange liners under the scalloped OD canvas micarta add a splash of colour to this otherwise very utilitarian knife and the 15* down horrozontal closed top sheath to keep it handy but out of the way.

[VonGruff]

A Chamois knife with these pretty spalted Karelian Birch scales on the 1084 blade is away to a lady hunter in Texas.

[VonGruff]

This pair away to the US on the mornings courier.
A Hunter Skinner with African Olive over curve backed Gabon Ebony bolster in the plain closed top sheath.



And an A H EDC with Tasmainian Blackwood handles with snake knotted lanyard in 10 degree down horrozontal  sheath.

[VonGruff]

#'s 960 and 961 ready to go
A  Chamois Hunter with brass bolster, an orange spacer and oak scales and a Tahr Hunter with scalloped OD canvas micarta over orange liners in a closed top sheath

[ONIX]

How long have you been doing this @VonGruff these are amazing

[VonGruff]

How long have you been doing this @VonGruff these are amazing

I made my first knife in the late 60's and made them for myself right through till I showed the guys on the Africa Hunting forum the making of a new skinning knife for myself and was asked to make one for one of them. i was well and truly retired by then and the forum seemed adopt me as their knifemaker so made a great many more for them and others who heard of my work. I am getting close to 1000 made and shipped  knife # 960 away yesterday. Have something special in mind for knife #1000 that will be auctioned for a charity.  90% of what I make goes to forum members and have gone to 10 countries so far but the majority goes to the US. A couple of collectors have commissioned some rather special pieces and having started with hunting knives have gone into a lot of kitchen and chef knives as well. A facinating addiction and I get to work with some beautiful woods from all over the world mostly from two supply outlets with one in the US and the other in Lithuania.
This is a bit long but is one of the more memorable knives I made for a collector friend in AU. A 13th century Templar knights dagger forged on a power hammer I made, ground on a belt grinder I made heat treated in one of the two forges I made  and heat treated in one of the two forges I made. 

 

I have a website if you want to see more of what I offer. https://www.vongruffknives.com/

[bronx]

Nice video @VonGruff!
Just had a quick look through - very interesting. Will definitely watch the full video this evening.

[Tooly]

I enjoyed that latest video @VonGruff!

[VonGruff]

A new pattern for me was this Loveless style from 5mm O1 steel, 416 stainless bolster, stainless corby bolts for the buffalo horn handle on the 4 1/2 in blade and weighs in at a hefty 11 oz. The honing steel is handled with a piece of sable horn.

[VonGruff]

Three away as prizes for the Gorge Road County Club Small Three Hunt competition.
#1 is a Light Hunter with Camel Bone and G 10 liners over curve back buffalo horn bolsters.
#2 is a 4X4 Hunter with dark walnut over curve back buffalo horn bolsters
and #3 is an AH EDC with Mexican Sandlewood handles.

[VonGruff]

A bearded chef in NitroV stainless with spilled milk acrylic.
Pocket ranger with cross grained Karelian Birch crotch over curve back buffalo horn on the fireball stainless damascus blade
Resin ivory on the ladder pattern stainless damascus K-tip paring knife.
Ladies Boot knife with G10 ring pull and handle scales on the stone washed 1095 double edged blade in kydex boot sheath and with a leather leg sheath.

[HDNZ]

Impressive as always Mr. @VonGruff

[VonGruff]

Three of the 951 Belt knives with thumb and finger jimping on the 1095 blade having scalloped OD canvas micarta handle scales over orange G20 liners and a Heavy Hunter with chocolate dyed Karelian Birch Burl over Brass bolsters on the farriers rasp blade.

[VonGruff]

A 7 inch Euro chef in cryo quenched Nitro V stainless with customer supplied macrocarpa from their farm.
And a Chamois knife with brass bolster, brass and black G 10 spacers and Lacewood burl scales in the edge stamped sheath.

[Tooly]

A 7 inch Euro chef in cryo quenched Nitro V stainless with customer supplied macrocarpa from their farm.
And a Chamois knife with brass bolster, brass and black G 10 spacers and Lacewood burl scales in the edge stamped sheath.

Loving this set 👌

[VonGruff]

A pig sticker with Koa on the stonewashed 1075 blade and a 5 1/2 inch chef with black paper micarta on the cryo quenched NitroV SS blade.





 

[VonGruff]

A heavy chopper from 1/4 inch 1084 carbon steel with Birdseye Koa handle . Light hamon to the blade with the chopper being 15 inches overall and 21 ounces that makes it a handfull

[VonGruff]

These posts will reduce considerably after the next couple of weeks as I have decided that it is time for me to slow down on that side of my retirement and enjoy a bit more of the free time that will allow. In the meantime, this mix of 2 meat and 3 kitchen knives all in cryo quenched NitroV stainless with resin ivory handles show the 10 inch cimiter, 7 1/2 inch Byrd camp knife, Bearded chef, 6 inch K-tip general use and the little 4 inch euro paring knife are all away to Florida today.







 

[Baggger]

These posts will reduce considerably after the next couple of weeks as I have decided that it is time for me to slow down on that side of my retirement and enjoy a bit more of the free time that will allow. In the meantime, this mix of 2 meat and 3 kitchen knives all in cryo quenched NitroV stainless with resin ivory handles show the 10 inch cimiter, 7 1/2 inch Byrd camp knife, Bearded chef, 6 inch K-tip general use and the little 4 inch euro paring knife are all away to Florida today.








 

Nice knife set this one!
And I agree, enjoy retirement mate.

[VonGruff]

Nice knife set this one!
And I agree, enjoy retirement mate.

It has been 7 years of almost full time work and just on 1000 knives after early retirement so 2nd time round has to be the one that holds. Lots of roads to ride, garden to get back in order and time away in the caravan but no doubt there will still be time playing in the shed making stuff but on my terms from now on. 

[VonGruff]

These two are an Old Western having curve back buffalo horn bolster under the cherry burl scales on 1095 blade in edge stamped sheath and the Bushcraft hunter with oak scales on the scandi ground 1075 blade in plain sheath.





 

[VonGruff]

A Light Hunter away today. It has curve backed buffalo horn bolsters and camel bone scales over black G10 liners on the 1084 HC blade in edge stamped sheath.


 

[VonGruff]

Away to Italy are this Light Hunter with Gabon Ebony over brass bolster with engraved initials on 1084 blade in closed top sheath with stamped initials and a skinner with Eucalyptus over brass bolster on 1084 blade in deep pouch sheath.

[VonGruff]

This pair away to Texas. A JT Ranger with yellow cedar burl over curve backed buffalo horn on the 1075 blade in a cross draw sheath with edge stamping and the customer initials.. The second one is a Safari knife with spalted maple burl also over curve backed buffalo horn bolster on the 1095 blade in a closed top sheath also with edge stamping and customer initials.

[VonGruff]

A 6 inch general purpose kitchen knife with Raspberry Pop acrylic handle on the cryo quenched NitroV stainless.