Knives from Von Gruff

[Dr Ray]

Just had a phone chat

Now I have to mortgage the house, practice, cars, and my beloved Akubra hat!

Von Gruff is sending me a number if suggestions later this week.

I said I would never use them but would just keep for display.

So I will post my choices as soon as they become available.
Have a scrub bull’s skull arriving this week for a hunt in June.
Anyway must go wife has a list of chores for me - end of the wet season so I have to get the mold off the concrete etc

I got tell it’s the end of the wet season because
The sun shone on Wednesday between 1:14 and 1:37 pm

 

[BRICKBURN]

Happy chores.

 

[Pheroze]

@Von Gruff knives are beautiful. You will be happy. And priced very well!

 

[Dr Ray]

Pheroze you are encouraging me no end!!

 

[Pheroze]

Swamp Kauri or Zebra wood.....

 

[Bullthrower338]

Owww, zebrawood on a pocket ranger! Great idea!

 

[Dr Ray]

Von Gruff is actually designing some knives for me - Damascus !!

 

[nztimb]

Damascus is ordered and should be here for when I am ready to start them

 

[CAustin]

Look forward to seeing what you get!

 

[nztimb]

Look forward to seeing what you get!

There is a bar of ladder pattern and a raindrop pattern

 

[Dr Ray]

This is my new knife by Von Gruff.
It's called

Wapiti Hunter Butcher.

The blade from what I can gather is an amalgam of copper and steel.
The handle is from a maple burl whilst the boster is buffalo horn.
This is THE knife I WILL be using (the others are not used but are kept for display purposes).
Now I must say I'm truly impressed AND
I have to design a new knife for the beloved Von Gruff to made (after Easter). I'm actually going away for Easter.
I'm looking at something really different with Zebra wood overlaying a black timber for the handle.
I would appreciate some ideas (Hint).

 

[Pheroze]

This is my new knife by Von Gruff.
It's called

Wapiti Hunter Butcher.

The blade from what I can gather is an amalgam of copper and steel.
The handle is from a maple burl whilst the boster is buffalo horn.
This is THE knife I WILL be using (the others are not used but are kept for display purposes).
Now I must say I'm truly impressed AND
I have to design a new knife for the beloved Von Gruff to made (after Easter). I'm actually going away for Easter.
I'm looking at something really different with Zebra wood overlaying a black timber for the handle.
I would appreciate some ideas (Hint).

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A real beauty.

 

[Dr Ray]

A real beauty.

Thank you

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Just had a phone chat

Now I have to mortgage the house, practice, cars, and my beloved Akubra hat!

Von Gruff is sending me a number if suggestions later this week.

I said I would never use them but would just keep for display.

So I will post my choices as soon as they become available.
Have a scrub bull’s skull arriving this week for a hunt in June.
Anyway must go wife has a list of chores for me - end of the wet season so I have to get the mold off the concrete etc

I got tell it’s the end of the wet season because
The sun shone on Wednesday between 1:14 and 1:37 pm

@Dr Ray
Von Gruffs knives you get what you pay for.ypur not going to settle on a Howa when you can have a Sako
Putting the knives on display is to deprive them of their use.
A bit like buying a gaurd dog and barking yourself.
Bob

 

[nztimb]

After a couple of email exchanges this design has been excepted for a new knife for @Dr Ray . Going to be in 1095 with a hamon so another new thing to try.
The harpoon figheter is an unusual blade style and with the butt breaker, fuller and the angled bolster with a black and brass spacers to match the spacer under the zebrawood handleit should look rather striking on the 1095 blade with a hamon .

 

[Dr Ray]

@Dr Ray
Von Gruffs knives you get what you pay for.ypur not going to settle on a Howa when you can have a Sako
Putting the knives on display is to deprive them of their use.
A bit like buying a gaurd dog and barking yourself.
Bob

Yes Bob I know
But
I have quite a few so I have chosen two types for use

 

[Tra3]

@Dr Ray that is a beautiful Damascus knife. What is the blade length? When do get to hunt with it? (And what will you be hunting?) To be fair, you should post a photo of the knife in use.

 

[Red Leg]

Figure out how to do a Ranger with that "temper line" yet? I really think I would like one of those.

 

[Dr Ray]

@Dr Ray that is a beautiful Damascus knife. What is the blade length? When do get to hunt with it? (And what will you be hunting?) To be fair, you should post a photo of the knife in use.

Looks like being June
Australia buffalo in the Northern Territory

 

[Dr Ray]

@Dr Ray that is a beautiful Damascus knife. What is the blade length? When do get to hunt with it? (And what will you be hunting?) To be fair, you should post a photo of the knife in use.

Not sure of blade length

Guess I’ll fu d out soon though