Brute Hunter

[Lin Rhea]

It's for hunting brutes.  

The blade is 4-1/2 inches and the steel is 80crv2 steel and the stag was dyed for me by Culpepper's.

I think this one turned out especially nice.
 

 

[TrackerNy]

You're right Lin. That's is exceptional.

[just_a_hunter]

That's my favorite full tang I've seen of yours. Not that any of the others weren't awesome.

An absolute perfect knife in my oppinion. What a beauty.

WOW!

Todd

[bjansen]

Great work Lin!

[akaboomer]

Outstanding Lin. You know I really like the rat tail brutes you do. The longer, leaner profile with the stag makes this one my favorite of them to date. Thanks for sharing.

Chris

[tomsm44]

Outstanding work.  I love the rat tail design and the stag is awesome.  One thing that I'm still not a huge fan of on most brute knives is the excess space between the scales and the plunge line, but that's just a part of that design that can't be avoided I guess.  I believe you actually addressed that very issue on one a while back with a sort of seashell shaped piece there, I think made from brass or copper.  I guess you'd call it a bolster for lack of a better word.  In my opinion, that one was the brute style perfected.  But I wouldn't mind carrying this one around either.  

[Steve Nuckels]

That's very nice!

All kinds of interesting details!

Steve
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Potomac Forge
Member, W.F. Moran Jr. Foundation
ABS Apprentice Smith

[Lin Rhea]

Thanks guys.  

Matt, That is something that I am working on because I would like to squeeze the whole thing a bit tighter together. Notice the scales on this one are rounded a bit in front to avoid the abrupt square shape. We will see what develops.