I saw a story on this fellow on TV the other night.
They mentioned one of his knives sold for 12K at an auction. He is out of Olympia.
Not hunting knives per say, but pretty interesting how much craftmanship goes into making his knives.

http://kramerknives.com/articles.htm

As usual, Sal's philosophy is flawless. I used that same Gerber folder that JTD has to part out deer and elk over a couple of decades. Think it was $30-something back then. I'll hand it to the next generation when he's standing over his first deer....

The Dozier was a recent birthday gift from my love. Accordingly, it will likely join me on hunts for my remaining days. It is too robust in the belly for parting out grouse and boning/caping needs, so I added the Kershaw and Buck last summer for less than a C-Note. Gotta love ebay. I prefer fixed blades to folders for easy field clean-up. Had to soak the Gerber folder in the sink after returning home to be able to brush out the tallow and goo. Its Cordura sheath had the same fate...

I keep a dainty ceramic sharpening stick inside an equally dainty PVC pipe case in my pack. A quick lick on it now and again makes for light work.

Have also butchered my own critters for a number of decades. A 6" Giesser curved boning knife ($19) and 4" boning hook ($10, Link) make breaking down the pack loads easy, after getting home and hanging same at the local locker for a spell. Hope these perspectives help too....

Driftin'

"Had to soak the Gerber folder in the sink after returning home to be able to brush out the tallow and goo"


I love that Gerber- it is lightweight, easy to sharpen, inexpensive and the finger groove to totally practical except as a single guy, I just hose them off and run them through the dishwasher.

Cheater. My dishwasher says she doesn't do gooey knives/sheaths....

I carry a crkt daily. In my personal opinion the quality of the knife it top of the line. I have not had a knife hold up to everyday use like this one. It just a folder with the double safety and flip out switch.
Half serrated blade is the way to go.

Sharp enough?

for 12k, it should cut through 12 water bottles, 11 zombies, a douglas fir, man-bear-pig, and a brick [Bleeeeep!]-house. cool demo!


willy

btw, last weekend, i replicated the esee demo. i cut through a 3" alder limb, and was still able to shave the hair off my arm with the izula ii. sweet knife.....



willy

My next door neighbor forges knives and sells them at shows. Pretty fun to watch him work. I've taken a couple of his finished products to work to show off.....but they are way out of my price range. I think the last one I took in to show sold for $750, and he said that in his last show he sold one for a cool grand. They really are works of art and made from some pretty exotic materials, but I can't see throwing that much money at a cutting instrument.