I recently made a couple Canadian Belt Knives and I kinda liked the design. They seemed like they would be a very handy field knife and I thought about making one for myself. The problem I ran into is that I'm not Canadian and I wouldn't feel right about using a knife intended for Canadians. I can't even fake a Canadian accent after watching Strange Brew a dozen times. Sooner or later someone would accuse me of being a fake Canadian, poser, or wannabe if I carried a Canadian Belt Knife.

I my only choice was to make an Oklahoman Belt Knife. I can carry one of those without any problems. I took a couple things I liked about the Canadian Belt Knife and morphed it into a very usable knife with a slightly larger handle and a little more belly to the blade. When you look at the two designs side by side, I think you can tell that the design origins of the OBK comes from the CBK without being just a slightly changed copy.

The OBK is 8 3/4" OAL with maple burl scales. The 5/32" D2 blade has a full height flat grind.

Nice!

I do like that.

Best,

GWB

Oh my.

You have done this before...

Squawsach;
Thanks for putting up the photos and thought process behind your Oklahoma belt knife pattern.

As a Canuck who's had a fair bit of time behind a blade peeling animals, it's my considered opinion your pattern would work very well.

The handle on the original does tend to be a bit small and a bit more belly on a skinner is always welcome too.

Overall sir, that is one fine looking and I'm betting very user friendly knife. Well done indeed.

Thanks again and all the best to you in the upcoming week.

Dwayne

sweet looking blade there. Best one of those I've seen

Very very nice.

do'nt worry about being a faker, the canadian pattern has been around from at least the 60's. actually i think your pattern will certainly shade the original & is flat beautiful. cranky72

That's a beauty!
Dwane's spot on with the larger handle being a big plus.
I have one of Grohman's B&T's that I never use due to the small handle.
Your design is a big improvement IMO.

Very nice

That's cool looking

Good Job

Looks good.