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I've hunted this guy for two years. A cull we call "The Claw". I have always at least three game cameras set out 27/7/365. Sometimes 5. I have pictures of him over the last two years. Almost always at night. Only one game cam photo in daylight. A couple of my buds have night time game cam photos of him about a mile apart in each direction. I was able to close the deal yesterday on my 66th birthday about 15 minutes before dark, when he stuck his nose out of the scrum, at a location I'd never seen him before.

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This Jerry Fisk/WhiteRiver collaboration knife made short work of unzipping the "Claw".




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This forged "hunter" by Mike Williams worked well for liberating the "Claw"s backstraps.

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and this Joel Clark made short work of the celebratory rib-eye steak........

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after all was said and done, I could not find the Fisk/WR knife. Talk about being heartsick.

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When I get up in the AM at the lease, the first thing I put on is my pants with this rig! I don't always skin with it, but other than my Boker Kalashnikov, it is the knife that I use most when hunting.



I was devastated. JF was kind enough to put a convex grind on this knife before he sent it to me.

I looked for multiple minutes all over the area where I skinned the "Claw" to no avail. I caped out the "Claw" and dumped the guts in a 55 gallon garbage can lined with a heavy duty plastic bag. When I went to the bone yard to dump the guts I used the toe of my boot to separate the offal. Lo and behold there was the Fisk.

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Needless to say, I was jazzed!

ya!

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He definately needed removing from the gene pool. Glad you found your knife, too. And Happy Birthday!


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Congrads Gee and Happy B-Day! Love the Pics!


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Happy Birthday.
As always, great pics and assortment of cutting instruments.

The owners of White River are making some nice stuff. Doing some collaboration with some really good makers.
They are just a couple miles from me. They bought the business that was the parent company of "Orion Knives" when it went belly up.
If the owner would have not killed the parent company, maybe I would have ended up with something.
Their most prolific sales pattern was my design that got absorbed into the bankruptcy sale. Oh well.

Back a few years ago I sold some knife kits here on 24hr from "Orion Knives".'
Kit included blade, guard, pin, and handle with some assembly instructions from me.

Small world. I have one of those Jerry Fiske blades unfinished.

Again, Happy Birthday GW.
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Good stuff as usual Gee’.

Congrats again.

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Glad you found it Gee, it seems from your post here you use it a lot.

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I’m liking that knife!

Gee - is that the smaller model (3.25” blade ) or larger one (3.6” blade)?


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Geeduba has the best knives AND hunting!!
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Happy Birthday, Geedub.

I ground some sausage and burger last evening out of a similar buck while sipping single-barrel Jack.

Good Times!


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Originally Posted by 1Nut
Happy Birthday, Geedub.

I ground some sausage and burger last evening out of a similar buck while sipping single-barrel Jack.

Good Times!


Mughty fine!


BTW, I forgot to mention another B-day serendipity!

Birthday morning I was running my snares. I was at a place I call the creekbed when I was walking between sets and saw a very bright glint/reflection of the sun. Sometimes water on a depression on a flat rock will throw off a reflection, but this looked more like bright steel or glass. I walked over and lo and behold what did I spy. It was my favorite EDC that I purchased from VinceM here on 24hour campfire when he did a group buy. I carried that knife and took pictures of it in 5 northeastern states. I lost it out of a cross draw sheath two years ago at my deer lease.

We've had numerous floods that move 200 lb boulders along that creekbed. I was Jazzed.

I called Vince today to tell him the story and asked him if he had any cocobolo. He said that if he remembered correctly he had a piece that was from the original. I'm sending it back to him next week and have him rescale it.

As it was in October of 2014. This photo was taken near Lebanon NY, across from Pittsfield Mass. where we were staying.

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and after two year in the elements

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VERY COOL STORY.. GLAD THIS ALL WORKED OUT..


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Originally Posted by Texczech
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What is the rifle, CZ?



No, it's a custom Steyr Classic Mannlicher that a friend of mine owned and decided to part with. I cajoled him into letting it follow me home. It is chambered for the 6.5 x 55 SE

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Select wood, set trigger, Recknagel mounts. it is a sweetie-pie and a shooter!


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Damn nice rifle gee dub... I love how you ain't ascairt too lay em low.....


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That is a beauty for sure. I like the cheekpiece.


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Originally Posted by geedubya
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You got the entire family! :-) In my best Homer Simpson voice "Mmmmm..... PORK!"

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By the way, a fine-looking rifle, GW!

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Like knives, they were meant to be used.

I don't abuse them, but the "character marks" on my wood stocked rifles are not typically from sitting in the safe!


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Originally Posted by geedubya
Originally Posted by 1Nut
Happy Birthday, Geedub.

I ground some sausage and burger last evening out of a similar buck while sipping single-barrel Jack.

Good Times!


Mughty fine!


BTW, I forgot to mention another B-day serendipity!

Birthday morning I was running my snares. I was at a place I call the creekbed when I was walking between sets and saw a very bright glint/reflection of the sun. Sometimes water on a depression on a flat rock will throw off a reflection, but this looked more like bright steel or glass. I walked over and lo and behold what did I spy. It was my favorite EDC that I purchased from VinceM here on 24hour campfire when he did a group buy. I carried that knife and took pictures of it in 5 northeastern states. I lost it out of a cross draw sheath two years ago at my deer lease.

We've had numerous floods that move 200 lb boulders along that creekbed. I was Jazzed.

I called Vince today to tell him the story and asked him if he had any cocobolo. He said that if he remembered correctly he had a piece that was from the original. I'm sending it back to him next week and have him rescale it.

As it was in October of 2014. This photo was taken near Lebanon NY, across from Pittsfield Mass. where we were staying.

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and after two year in the elements

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ya!


GWB


Definitely a very Merry Christmas!


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A happy ending, on several different levels. Beautiful rifle too.


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GW just has toooooo much fun.
Probably could use a couple more guns and knives though.


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Here in Texas we can take 5 deer on our tag. For the first time in years I've used four tags. I have a dandy 10 pt. at the hill country lease. Season runs through 1/7/18. At the south Texas lease there is a big 12 pt. that I'd luv to nail. Season there runs till 1/21/18. So don't be surprised if I come up with a few more pix.

Anywho, Merry Christmas to one and all!

ya!


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It appears you have received a fine Christmas gift early with the found knives and conclusion of "The Claw". Congrats on all fronts and Happy Birthday as well as a Merry Christmas to you. Looking forward to the Coup De Gras with tag # 5!

Merry Christmas to all you other guys as well!

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geedubya

I read most of your posts and I used this picture to show a fella I know that makes customs.
I asked if he could come up with something similar to give to my son as a graduation gift when he became a Marine on Nov 9, 2017.
I presented it to him when we got back home to Colorado following the ceremony.

I think he liked it as he hasn't taken it off his belt since.
Glad you found your old friend.

Merry Christmas




BTW, I forgot to mention another B-day serendipity!

Birthday morning I was running my snares. I was at a place I call the creekbed when I was walking between sets and saw a very bright glint/reflection of the sun. Sometimes water on a depression on a flat rock will throw off a reflection, but this looked more like bright steel or glass. I walked over and lo and behold what did I spy. It was my favorite EDC that I purchased from VinceM here on 24hour campfire when he did a group buy. I carried that knife and took pictures of it in 5 northeastern states. I lost it out of a cross draw sheath two years ago at my deer lease.

We've had numerous floods that move 200 lb boulders along that creekbed. I was Jazzed.

I called Vince today to tell him the story and asked him if he had any cocobolo. He said that if he remembered correctly he had a piece that was from the original. I'm sending it back to him next week and have him rescale it.

As it was in October of 2014. This photo was taken near Lebanon NY, across from Pittsfield Mass. where we were staying.

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Thanks for that. We had our family Christmas yesterday.

Today I could not have received a better gift than your post. Tell your son thanks for his service

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!

Best,

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This is the knife I had made for my son. It has the EGA etched on one side.



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Mighty fine!
I know he will treasure it!

Good stuff!

ya!

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Excellent job removing the backstraps. Cool knife, you have others I like more. I like the option to drive a point with my palm.


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That is one pretty rifle.
I'm sure since it is a Styer that it is very good fit, but how different is the feel of the European style stock compared to our stock design?

I like the group of one shot from a cold bore.

Years ago when the the big argument was how many shots in a group to show how accurate a rifle was, 3,4 5,10 shots were topic of heated debate.
O' Connor stated what I have always gone with . . .

5 one shot groups on different days with different rests . . . He opined in that column, that the shot that truly counted in the field was the first one down the barrel.

It made sense to me then, and always has.

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Sir,

I used to post much more in forums in regards to reloading/shooting etc. Kinda got tired of the arguments. I've reloaded for something like 82 different chamberings IIRC. From 17 Ackley Hornet to 458 Lott, and have had rifles/pistols, sometimes multiples for each and every one. I no longer weight sort brass, trim to length, uniform primer pockets/flash holes. I even shoot factory loads when they are given to me free. When I do load development (and I don't do as much as I've done that for 25 years or so and have developed a number of "go to" loads pretty much across the spectrum of the chamberings I shoot) I may try four different primers on a load, three to 5 load densities, three to five bullets etc. I shoot all over a chrony and usually 5 shot groups.


To give an idea, same bullet, same load density trickled to 1/10th of a grain, same COAL, six different primers.

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These groups were shot about 5 minutes apart and no cleaning the barrel between first shot and last. Another of my pet peaves, I think most folks over-clean. I figure a guy out to get at least 75 shots out of a hunting gun before accuracy even begins to degrade. I get a kick out of watching guys come out to the range, fire three shots and clean, then fire three or 5 shots and clean. Then they get pissed cause they cant get their rifle to group the way they expect. IMHO, its takes a number or rounds to "foul in" a barrel.


However, once I've chosen a load based on the accracy/velocity quotient, I will zero at 100 or 200 yds.

As I rarely get more than one shot where I hunt, I'm much more concerned about the POI, first shot out of a cold barrrel.

I've not read O'Connor, but I've long postulated that a better test of a hunting rifle in regards to accuracy, would be to go on five different days and shoot one shot at the same target, and same distance using different rests.

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as to stock styles, I'm a rifle slut, not particulary recoil sensitive and do all my practicing with my rifle set up in a lead sled with 40 lbs of weights so as to not develop a flinch. I've not done a subjective test on a rifle of similar weight and same caliber but with different stock styles so I can not answer that question.

ya!


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GW, I’m just seeing this thread. I’m glad you found your knife—the Gods were smiling on you!

Happy birthday my friend!


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Originally Posted by kingston
GW, I’m just seeing this thread. I’m glad you found your knife—the Gods were smiling on you!

Happy birthday my friend!




Hopefully it will set the tone for the new year.

BTW,

here is wishing you and yours health, wealth and joy in the coming new year. I'm looking forward to seeing you in March!

ya!

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Likewise and back at ya! I smile at the thought!


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BTW: It sort of looks like you’re getting ready for Gordon’s Cup.

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Originally Posted by kingston
BTW: It sort of looks like you’re getting ready for Gordon’s Cup.

smile


nah'

I'm not much of a shooter.
ya!

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I’m liking that knife!

Gwb - is that the smaller model (3.25” blade ) or larger one (3.6” blade)?


In regards to the white river Fisk..

Great pics. Thanks.


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Geedubya,

Congratulations on getting a tough buck on your birthday and finding two cherished knives. I hope your 2018 continues that way.

Best to you

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