Another Straight Hunter, Jon Speed Books

Another Straight Hunter

The second Straight Hunter I have made. This one has high contrast Desert Ironwood scales.

THIS KNIFE IS SOLD

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Jon Speed Mauser Books

I recently purchased Jon Speed's Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles and The Mauser Archives. If you have an interest in the history of Mauser and it's rifles, I highly recommend both books. I'll be adding Smallbores to my book collection in the near future.


A Hint: Collector Grade Publications no longer lists Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles and Smallbores on their website, so I assume they sold out the most recent printing. Amazon has the books listed at at $165 and $125 respectively. The German Gun Collectors Association has all three volumes at prices significantly lower than Amazon or AbeBooks.
The link to GGCA   http://www.germanguns.com/index.html

If you are interested in purchasing the knife featured at the beginning of this post or would like to commission a custom knife, I can be reached at baumgartknives@gmail.com

Introducing the Straight Hunter!

A New Knife Design

This is a new design for me and is christened the Straight Hunter. As the name would indicate, this blade has very little drop. Whenever I design a new knife I like the first one to have handle material that is a little special. I purchased the scales on this knife when I attended the Oregon Knife Collectors show in early April and had this knife specifically in mind as I walked the aisles. These scales are stabilized Maple and have about all the figure and contrast you could possibly want. Specs for the Straight Hunter are as follows:

Blade Length: 4"
Handle Length; 4 1/4"
Blade Steel: .125" CPM154, HRC61, Satin Finish
Handle: Stabilized Maple, Brass Guard, Brass Mosaic Pins, and Brass Thong Tube
The knife comes with a hand-stitched 8/9 oz leather sheath.
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The Straight Hunter

A Customer Photo

This is a Desert Ironwood handled Caping/Bird and Trout knife that was used on a Kansas Gobbler. I think it may have also seen some action on a bunch of Crappie lately.

And Last but Certainly Not Least!

Our little granddaughter is three months old and growing every day. The highlight of her grandpa's day is the 30 minutes of play time he gets with her when he gets home from work. She's using her hands more and more and rolled over last night. She's the apple of grandpa's eye!

If you are interested in purchasing the knife above or are interested in having a custom knife made, I can be reached at baumgartknives@gmail.com

Lee

Bone Linen Micarta Large Drop Point Hunter

Here's a Large Drop Point Hunter that was recently sent to its new home. This is the first of a set of knives and a Caping/Bird and Trout knife will be following it shortly.

And here's what its new owner had to say:

Lee,
I have had a little more opportunity to admire and play with my new knife and wanted to tell you again, how pleased I am with it. I have several other custom made knives and their workmanship has always been excellent to my eyes. Yours ranks right up there at the top. I also particularly like the way the knife feels in the hand. It is not too big and yet not too small. The red liners set the white micarta off well and I like the fancy mosaic pins. Once again, thank you so much and I can't wait for its little brother.
EK

EK, Thank you for allowing me to reprint your comments.

If you are interested in purchasing a custom knife or a set of knives, I can be reached at:
baumgartknives@gmail.com

Grand Daughter Update

Our little girl is just over a month old and is a joy to be around. She's been putting on weight and has her grandmother (and grandfather) wrapped around her finger.

Lee

Small Knives and a "Small" Gift

Small Knives

Below is a selection of Small knives that are on their way to clients. From top to bottom- A Small Drop Point Hunter with sheep horn scales, A Caping/Bird and Trout (Or in this case, Bass knife) with Desert Ironwood handle, a Caping/Bird and Trout knife with black G10 handle (more about this knife below), and lastly another Caping/Bird and Trout knife with high contrast Desert Ironwood.

The G10 knife is my personal knife and recently made a trip to New Mexico where it participated in a Scaled Quail hunt.

Here are the details from the Accurate Reloading Forum:
Scaled Quail and a Caping/Bird and Trout Knife

Thank you so much E.K.. Your knives are in the works.

A Small Gift

On Tuesday we received a "small" gift- our first grandchild. She came into the world small and needed a little help, but she is very big in our hearts.

With her Grandpa...

Lee