I’ve deer hunted with my best friend for nearly 25 years in Llano, TX.  His place provides the inspiration for this model, the Llano Legend.  A great hunting and skinning knife, this blade is made from 1 1/4″ stock which allows for a more pronounced dropped tip and butt.  The deep finger groove and bolstered design is nicely balanced and fits the hand just right.  This model of knife almost always features dovetailed bolsters.  Typical dimensions are 7 1/2″ OAL and 3″ blade, but it can be made slightly smaller or larger.  This model starts at $200.

 

ATS-34 steel, walnut bolsters, olive handle.

 

 1080 carbon steel, walnut bolsters, osage handle

 1080 carbon steel, mesquite bolsters, snakewood

D2 steel, mesquite bolsters, rosewood, tapered tang

CM154 Stainless, mesquite burl bolsters, cocobolo handle.

Same knife as above, showing the tapered tang and dovetailed bolsters.

 Typical sheaths for this model.  I also do basketweave tooling.

Bottom knife, 1080 carbon steel, juniper burl, mesquite.

Written by : Jason