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  • · King of Canada
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    Hello SeekHer, another Manitoban here. It's nice to see another Manitoban on the boards, we seem to be a rare breed!

    · Pencil 5, AUTOCAD 0
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    Happy to have you as a friend, Seek... You remind me of the guy who taught me how to live
    here. He was a fishing and hunting guide for 30 years. He dislikes BS too, and calls a spade
    a spade..

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    I have the five models of the Ek in wood, as well as the F/S version and the Nbr 4 paracord by them and think they are one of the most underrated knifemakers out there—almost no one has ever heard of them other them those of the SF community which is their main target market so I guess that's good for them.

    As a dagger style knife they excel but they are NOT F/S knives, not even copies, but design(s) that got influenced by the 1930 pattern F/S....That doesn't mean they don't or won't do the same job and as well.

    The best copies of F/S knives that I've seen come from NZ Knives...IMO they are far better made then the original of which I have twelve (all variations of) from four different makers including a Camp X variant...They were the first knives I ever started to collect as opposed to just buying but during the 1950s and 1960s they were in every Mil-Surp store by the droves..

    · CrackerJack Kid
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    What are your thoughts on Ek Knives?

    Do they make the best production Fairbairn-Sykes MkII's on the market?

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    Thank you for the compliment regarding my knives, but no-there's no way in hell I'm going to post a dedicated thread to them in this forum. Too many Chiefs, not enough Indians...

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    mate,
    thanks for the kukri info.
    you proper know your stuff. not that it counts for much I know but I like you.
    Thanks also for the great input on the board.

    · смерть н
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    Hey brother,
    How you been. Hope all is well up there in the great white north. I just posted up a thread on the Savage I got last year. Take a look at it and let me know what you think.

    http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=232927

    I know we have had our issues in the past. But I still value what you think. Take care and I will holla at you later.

    HH54r

    · Live Clean, Fight dirty
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    My first, he is a boy. He is wonderful and easy on us newbie parents. Sleeps great, eats great, and rarely fussy.

    Thanks for excepting the friend request I enjoy a lot of your posts, and would like to talk to you or ask you a few questions on some knife stuff.

    trophy

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    What are my outdoor credentials that I’m basing this on? Well, I teach the mandatory Firearm and Hunter Safety Training Course, a Northern/Winter Survival trainer, NRA and ISSF/ISU Rangemaster and Air/smallbore rifle and Air pistol instructor …I am a registered and licensed guide, part owner of a hunting/fishing lodge in Arctic Canada (fourteenth year), spend six (6) months of the year in the bush—nearest civilization is over 400 Km by aeroplane…I hunt with, am friends with and hire Inuit (Eskimo) and Cree or Ojibwa (Indian) peoples who, for the most part, all run winter traplines—I do have a trapper’s license but don’t trap (so I can sell skins).

    I’m an IDF veteran of the Yom Kippur War (combat sniper & shooting instructor) and afterwards in the same capacity with counter terrorism in the Border Police-- multiple wounds.

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    Got my first BB gun (NOT a Red Rider) at 4¾--Xmas 1956, first .22 (Cooey repeater) at 6½, first shotgun (A.H. Fox SxS 20 bore) at 8½, first target .22 rifle (Walther) at 11¾ -- started shooting competitive rifle at 12 and was an alternate for the 1967 Pan Am and 1968 Olympic (Mexico City) Games, first HP rifle (Parker Hale Sporterized SMLE 4/2 .303 British w/3x Weaver Alaskan scope—still have it) at 13—Bar Mitzvah present to myself, first competitive O/U shotgun (Browning Superposed all gauge skeet set) at 14½--finished grade 9 with honours, shot my first rabbit on my 5th birthday and my first deer at 7½ with a rifle and 12½ with a bow (Bear 45# Magnum), ran a Winter, snare, trapline from 6¾ to 12, started guiding for fish at 15 and for moose at 16½,

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    It's a super elaborate set up! This is remember ISSF Air rifle and pistol--It's five cardboard boxes filled with newspaper that targets get taped to that sit on adjustable stands so that each child can get their proper aiming position set up...Behind and on the sides, I just hung old worn shipping blankets like you get from Ryder Truck Rentals to catch strays...At ten metres there is a line drawn on the ground with duct tape, with five commercial air rifle rests and a long sofa table for their gear.

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    They bring their own spotting scopes and upright tripods, ear muffs, safety glasses, shooting coats and gloves but there is enough amongst my daughters and I that if a kid forgets something or is a newcomer they can be properly outfitted and protected.

    The spectator area--they must wear glasses and muffs, is a sofa, two arm chairs and seven old kitchen chairs parallel to and slightly behind the shooting line and of course the steps down to the basement...There is also a bank of six old school double lockers (top & bottom) that the regulars use to store their stuff.

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    I mounted a fluorescent fixture ($16) over the target area where the pot light was, the five rests where cast offs from the now defunct school shooting range (paid $5 ea), the lockers were gotten at the same auction ($28 ?), the moving blankets I got for free, the adjustable stands are three 2x4s set into a 4x4 cross brace support with a plywood shelf attached with holes drilled through them that you lock in place with a couple of large lag bolts (12 for $8) and the wood is scraps from a fence and deck project...The cardboard boxes come from the liquor store and the kids bring their newspapers from home to use as stuffing...The furniture is the stuff that's in everyone's Rec room--the old stuff from upstairs when the wife redecorated...

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    you could post pictures of your basement range .... i been planning a outdoor range set up for land for 15 meters for outdoor mini palma and outdoor brench rest shooting ..

    · Preparing since 1972
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    You have a very interesting profile...IDF one of the best...I have several friends that are from Manitoba....I hope all is well in your life...Sincerly joes...

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    Hi, you asked about the Kellam Wolverine. As a production knife I think its very good. The handle is very comfortable, the blade takes a very good edge indeed and the sheath is nice.

    On mine the was a very small gap between the brass bolster and the blade (most people wouldn't notice it), I filled this with superglue. Perhaps a custom knife wouldn't have had that gap but in all honesty it makes no difference in actual use.

    It's a rat tail tang and what ever people say about non full tang knives, I can't see it been broken unless it's doing a destruction test!

    Although a scandi grind mine came with a small micro bevel. I believe a lot of Moras come like this as well. The knife really does cut well through green wood, and it carves seasoned wood well too (although I prefer a Mora whittling knife for this because it has a much shorter blade).

    All in all, the Kellam Wolverine is the type of knife that makes even non knife people say "ooh, that looks good!".

    J

    · cute is not always enough
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    Thanks for all the shaving links. I have been seriously thinking about trying my hand (and face) with a straight razor again. The prices here are just ridiculous but the Gunmetal Straight Razor and Leather Strop combo from Venus Worldwide looks like just the thing.
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