I designed this knife myself. I found out after I drew up the design that it is similar to what is most often referred to as a Pre-Bowie. A knifesmith friend of mine made the knife for me out of an old sawmill blade. It takes a keen edge and holds it through all manner of use. It will do everything from kitchen duty to chop down and delimb a good sized sapling. It has a 9" blade that is heavy and perfectly balanced with antler slabs on a full tang with a brass bolster. Take a look at some pics(this is my knifesmith friends photobucket page)
It excells a baton splitting wood, chopping both vegetables for the pot and the wood to cook them with in the fire. I have thrown it once at a tomahawk target and it worked perfectly sinking into the wood a marvelous 4 inches; but I won't risk the scales like that again except in an emergency.
Contact me if you're possible interested in getting one(I can get a deal from the knife maker that you can't.)
