Unusual fixed blades

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From Takumitak - designed in the USA and crafted in China.

I showed this one awhile back:

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I was just given this one and it came with FDE replacement scales which we used immediately:

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I have a thing for tanto blades so I love this puppy. They are inexpensive for the quality in evidence.

This M8 isn't unusual but I just uploaded the picture, although maybe I did it before, so I'm just dropping it in here because it's a fairly recent acquisition:

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love those tanto's myself. Like that new Sog Trident FX fixed blade tanto too. Comes in flat dark earth, green, and black.
 
The most unusual fixed blade knife I own is probably this...

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The KA-BAR ZOMSTRO Chopper. Released by KA-BAR during the height of the zombie craze when everyone was cashing in on the success of various forms of entertainment featuring flesh-eating reanimated cadavers, this big hunk of 1095CV Steel is the perfect bladed weapon to round out your fantasy zombie apocalypse loadout.

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Or more practically speaking, you can use it for yardwork, I suppose...
 
Re that Zombie Chopper, I have a sugar cane knife, like a short machete, made from a Toyota shock spring, bought in Hilo, Big Island, about 20 years back, that, every now and then, proves useful.

I think for a zombie whacker, would be ideal.
 
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Re that Zombie Chopper, I have a sugar cane knife, like a short machete, made from a Toyota shock spring, bought in Hilo, Big Island, about 20 years back, that, every now and then, proves useful.

I think for a zombie whacker, would be ideal.

I prefer the ZombieSlasher. But then I'm a traditionalist.
 

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I don't suppose this one is too "unusual" but it's the best I've got. Unlike guns, I tend to hold onto knives.

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Made by a guy from Varina, Virginia, named Ben Shelor. I had it made about 40 years ago. I carried it many a mile back when I was still deer hunting, and it's skinned more than few. A few of which I actually killed myself.
 
I don’t have a lot of knives. I carried Canadian Trapper for years deer hunting. I designed a blade back in 60s that finally got made by Meyer in Texas in 1970, this was my bear & moose skinner for Canadian trips. Last is little skinner I made, just right for dropping most anything out of it’s birthday suit.
 

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Here’s my Negrito Machete from the Philippines.
The Negritos are a Tribal People who live on Luzon and other places.
I bought it from a Negrito who was working at the Jungle Survival School Snack Bar.
 

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I don’t have a lot of knives. I carried Canadian Trapper for years deer hunting. I designed a blade back in 60s that finally got made by Meyer in Texas in 1970, this was my bear & moose skinner for Canadian trips. Last is little skinner I made, just right for dropping most anything out of it’s birthday suit.

Myers custom knife made from rusted leaf spring pink ivory wood handles

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Query - are these names simply similar and not the same guy? Myers died some years ago, sadly.

Toner custom knife with pocket sheath

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Fixed blades Cold Steel Laredo Bowie 2 custom knives 1 Frontier knife refinished (that one was lost in my 2018 fire)

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As opposed to recent acquisitions, which is where I started, these last three pix show fixed blade knives have been with me for awhile.....
 
I think I still have invoice. I had designed blade in 7th grade this was before custom knives kicked off.I sent pattern to 3 smiths that were advertising in gun rags. They didn’t want to make it they were peddling there own designs. I ended up in Texas in 70 and Steve took the job. I didn’t get to see the knife for better than 17 months I got sent overseas.
Here is flip side where it says Steve’s knives- Alvin, Texas.
 

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And a longslide 10mm to go with it which you also do not see every day.

Oh, that reminds me, here's an unusual knife with a semi-unusual gun...

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The Buck 639 Fieldmate — basically a smaller version of the Buckmaster 185LT — with a California Highway Patrol S&W 4006TSW.
 
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