History of folding hunters .

[@jedijimknives]

Really enjoy how informative your vids are along with getting a chance to see such great examples of the knives...Thanks for the vid...Jim

[@rasputinscastle]

@jedijimknives Thanks, brother. I enjoy making them.🙂

[@norwegiantinkerer]

I love these history lessons! Very interesting to watch. Thank you for sharing.👍

[@rasputinscastle]

@norwegiantinkerer You're welcome, my friend. 🙂

[@jasonbeecher509]

The 6OT AND 110 Buck are both great knives in my opinion. I always carry a 152OT or a 119 Buck hunting

[@rasputinscastle]

@@jasonbeecher509 A buck 120 was my goto for 35 yrs.

[@mikeadams2538]

Great video; appreciate the education, as always. The “folding hunter” is my favorite pattern. The Buck 110 and its many “clones” are what got me into knife collecting. Some of the knives in your video are news to me. Now I’m off down another rabbit hole in pursuit😆🤦🏼‍♂️

[@rasputinscastle]

@@mikeadams2538 Oops, sorry 😳😄

[@Dandenongkelly]

Thanks for the history lesson. Another great video well done. I'm big fan of the folding hunter also and I find over time I've come to prefer the slip joints over the lock backs. The Case 6265 or 6165 is just very comfortable in the hand and overall ergonomics in use are are very good, Case knew a thing or about a working knife when they designed it!

[@rasputinscastle]

@@Dandenongkelly Can you believe that thing is 100 yrs old. 🤔😳👍

[@Stans_Cutlery_Universe]

Great video, really enjoyed the history lesson. Plus I got to look at a bunch of cool knives. Have a great week and God bless.

[@rasputinscastle]

@@Stans_Cutlery_Universe Thanks Stan. Stay warm ☃️❄️

[@Jimthechevywheelman]

Wow !!! What a spectacular video!!! I shouldn’t expect no less. Thanks

[@rasputinscastle]

@Jimthechevywheelman You're welcome, Jim! 🙂

[@casexx94]

Great collection and lesson. Is it crazy that my favorite on the table is the Remington Jumbo Trapper ?

[@rasputinscastle]

@@casexx94 No, I like that style of folding hunter best.

[@jeffjackson5331]

Very interesting history Mike. Thanks for sharing with us. You have a wonderful day my friend.

[@rasputinscastle]

@jeffjackson5331 You're welcome, my friend. 🙂

[@jeffjackson5331]

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[@davidkurle5418]

Good show, buddy!

[@rasputinscastle]

@davidkurle5418 Thanks, David 😊

[@RandyKuppless]

Folding Hunters always intrigued me. My big game knife was a fixed blade and for small game was usually a 3" blade in a folder pattern. L A Huffman, a 19th century photographer, working out of Fort Keogh in Montana Territory in 1879 took an image of his native friend and hunting buddy Red Sleeve. It clearly shows a closed large coke bottle hanging from his wrist on a lanyard.

[@rasputinscastle]

@RandyKuppless I think folding hunters largely come to us from the Fur trade. If you could only have two knives, what would it be? A fix blade and a folding knife. If you look at Nessmucks' recommendation, A hatchet, fix blade, and a large folding knife. That pretty much Somes up the gear for Mountain Men 1860-1890. I think most hunters use fix blades now. It's funny you mention this because I was just reading 📚 Mountain Men by Carl P Russell, and he was talking about how there was a surprising number of folders in Indian camps.

[@Walkingman.45]

Awesome history lesson! Something else to think about is early in the 19-20th century we saw entire states annihilate species through over hunting - New England had wiped out white tail deer, Maine lost the caribou , and with the depleted ecosystem and hyper focus on industry many hunting knives became smaller. The cs ti-lite is very reminiscent of those early large hunters.

[@rasputinscastle]

@@Walkingman.45 The natives called English settlers long knives 😀😉

[@radar468]

What a set in this one. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@coyote4936]

Hi. Are gerber gators considered folding hunters? Thanks

[@rasputinscastle]

@@coyote4936 Yes, they are folding hunters. But they are also a modern folder. 👍

[@brianburgess1703]

I have some like this from my dad I would like to clean up and I'm not sure where to begin

[@rasputinscastle]

​ @brianburgess1703 ​ check out @knifedelights7473. Tom shows a lot of knife cleaning videos.