Appreciate dat....we got 9 cats 5 German Shepherd Dogs..all the female cats have been spayed and 3 boys cats just got neutered. It had to be done, but girls feel in love with the cats, I guess I did too with one I tolerate the others.

@@snow_tacknives2024 haha, that's awesome 😎

Thanks...

What model is it the Special Forces model? I saw one on ebay without the pommel end that's the one you got isn't it?

Thanks bro!

Yes I just got one of those a few months back, I wrapped the handle with black #12 bank line check my March 14, 2024 Hollow Handle Survival Knife Day video I did this last March, this video is my 2023 video.....anyway, that's the one with the 9-1/2" blade is this the one you're referring to?

@@snow_tacknives2024 yes

@@gratonuemetrix6702 I'll add my Explorer Survivor II 80s hollow handle to a video coming soon, I'm currently finishing up 2 of my Snow-Tac handmade hollow handle survival knives. One is my model 23 Storm and the other is model 24 Soldier, the Soldier will get completely sand blasted the crystalline grey color. It's going to look like a Running River here www.ebay.com/itm/326029276200? from the 80s, they sand blasted theirs as well only mine will have handle wrapped with black #12 bank line. I'll show the Explorer II as a side show & tell.

Those are very cool! I don't have any Aitor, perhaps I will add one to my collection soon!

@@snow_tacknives2024 Ok..but know that the Aitor Jungle king 1 that they sell now is Aitor Pielcu..The Aitor of the 80s dont exist nomore..

I concur! I got a feeling government will declare martial law or declare war against China and or Iran throughout the U.S. will be under Biden and what ever plans they got to come. Prep and prepare! As much as I enjoy collecting knives I feel like we got serious problems down the road in the near future. Right now these days knives have not been on my mind.

@@snow_tacknives2024 I’m hearing you Brother, the world has gone to shit and it’s our 5 eyes governments that are the bad guy’s, stay safe and keep up the good fight 👍🏻🇦🇺

Sounds cool! I don't think I've ever seen a Winchester hollow handle survival knife.

Here is how I drove these bolts into the pommel ends, initially I was going to do a bolt pommel cap but I changed my mind and just drove them in and tipped them. Once I got them to depth I cut the hex bolt end off with my metal band saw and then just tip them on my high speed wheel grinder. I know these will break a vehicle window glass just focus on very edge corner of the window down by the mirror. When I was a professional firefighter/EMT we used a similar tipped tool for entry, not a knife and also a window punch tool of course. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bp9pY8mKztm0oYk.html

That's a solid knife you got there bro......I got 2 of those Ontario's but I'll have to look and see what models I got.

In the past I've said anything over 12" should have 5160 or 1060 because you need that shock resistance with it being only .60.70 percent carbon content. I fi Used 52100 on anything longer I would not quench the entire blade during heat treatment, I would only do a differential heat treatment on it. So bottom line is you can use it just make sure you don't finish with a too hard of a blade, or it could break under stress at that length.

@@snow_tacknives2024 thanks sir appreciate it

$400/$500 depending on its condition, they seem to be holding their value compared to 3-5 years back.

@@snow_tacknives2024 Thanks!

lol! ....its old but its paid for 1996 Chevy Ext. Cab 241,000 miles runs perfect.

Thanks! It is a pretty bad ass setup....I'm very proud of them and the Gladius short sword is a incredibly light since I made it with a 1" fuller's there's only 1/8" between the fullers concave wall. Most Medieval swords are around a standard weight of around 2-lbs, I got this one down to super light weight of only 1.4-lbs!

@@snow_tacknives2024 that's outstanding Snow Man 💯

It is....I wanted the wider fuller and luckily my wheel on my high speed 2" belt grinder the 2" x 3" wheel with a 1" convex hogged off a perfect 1" fuller, it was like just fate or stupid luck. lol! Then I thought I can make these.

Well the Medieval Gladius 17-1/2" blade I made out 5160 is seriously razor sharp and only problem with it is I actually made it too sharp and that makes it extremely dangerous. The light weight Talon Claw sword is the one I would grab if I had multiple attackers it's super light and fast, very sharp 22-1/2" X 1" blade with 7-1/2" handle the handle is solid liquid cold welded full tang, it 's cross of Calvary sword and Wakizashi, it's not going to weigh you down.

A stainless steel sword will kill and is just as lethal as a carbon steel sword....when it comes to the blade hitting the human body with a single blow the energy and cutting force will kill instantly. As combat medic/medical specialist /EMT with over 3000 EMS calls to my credit and I studied to be a physician assistant understanding the human body our bodies are under osmotic pressure, so just the single blow from a stainless steel sword or carbon steel sword will cause hypovolemic compromise to the vascular blood pressure from the energy in "joules" delivered from the blow to the body which is under osmotic pressure, then comes cardiovascular compromise from instant blood loss from the cut regardless of the blade steel. Carbon steel swords hold their resale value better because they're easier to sharpen and the medium range carbon content can handle severe blunt force shock better, there's way less chance they'll break under combat conditions. Self-defense applications are very different than combat applications. Carbon steel=combat conditions and Stainless steel=self-defense applications when it comes to swords and their steel. Stainless steel sword is still a formidable self-defense weapon, carbon steel sword is a formidable combat weapon.

Daily....I made it up to really just backpack with when walking around my property, to help stay in shape. It's only around 15-20 pounds.

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It was nightmare, quite literally almost kicked my ass. lol! My band saw was dull and would not cut it, need to get a new bandsaw blade and so I just kept cutting out chunks with my 4-1/2" metal grinder.

@@snow_tacknives2024 Yeah a sharp bandsaw would have been much easier probably 😂

Precisely! You really only need to know roughly the angle, checkout my "Sharpening your Silent partner" in my information descriptions with this video to understand.

It really is.....I was looking at this knife about 5-6 days ago and I was like, "I didn't do this knife a solid....look at the shoty clip point I originally made on it? Look at the weak primary grinds?" And the spirit of KONG was not happy. So I re-profiled the clip point to perfection combat standards and did my aggressive 3/4" wide hollow grinds down to zero. Now KONG is pleased.

@@snow_tacknives2024 I dig it man knice work 🔪🤠

@@snow_tacknives2024 keep on rockin brother 💪🏻💯

As Seinfeld would say "It is" I just finished it up and it's so cool looking now and it's straight razor sharp!

Sounds great my email is below and yes you're right when Marto Co. stopped paying Mr. Brewer Carais his royalty checks they changed the name of the knife.

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it! Right? lol!

Alcas "The Solution" is so cool! Carl Schlieper? Ok cool I thought they were Night Hawks they do look similar. All your Aitor's are killer looking I need to get one of those and I looked up that Wilkinson Sword survival knife and that thing is wicked cool with a removable handle to reveal a survival tube! And they're not cheap. Thanks for sharing and it was my pleasure showcasing them for you.

@@snow_tacknives2024 By the way, check your mail : I sent you a scan of "Survival Knives and Survival" !

Cool! Thanks sir!