Old-Timer's Knives

Bill is a friend of mine who is a most interesting man. He is a Vietnam vet and still suffers greatly from flashbacks of things he saw there. He reminds me a lot of Alexander Weygers. He drives his diesel truck on homemade fuel. His house gets water from a well that is powered by a handmade windmill using the rear end of an old pickup. He knows how to do just about anything with his hands. Here are a few knives he has made. They've all seen years of use. The handles are mesquite.

These first ones have blades made from a shovel blade.





I think this one was made from an old file.





This is the first knife he made, also from an old file.