New “Fat Belly” skinner – goes to Iraq

Rough and dirty, looking for the next adventure, the new fat belly was created to put a small maneuverable blade in the palm of the hand.

A hunter commented to me that he would like just a short blade to use, nothing else. With that thought in the back of my mind I came up with the “Fat Belly” skinner. It is down to basics,  with a Forge textured all metal handle. The blade is a short 2 +” making it packable in most jurisdictions. It has a fat belly to give it a good draw, with an up swept tip for excellent piercing. The handle has at least 3 good grips, for control in various functions. The handle also has two thong holes for lash points, and my high visibility “SiteLine” to help find a down blade in the field. And last but not least a Kydex sheath with Tec-lok for multiple carry positions. My favorite being the handle down on the side of the belt. It can be drawn very discreetly.

I have made the blade in 1080 high carbon steel and W2. W2 gives it a little more attitude and a great hamon line.

a short story:

I friend of mine visited my shop with his son. We went through the basic tour and questions. At the end of our time together I found out his son was stationed in Iraq. He was here in the States on R & R, and would be going back in a couple of days. I pulled out the “Fat Belly” skinner that I had been using and told him to take it with him. He was delighted and so was I. It was very little sharing a knife with him, while he puts himself in harms way protecting people  and guarding ballot boxes. I am anxious to find out if he used it and how well it performed. God bless and protect our men.

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