Overview
FROM MAKERS WEBSITE:
Seth Kinman was a mountainman who claimed to have settled in California during the Gold Rush and who lived there the remainder of his life. He was known as a hunter, prospector, hotel and saloon keeper, musician and an entertainer.
His most notable accomplishment, however, seems to be as a chair maker. He made chairs for four American presidents out of grizzly bears. The story goes that each chair was covered in grizzly hides and underneath the seat was a bear's head which would come out between the sitter's feet and gnash its teeth!
Seth's knife, which ours is patterned after, is 23" long, a short sword really, and it had the words "Grizzly Dissector" engraved in cursive script on the blade. That knife is still around today, though I've never seen it. Our Kinman knife is a smaller version of his knife, being 15" long with a 10" blade. We've"prettied it up" a bit with a Spanish notch in front of the finger guard, a great place to safely rest your index finger. His knife had a bird's head handle which we've replaced on ours with a coffin style handle. The finger guard is the same style, as is the look of the blade itself. As with all of our large knives, the blade is fashioned from 5160 alloy steel, and it is hardened and tempered accordingly. This is a fine knife and will serve you well for many years to come!
This knife features a forced patina finish with fileworked spine, .245" blade stock and 1.693" blade depth, full tapered tang construction. The handle has a nickel silver guard, bone scales with nickel silver pins and escutcheon. Comes with a hand tooled brown leather sheath and a zippered case. Excellent condition.