The Kelly knife is the third offering from Breeden Knives. Once again you will notice the orange G-10 handles and satin blade fashioned from 01. This is my favorite of the trio so far. I have always been a fan of simple effective knives except for when I was in my Rambo knife phase....which we've all been before. Here is a knife that simply was designed by a customers needs. This guy gets most of his food from the wild (hunting and fishing) or his garden. He has a 1970s four wheel drive pickup, a shot gun, 30.06 rifle, 22 rifle a couple of hound dogs and a girl friend that is just as outdoorsy as he is. She is 3/4 apache and can hunt, fish, and was taught about gathering wild plants and mushrooms from her mom. They live on few acres out in the sticks. When he saw Bryans orange handle knife and found out that he made it he asked if Bryan would make him a knife. He wanted a thin blade and liked the thought of an orange handle easyer to see. The gentlemans name was Kelly. Kelly Specs:
Blade-4.25" Full Flat Grind
Steel-01
Thickness-1/8"
Overall-8 3/8"
Handle-G-10
JRE Sheath
With Breeden PSKK II
The tip was meant for incising. You can use this tip to drill a hole in wood for traps or other bush uses.
Wood Splitting
Wrist size pieces of wood. Here you can see the size of the wood and the nice smooth spine. Here is something I was talking to Bryan about today. The pins are good for the times when you baton the spine above the handle. This allows for larger pieces of wood (the length of the blade) to be split if you choose to do so. In this case the handle may suffer some blows and could possibly loosen the scales. Split wood was not a problem for the Kelly.
From the larger pieces I split it further to make kindling for a fire. Baton You can also baton wood for percise notches. This puts lots of pressure on the cutting edge as it is pounded by a baton to sink deep in the wood. A good flat grind will give no resistance. A good way of cutting larger than wrist size wood by notching it to weaken it enough to break with your foot or over a rock. A clean notch. Slicing This knife was made for slicing flesh. It was designed for cleaning deer for Kelly. I tried it on some chicken. Indoor kitchen light sucks. Knives take breaks too!
Fire My favorite thing to do with a knife is whittle wood. I made several fuzzies from all kinds of sticks, split wood and even paint mixers. Kind of looks like a bunch of spiders having a meeting. This knife has a built in fuzz stick maker! Fine fuzzies. I tried out the spine on a Boyscout Hot Spark to see if it will give me a enough sparks to ignite this cattail fluff. The spine allowed a shower of sparks quickly lighting the tinder. This is a very important attribute on any outdoors/survival knife. I noticed this on the PSKK II also. Warming by the fire.
Options
After talking with Bryan today I learned that he will offer the Kelly with micarta or G-10 scales. Brass pins, hollow or solid 1/8". Blade length between 4"-5". Look out for a neck knife in the Kelly design soon!
As always feel free to PM or email me with any questions. Give Bryan a call he is a real nice guy and always has something cooking up.
The Kelly Knife from Breeden
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Posted - 04/24/2008 : 01:01:28
