Quote Originally Posted by Jack Daw View Post
I've lived in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas, so I hope you don't mind me showing off my pride and joy of an informal "dirk":

Indeed, very nice! and I notice you hold it correctly for a fight

I'll have to get a picture for you some time of my rustic Cherokee "scalper" Bowie I designed & had made. It's got a mule deer crown antler handle & a blade made from a farriers rasp, with the file left mainly intact.