There are quite a few nice examples of original large-blade butcher knives to be seen at the Museum of Fur Trade and at The Steamboat Arabia museum. The term 'butcher-knife' is a generic one for any blade suitable for dressing game and cutting meat. Inexpensive green river blades are excellent for this as well. It would just be a matter of choice.

Clip point blades are good for hooking membrane when dressing game. The design is much older than I thought it was. I recently saw a folding knife dating from 1st c. Rome, that has a clip point.

Drop point knives have the spinal strength to stab more deeply into large game such as bear, with a lesser likelihood of breaking the blade. This is a good design for a hunter or mountaineer.

Double-edged blades - are primarily suitable for fighting, not woodcraft. Despite its finer point, the knife is better suited for greater versatility in cutting an opponent than for stabbing. Although it can stab deeply, the blade itself lacks the strength of a drop-point in resisting from breaking.

Mediterranean blade is the traditional single-ege hunting knife with common use dating back to ancient Europe. In period vernacular, it is often just called a single-edge hunting knife or butcher knife as that is what it's primarily good for. They may be flat-edged or roach-bellied but these tend to be extremely reliable and common in many museum collections and archaeological digs whenever a larger-bladed knife is recovered.

-Dave

Afternoon all.

I’m still alive. I was originally going to say “still kicking,” but that’s not particularly true. Not a lot of kicking going on here.

Recovery is progressing. It seems, as I can see from my scratched eye again. Swelling all over has also gone down significantly. The transition from laying to sitting and then to standing is also slightly easier, but still painful. Per Dr recommendation, I’m alternating between laying on a heated blanket to standing/walking for a few minutes every hour which is seemingly helping with overall mobility and discomfort.

—TK

Very nice!  Turnbull wasn't too expensive back then.  Even in the early 2000's, the dealer price for CCH was $50 each with a minimum of 4 frames/hammers sent in (already disassembled and barrel removed, of course).  I took advantage of that when I was working for a dealer who was sending some frames to Turnbull, so I just added my two conversion frames to the order and got them both done for $100! 

Maybe build it up with a thin layer of JB Weld and file that down to fit.

Remember Springfield Sporters too for parts. And let me check at work if we have the 30-40 brass I cleaned last week in stock.

I believe they went the way of the DoDo several years ago after the proprietor passed, and the inventory was purchased by other parts dealers.