Sorry for the not so great pics. I had intended to keep this little guy as my personal knife because it was my first real attempt at a belt finish, but i am not using so i figured someone else might like to give it a go. The blade is around 3.75 inches long, a healthy 1/8 at the ricasso and is made from 115W8 steel aka 1.2442. It is an old school German metal cutting saw steel and the best way that I can describe the chemical composition is that on paper, it looks similar to Hitachi Blue #2 but with more tungsten, around 2%. It might not be as clean in absolute terms as the Hitachi stuff, but it is probably pretty close as it was a small custom 1-2 ton smelt made specifically for knife use at the Lohmann mill in Germany. It has a belt finish, not perfect, but not bad for a guy who normally does hand rubbed finishes. This steel takes a nasty edge and is tough stuff. it is hardened to around 62Rc minimum yet the point will flex a tiny bit and come right back straight if you push it against a hard. In that manner, it feels like thin ground 3V. The comment that I heard was that if you want to use this steel for something like a kitchen knife, you can leave it at 64, nbut if you want to pond ti thorough nails, you should shoot for 62. 
The handle is buffed green canvas Micarta with stainless Corby bolts. The sheath is a #2 size Treestump pouch. Asking $175 and that includes the knife, sheath, a fuzzy zipper case, Pay Pal and USPS Priority Mail flat rate shipping to the CONUS. Such a deal!!! 
This second knife has a little bit of backstory. Around 2008 when I was a young knife mangler, I decided to make a little boot/vest bowie inspired by a one off Harvey Dean knife that i had owned. I really made it for myself and had Paul Long make a sheath for it. A little while later, i had it not eh end of my bech along with a couple o other pieces. I went out of town for a while and http was the week when my roof decided to bust open at the seams using a big Florida thunderstorm. Of course, the leak wa right over where I had these knives and several of them ended up tuned into rusty press of scrap.
The sheath sat in my shop for a few years and then i decided to make a new fun knife to fit it. This is that blae. it is a hair under 5.5 inches long with a handle around 4.5. the blade is 300 layer ladder made from 1084 and 15N20, The gaud is the same stuff. The handle is a wild piece of Honduran rosewood burl, the sheath, as previously mentioned, is a 2008 vintage Paul Long. This one doesn't want to sit around gathering dust anymore, so I will let it go for SOLD including the PayPal fee and Priority mail to the CONUS.
The handle is buffed green canvas Micarta with stainless Corby bolts. The sheath is a #2 size Treestump pouch. Asking $175 and that includes the knife, sheath, a fuzzy zipper case, Pay Pal and USPS Priority Mail flat rate shipping to the CONUS. Such a deal!!! This second knife has a little bit of backstory. Around 2008 when I was a young knife mangler, I decided to make a little boot/vest bowie inspired by a one off Harvey Dean knife that i had owned. I really made it for myself and had Paul Long make a sheath for it. A little while later, i had it not eh end of my bech along with a couple o other pieces. I went out of town for a while and http was the week when my roof decided to bust open at the seams using a big Florida thunderstorm. Of course, the leak wa right over where I had these knives and several of them ended up tuned into rusty press of scrap.
The sheath sat in my shop for a few years and then i decided to make a new fun knife to fit it. This is that blae. it is a hair under 5.5 inches long with a handle around 4.5. the blade is 300 layer ladder made from 1084 and 15N20, The gaud is the same stuff. The handle is a wild piece of Honduran rosewood burl, the sheath, as previously mentioned, is a 2008 vintage Paul Long. This one doesn't want to sit around gathering dust anymore, so I will let it go for SOLD including the PayPal fee and Priority mail to the CONUS.
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