#3 What do you think?

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Here is my third official fully finished heat-treated knife!

The specs are: 5160 steel, .262 stock, MCAM scales, stainless tubes. 11.25 inches long, 6 inch blade from tip to ricasso. I did the heat treat myself with a digitally controlled kiln and quenched in canola oil. I tempered twice at 350F. My wife tied the lanyard, it is made of olive drab/glow in dark paracord

I think the video represents the knife better than my photos; check it out, it is only 18 seconds long.



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[Lycosa]

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Nice. It looks like a good strong chopper/utility.

 

[tito]

Nice, the photo in the snow is cool, too.

 

[zeuqramjj2002]

wicked knife, looks like a beast! how much does something like that go for?

 

[the jerm]

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[the jerm]

Damn that's cool it has a nice clean look! What a chopper!

 

[Mitchell Knives]

Nice! Finish looks great.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Thanks everyone, I'm glad you guys like it. I'm really happy with the way it came out.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

wicked knife, looks like a beast! how much does something like that go for?

I'll probably have it up for sale sometime soon. I need to finish up the sheath for it. I just got the Kydex molded tonight!

 

[Bad Boy Productions]

That's cool.

 

[Atlas Knife Company]

Don't you love it when they ask us new makers what a knife is worth? Very nice. Why polished just at one end on one side?

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Very nice. Why polished just at one end on one side?

Purely aesthetic, I tried a number of finishes on it and I liked this one the best. I buffed the whole knife to a near mirror polish and didn't like how easily the finish scratched, this way you get a little flash but maintence is easier.

You can see in the last video I changed it a little bit again, I polished the edge and the area right above it.

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

I made a sheath too...
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Here is another video, I wound up making the micro bevel a little bigger and buffed it more with a scotchbrite pad to keep future scratches at bay.
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Sheath Pics.