Matthew Gregory
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I finished this one months ago, but am only thinking to post it here. This is a 4” kwaiken in Crucible CPM-154FM, a fine grain, high purity melt that Crucible made just before CPM Magnacut was released and rendered every other stainless steel effectively obsolete 
.
Had a little fun with the details. Just a touch of sori to the profile. The primary bevel is hollow ground and mirror polished on a 10” wheel, the swedge is hollow ground on a 2” wheel to a near-zero edge and is also mirror polished. The spine and squidgey bit under the ricasso are faceted, and all flat surfaces feature a hand satin finish. The mirror finish with this steel is staggeringly smooth - it looks like mercury. Getting decent photos of it was obscenely difficult, which was yet another reason to send it to
SharpByCoop
and let him deal with it.
The tapered and skeletonized tang has been built up with contoured leather, and the entire circumference of the handle has been wrapped in red stingray skin so it doesn’t feel like a piece of bar stock.
The gorgeous matched slip sheath was made by my bride.
.Had a little fun with the details. Just a touch of sori to the profile. The primary bevel is hollow ground and mirror polished on a 10” wheel, the swedge is hollow ground on a 2” wheel to a near-zero edge and is also mirror polished. The spine and squidgey bit under the ricasso are faceted, and all flat surfaces feature a hand satin finish. The mirror finish with this steel is staggeringly smooth - it looks like mercury. Getting decent photos of it was obscenely difficult, which was yet another reason to send it to
SharpByCoop
and let him deal with it.The tapered and skeletonized tang has been built up with contoured leather, and the entire circumference of the handle has been wrapped in red stingray skin so it doesn’t feel like a piece of bar stock.
The gorgeous matched slip sheath was made by my bride.
