6" edc 115w8

samuraistuart

samuraistuart

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I good buddy from my home town wanted a new knife to carry on his belt. Specified it had to be 6" OAL. I'm too left brained to come up with any decent, effective design myself. We looked at a few different designs, but he really liked the "Companion" EDC knife made by Brian Evans. And I agree...I have always liked that knife and admired the design, always wanted to make one. It has a nice profile that feels good in the hand, even with varying grips. The profile is where the similarity ends, tho. Rather than a 1/8" thick S35VN blade, mine is .090" 115W8 and figured walnut rather than G10. Also, I went with a rounded and polished spine rather than jimping, and there is no lanyard hole. Blade finish is at 400 grit, then polished with Mother's Mag (I LOVE that stuff....best metal polish out there). Spine is 1200 grit, polished. The grind is very very thin, and I'm honestly a little concerned about how well it will hold up in EDC use. It was less than 0.010" before applying the 30° edge. The steel is known for it's toughness (used in band saw production), so we'll see how it goes.

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The thin 115W8 that I have is 2.7mm or like .107 in its raw, scaly form. Is that what you used or did you have thinner stock to start with?
 
When I ordered from Achim, he had two sizes of 115W8 (maybe more...but I was interested in 1/8" and less). Above I said 0.090" but I think it's actually thinner, as in 0.083" or something like that. The thicker of the 2 is .107" thereabouts. He had some 1/16" 1.2519 at the time, of which I passed on, as I have O1, 15n20, and 52100 in that size range.
 
samuraistuart said:
When I ordered from Achim, he had two sizes of 115W8 (maybe more...but I was interested in 1/8" and less). Above I said 0.090" but I think it's actually thinner, as in 0.083" or something like that. The thicker of the 2 is .107" thereabouts. He had some 1/16" 1.2519 at the time, of which I passed on, as I have O1, 15n20, and 52100 in that size range.
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When I bought, he had that 2.7mm/.107, some. some 4.5 or 5mm and one size in between, maybe 3.5mm.
 
Nice! It looks very much like a kitchen knife only smaller to me. I like it!
 
Nice interpretation. Finish on the handle is excellent!

Wonder what happened to Brian. Haven't heard from him in a while...
 
Thanks Matthew! Was thinking the same.....I know he was trying to get a Companion Version 2, with updated steel even? I may be wrong on that?
 
Very nice! I too really like the finish on the handle. 6" oal is a great edc size.
 
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