daizee
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Aldo's 1084, ~0.135"
2.85" blade
6.8" OAL
Entire knife at 1000grit (handles may get a beeswax buffing)
Figured Oak scales, 1/8" brass pins
Thanks to Tiiiiim and KFU for turning me onto the possibilities of white oak.
This one is for me. I'm gonna patina the hell out of it from use and it's gonna look great. This is one of my favorite EDC models. The last one I made for myself in A2 ended up going to my dad. While that seemed like the right home for that knife, it left me without a Day Hiker of my own!
The sheath turned out well too - The Hiker is fairly easy to squeeze kyex for because of the relatively straight spine, but retention can be tricky. Retention on this one is perfect.
Check out the curlies on the spine of the scales:
Which match this piece of white oak cut from my mom's yard after last October's freak snowstorm, which brought down limbs from 100-year-old oaks (not the same source!):
With my Japanese white oak boken:
checking the sheath for retention pre-oil:
2.85" blade
6.8" OAL
Entire knife at 1000grit (handles may get a beeswax buffing)
Figured Oak scales, 1/8" brass pins
Thanks to Tiiiiim and KFU for turning me onto the possibilities of white oak.
This one is for me. I'm gonna patina the hell out of it from use and it's gonna look great. This is one of my favorite EDC models. The last one I made for myself in A2 ended up going to my dad. While that seemed like the right home for that knife, it left me without a Day Hiker of my own!
The sheath turned out well too - The Hiker is fairly easy to squeeze kyex for because of the relatively straight spine, but retention can be tricky. Retention on this one is perfect.
Check out the curlies on the spine of the scales:
Which match this piece of white oak cut from my mom's yard after last October's freak snowstorm, which brought down limbs from 100-year-old oaks (not the same source!):
With my Japanese white oak boken:
checking the sheath for retention pre-oil:
