A Couple Man Knives

TK Steingass

TK Steingass

Knifemaker - Buckeye
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I just finished a pair of O-1 Man Knives along with upgraded sheaths for one of my good customers. 9" OAL with 4 3/4" blades. The rubber handled knife scales are made out of horse stall mat with recessed tubing. The 45 degree carry sheath has a red kydex spine that matches the red liners in the handle and a kydex belt clip. A marriage of traditional and contemporary materials.

The other Man Knife is in black paper micarta with red liners and a bushcraft sheath. The matching firesteel has red liner material - 9-10 oz leather hand stitched sheath with a dangler at the customer's request.

Hope you like it!!

TK

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Should be standard issue along with a pair of testicles at man school. Classic looks, very functional and rugged. Very fine sheath as well. Thanks for posting.
 
i just masturbated twice, back to back, once for ea. knife...

thanks Tim, you're the Man!
 
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Ah, stunning. Especially the first one.

-Daizee
 
Very nice! if you don't mind, what glue/epoxy did you use on the horse stall mat material?
 
Very nice! if you don't mind, what glue/epoxy did you use on the horse stall mat material?
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Ryan: I use rubberized CA glue offered by Midwest Knifemakers Supply specifically for this material.

TK
 
TK Steingass said:
Ryan: I use rubberized CA glue offered by Midwest Knifemakers Supply specifically for this material.

TK
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Thanks for the info TK, I did some rubber grips and they had a hard time staying put. This opens some options, The knives are great!
 
these knives are awesome Tim!

after dicking around buying/selling countless bushcraft type knives from countless makers (some of the more popular on this site) I must say these are definitely keepers. Haven't abused them yet, but that's coming soon...however speaking from a design, fit/finish stand point, i'm liking these a lot.

Perfect balance to the knives, must be the tapered tangs that once again, nobody seems to bother with those details in a bushy design, not even those guys who get $250 or more for a plain Jane bushcraft...

I mean, who puts hollow grinds on their bushy blades? not many...most you'll see are full or scandy where it's obvious a lot less time is spent on them, personally, i can tell a knife that's made to blow out the door fast, from one that is carefully made.

and your sheaths dude...sweet ain't the word. Once again, attention to detail is your middle word. Who else flares out the mouth of their leather sheath? Nobody that i've seen, who else molds it to each individual knife? Not many...i can't tell you how many bushies i've bought with "fancy sheaths" that didn't fricking fit the knife!

I've bought countless knives with sheaths that are so ugly that were obviously thrown in the deal just to say they sold you a pouch sheath with the knife, most of which weren't even made by the maker, but by some sheath maker who obviously has no skill or other orders - for obvious reasons.

Not sure if you can tell my excitement from what i'm writing above, but i'm finally glad to have stopped here...looking, and buying knives, hoping that this will be the one that i keep, this will be the one that fits in the sheath, this will be the one that moves me when i look, hold or use it...

I'm 43 and fiddled around with knives a looong time, to say the Man knives are as perfect as it gets, is something...for me anyway, they're just what i wanted.

once again,
thank you.
 
Danny:

Thanks for the kind words - I'm glad you like your purchase.

I'd like to comment on the design of the blade......yes, it's hollow ground, and one would think it's fragile, but these concave grinds are ground down to .050" before I put the secondary bevels in......that's twice the thickness of hollow ground blades devoted to cutting flesh......my hunters and capers are ground thinner, to .020" - .025" before the secondary bevels are ground. A cardboard wheel loaded with green chrome compound takes that burr down to a straight razor sharpness on the flesh cutters. Fighters are ground to .030" - .035" prior to secondary bevels. When I HT the O-1, it gets a 20 minute soak at 1475 F to get the most I can out of this fine steel. Tempering at 400 F gets a Rc 60-62 which I feel is hard enough to take a beating but soft enough to be able to easily sharpen. For those that like stain-less, I'm going to be offering Man Knives in D-2 soon by the way.

Finally, thanks for the in-depth writeup - are you a Washington Lobbyist by chance? :D

TK
 
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