Durban Devil
Hunter Handmade Knives
- Joined
- May 13, 2012
- Messages
- 128
These knives are the most recent ones from my shop. The first one I built for a friend from the @americanlegionpost113 here in E-Town. The knife was a challenge for me as it was the largest blade I’ve made to date, chef’s knives excluded. This is the second iteration as the first one I jacked up the temper on the blade when I was grinding it and had to start over. On this one when I was taking it out of the heat treat oven the blade started to slip from the tongs and like an idiot I went to stop it with my non gloved hand and promptly branded myself. Anyway, the OAL of the knife is 13” made from 1084 steel. The cutting edge is 6 ¼”. The handle material is polyester purple pearl from Masecraft.
The second knife is a custom build based entirely on the customer’s design. I was a bit hesitant to do the order but I think it turned out pretty nice. The last picture is the original drawing from the customer. The knife was made from AEB-L steel with a full flat grind. It has an overall length of the knife is 6 5/8". The blade measures approximately 3 1/8" with a cutting edge of approximately 2 7/8". The bolsters are toxic green G-10 with a mosaic pin. The remainder of the handle is F40 Carbon Fiber from AJ Composites.
The second knife is a custom build based entirely on the customer’s design. I was a bit hesitant to do the order but I think it turned out pretty nice. The last picture is the original drawing from the customer. The knife was made from AEB-L steel with a full flat grind. It has an overall length of the knife is 6 5/8". The blade measures approximately 3 1/8" with a cutting edge of approximately 2 7/8". The bolsters are toxic green G-10 with a mosaic pin. The remainder of the handle is F40 Carbon Fiber from AJ Composites.
