A Dad's Christmas Present For His Son

TK Steingass

TK Steingass

Knifemaker - Buckeye
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Greetings All:

This four knife set was commissioned through Les Robertson - his client wanted these for his son who is an elk hunter/outdoorsman. The client chose the handle design from my stable of designs and I suggested the use of stabilized Royal Walnut with intense fiddleback figure. From left to right, hunter, camp knife, skinner, caper......all in CPM-154. The camp knife is satin finish while the remaining three are mirrored. All the knives have tapered tangs with red liners, pinned/soldered guards, stainless furniture, and thumb serrations on the spines. The client also asked for a sheath with a sharpening stone pocket on the camp knife. Each knife has his son's initials and 1 of 4, 2 of 4, 3 of 4, and 4 of 4 etched on the blade.

Some of you may think I'm crazy for supplying a camp knife in CPM-154 and to be honest, I was thinking of a tool steel like W-2, A2, 1095, etc, but decided that CPM-154 would perform nicely.....after all, heat treat, blade geometry then the steel determine a knife's performance, as stated by MS DHIII. The camp knife is flat ground with a convex edge whereas the other three are hollow ground. After finding this chart from some online research, I decided that the tradeoff of ease of sharpening and corrosion resistance of CPM-154 won over CPM 3V or A2. Now, I'm not making any statements about what's best, I'm just stating my basis for the material selection for the camp knife.....I'm getting too old for drama any more.:D

All comments welcome.

V/R,

TK

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Just a beautiful set Tim, I'm sure the new owner will be very pleased with them and double stitched sheaths and tapered tangs with awesome wood. What's not to like. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Gorgeous! What a beautiful set, and a great gift!

best

mqqn
 
Thanks for the kind words guys - much appreciated.

I wish this client was my Dad - I'd ask for a 1958 Corvette with matching numbers. :D
 
It's always a pleasure working with Tim: He leaves things up to my discretion and always offers appreciations.

His work speaks loudly through the images: Quality.

Paul: Yes, he wanted a shot of the four knives, yet I won't let those sheaths stay out of the spotlight. That's good work and completes the package. Everyone here agrees. :D

Tim: Thank you. Again. You make ME look good!
 
An absolutely beautiful set!!! ... and a well thought out gift. I would pay to see not only the son's face as he opened them but the father's for getting to share that with his boy.
 
COOP: As usual, I was thrilled with your artistic display of my work......good work my friend. :)
 
Good choice on steel TK. Cpm 154 is quite tough when heat treated properly, and I think stainless works best with these style of knives.
 
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