A few more finished

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silver_pilate

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Here's a few more in 1/8" CPM154 with full cryo. These are the same basic shape as the last one. The first is handled in Arizona desert ironwood. I actually got this scale for free as it was cracked through about 1/3 of its length. That made it the perfect size for this knife, and it would otherwise be a $60-$80 piece of wood. Decent chatoyance but hard to show it in photos. It has red G10 liners, but the wood is very close to the same color and the translucence of the G10 makes it blend in. It's a subtle addition in the right light. This one has mosaic pins and a central corby. I made this one for my mom so it has a simple purse/pocket sheath.





I promise there is an actual plunge on the reverse side. Bad lighting washed it out :p.




The next one I made for myself, and it has black micarta with red G10 liners. I did a front pocket sheath for this one. The inside of the sheath has a thin leather liner over the clip and rivet and carries great.











These were ground very very thin prior to heat treatment, and the final edge is just over 30 inclusive with a hardness of just under 60. They were made to be nice little pocket slicers, and they turned out very sharp. Making curls of paper is fun but doesn't necessarily prove anything when it comes to sharpness. Shaving arm hair is a little better, but with these I shaved some stubble off of my face, so there's that :D;).

Sorry for the somewhat crappy photos. Hard to find a decent soft indirect light source without a light box.

Thanks for looking. Let me know what you think. These are far from perfect, and I found a number of things I would do differently.

--nathan
 
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I had to do a double take when I saw the name on this post.
It has been a while Nathan.
Great looking knives. I even like the m*#!#*# one.
 
Thanks, everyone. Mark, I think it was you who sent me that ironwood probably 3-4 years ago when I bought some other scales you had. I guess that means I should probably send this knife to you, but my mother has been waiting like 12 years for a knife, and I want free babysitting, I have to keep her happy. :D Thank you, though, and I appreciate that you stocked up on some ironwood lately. I wish I could justify buying more of it, but I've got a small stock of nice scales that I haven't used yet and likely won't get through it all in the next 10 years at the pace I actually work on knives. I've got an EDC with my name on it heat treated and waiting to be finished, and I'm going to use a choice set of ironwood scales on that one.

On top of lack of production, I'm hoping to start a new project in the spring that has me re-arranging the shop a bit and making room. I've wanted to do it since I was a kid and after saving for years, I think I'm finally going to put together a FFR MK4 Roadster (~'65 Shelby Cobra replica). It will be a ground-up build starting with a bare frame. I'm hoping I can get it to roller in a year or so and then get the engine in (408w). Allow another year to button things up and test, and it will be ready for paint. Needless to say, knives will be even fewer and farther in between (if that's even possible!). :eek:

--nathan
 
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