A few new ones from me and my KMG

[J. MacDonald]

Here's my three latest. I'm not the fastest or the best, but I am at least pursuing my dream and making some knives

The top one is 1/8 01 stock flat ground with green canvas micarta scales glued and held on with Corby style rivets. It is about 6 3/4 OAL with a cutting edge of 2 7/8".

The middle one has integral bolsters and is also 01 with green jigged bone scales and brass/nickel silver mosiac pins. OAL is just over 6" with a 2.4" cutting edge. The blade and tang around about .095 thick.

The bottom one is a small necker with integral bolsters made from 6AL4V Ti with black G10 scales and a skeletonized handle. It's about 4.5" and weighs around 2 oz.. Cutting edge is right at 2" and the blade and tang are about .115 thick. This is my first knife with a hand rubbed finish (to 600 grit) but I can still find some flaws in it.

All of these knives are full flat grinds. The ones featuring 01 tool steel are heat treated by me in a one brick forge. The Ti necker is untreated as I didn't want to torch the Ti and look like a copy cat.

Let me know what you guys think.

 

[ddavelarsen]

Well I think those are just snappy and clean! It take guts to build integrals, and you've pulled it off really nicely. I like all those designs and am looking forward to more. I think you're ready for one of those 18" bowies - that's all you need to prompt you to build a big enough forge to HT it.

 

[FlaMtnBkr]

Did you grind in the integral bolsters or forge them? Seems like it would take forever in a one brick forge and even longer grinding them in, especially the Ti. Just curious...they look great!

Ryan

 

[J. MacDonald]

Did you grind in the integral bolsters or forge them? Seems like it would take forever in a one brick forge and even longer grinding them in, especially the Ti. Just curious...they look great!

Ryan

I cheated. I used my Bridgeport