A liitle dinner action

A C Richards

A C Richards

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Here is a little birthday present for a friends father. His wife threw away his favorite knife a few years ago and this is going to be the replacement.
Stats are;

10.75" 1095 blade in the french style.
Monel guard with copper spacer
Black dyed and stabilized fiddleback maple handle
Mosaic pin
OAL 16"
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Unfortunately the reason she threw it away never came up. I think it is a really sore subject. If I find out I will let you all know.
 
Beutiful, how's the monel to work? Never tried it before and from what I've heard it's a pain to grind and drill, ect.

Love the dyed maple, and the overall shape just begs to be used.
 
Thanks all. The monel I have is not bad to work. In fact it is just a bit harder than brass. There are several different grades. The material I have i believe is 60% nickel 40% copper. I have used 90% nickel and 10% copper and it is a real pain. Right up there with 304. The material I have was used as stirring blades on a sorbet maker. The ice cream co. I got them from had me make some new blades out of UHMW. They hold up almost as well but were only $200 a set of 3 vs $2500 for the monel.
 
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The other thing about the monel I have is it is in very limited supply. The material I have is all I will ever have since they stopped using it. I cannot justify purchasing it as it is about 3x 416. I will just transition fully to the 416 once this is exhausted. I do however make use of every ounce of the material I can. I even go so far as splitting this material to make thinner stacked guards rather than mill it down as I used to. I also cut as close to finished size as possible. I have learned to make the most of it now that I cannot get any more.
 
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