A little hunter- All blacked out...

[J. Doyle]

Hand forged from 1095 steel
8 1/2" overall, 3 7/8" blade, .170" at the ricasso w/ full distal taper
"Twisted Steel" filework
Rounded Ricasso edge
Damascus guard and spacer of 1084/15n20 mix
Rounded guard edges
Coined and blued spacers
African Blackwood handle
Checkered and blued finial nut

All comments and discussion welcome.

 

[Don Nguyen]

That is amazing John....

 

[i4Marc]

Very understated and elegant. It lets the beholder discover the details gradually.

 

[Ol' Bill]

John,
I really like your work.

 

[eric brinkerhoff]

Everything this man makes defines the word elegant.

 

[wdtorque]

Mighty nice.
Dozier
Accuracy beats speed

 

[clutchcarter]

Well said. The attention to even the smallest detail is amazing!

Very understated and elegant. It lets the beholder discover the details gradually.

 

[Bludgeon]

Excellent attention to detail.

 

[Erin Burke]

I really dig this little knife John. The whole (blacked-out) package comes together very nicely... I particularly like the detail shot of the the handle/fittings transition. Very clean. :thumbup:
Erin

 

[Dawkind]

Really fine work my friend!

 

[Nektarios]

I really like you work, you make very nice knives.

 

[Steve Nuckels]

Bravo!

Steve
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Member, W.F. Moran Foundation

 

[S.Alexander]

Very nice. A tactical hunter.

 

[Lhpanther]

I'm a big fan of the blacked out look and all the subtle details on this one. But then again, I like all your knives John

 

[J. Doyle]

Thanks for the comments guys.

 

[mwschilling]

Nice little Hunter John!

 

[BenR.T.]

Really nice John, I dig it.

 

[pyrguy]

Looks really good

 

[Lycosa]

All of the above. ^
Make more, please.
rolf

 

[keithf]

Yet another very fine piece John !
Cheers Keith