A little knife in W2 and some unique Koa...

J. Doyle

J. Doyle

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Here's some pics of one I finished recently for a good friend of this forum :) . I think this is a mean looking little knife. Very compact and lightweight.

Hand forged from W2 steel, clay quenched and etched
7 3/8" overall, 3 3/8" blade, .160" at the ricasso with full distal taper
False edge, just shy of sharp
Heavily rounded spine and ricasso edge
Black g-10 collars
Thorn and vine fileworked titanium spacer
Stabilized Hawaiian Koa

Claude Scott made the sheath and did a great job of it too!

All comments and discussion welcome.









 
Beautiful knife!

Thank you for sharing.

I like how the blade has that marking in the metal. I think that it is very interesting.

It is not plain yet it is not a complete Damascus look like some of my husband's knives have on the blades.

I like the sheath too! Sweet.

Did you have to stain the KOA wood? Is that natural with a touch of tung oil or something like that on it?

I do not know if I am allowed to answer you here since this is a Gallery for knife makers and I am not a knife maker.

Please delete my 'thank you' and compliments if I messed up here.

Cate
 
Hi Cate. Questions and comments are just fine. :) Thanks for posting.

The koa is natural color. No stain. It does have a few coats of teak oil on it.

I used to live in Hamilton, south of Missoula. I really miss it. Want to go back someday.

Thanks for all the kind words.
 
J. Doyle said:
Hi Cate. Questions and comments are just fine. :) Thanks for posting.

The koa is natural color. No stain. It does have a few coats of teak oil on it.

I used to live in Hamilton, south of Missoula. I really miss it. Want to go back someday.

Thanks for all the kind words.
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You're welcome and thank you for the reply to my question. I did not want to screw up as a fairly new poster to this forum.

Okay - teak oil. I have used that on a few boat ladders and trim. Years ago with my late husband in a Great Lakes state. His home state not mine. I was born and raised on the east coast. We were into sailing and power boating the most and, later on, got into camping more several years before he died.

Re: Your beautiful KNIFE - KOA natural wood with that teak oil on it - it looks GREAT!

I am going to show this to my MT born and raised husband when he gets off work late tonight.

SWEET knife! Outstanding work.

I hope that you make it back to where you want to live. I do not know Hamilton that well but I have been down there a couple of times on a drive with other people when I first moved out west - soon to be 13 years ago. I know the Yaak Region right below British Columbia, Libby some, Troy some, parts of Northern Idaho - the panhandle region close to Montana, Rock Creek close to Clinton, around Flathead Lake heading north and the Seeley Lake/Condon region more than I do Missoula even though I LIVE here! (Property searches and nice trips.) I know several of the parks and trails better in town, the library, gun stores, Costco, our gun range http://www.wmfg.org/ - a few other places but NOT all of the Missoula streets. In other words, the residents have to tell me where such and such PLACE is near - something that I can relate too. Ha! My poor husband tells me that he can't get over how I remember some of the other regions better than this town. Real estate agents told me the same thing. I tell them that I am a confused Missoula resident transplant.

Take care! Thank you for sharing!

Cate
 
Thanks for the comments all.

spyken said:
Lovely piece....is this for sale?
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This was a commissioned piece. You can send me an email at jdoyleknives AT gmail DOT com if you'd like details on placing an order for a similar piece or to be added to my list for notification of available knives.

Thanks again.
 
Nice little knife, John. It's got your 'style' all over it! [that's a good thing...]

Interesting guard treatment [collars]. Never considered that but looks like it works well.

Great piece of Koa...
 
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