A pair of hunters in Amboyna Burl and Cocobolo

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misque

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Third try at posting this thread so I'm hoping it'll work this time.

Here's a pair of 440-c hunters ground from 5/32" stock.

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The top one is a 3 1/2" blade drop point with Amboyna Burl scales put together with hidden pin construction. I used 3/16" all-thread rod for the pins.
The bottom one is a 4 1/4" blade straight back hunter with Cocobolo scales held together with SS Corby fasteners.

Thanks for looking!


All the best,
Mike U.
 

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A few of the things that I like:
- glad to see someone using thinner steel stock in the 1/8" range, especially on shorter-bladed utilitarian knives (which realistically seem to get chosen for 99.9% of our cutting chores)
- the flow of the handle design into the blade is nice & smooth on both of them
- nice matching of the grain and figure of the wood to the shape of the handles & great color on the burl
- single-finger index groove handle shape. My fave! :)
- even lighting and interesting contrast of line, texture, color, and light/dark balance in the composition of the picture. Very nice shot!! :cool:
 
Thank you gentlemen!:D

RokJok,
I agree with you about using thinner stock. I think shorter blade utility type knives need to be excellent cutters first and foremost and using thinner stock goes a long way in helping to acheive that goal. I'll save the thick stock for sharpened pry-bar type knives with longer blades.

even lighting and interesting contrast of line, texture, color, and light/dark balance in the composition of the picture. Very nice shot!!
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Taking a decent picture is a lot harder than making the knives themselves for me.:o
It's good to hear favorable comments in that area, because it gives me hope that I might eventually get it right.:)
I'm in awe of some of the beautiful shots other folks on the forum are getting with their digi-cams.
I've been all over my yard trying to find a good spot and this place seems to have the right amount of light and shadow and, as a bonus, the background looks kinda neat too.


All the best,
Mike U.
 
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