A Pair of Texas Tritium Fighters

Stonehenge69

Stonehenge69

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I've only been making knives for a couple of months now so I made several rookie mistakes on these.
I enjoyed making em and learned a lot (the hard way) :)

Specs: (larger of the two)

Steel: Aldo"s .250 1084
Overall: 15 1'4"
Blade: 10 1/4"
Handle: Micarta/Spalted Maple Burl
Tritium Vials installed with Norland 60













 
Pretty damn nice job for only having been making knives for a couple of months. The Tritium vials are kinda cool and a fun detail. To my eyes the handle and guard of the top knife seem like they belong on a different kind of knife....but I still like it anyway. The smaller knife looks fantastic. They both look very well made and comfortable. Super nice work!
 
For only a couple of months? There is a lot of detail in both knives, very good designs and builds.
 
Very nice work!
Please take this as a constructive criticism. The handle on the smaller one looks like it would work better on a hunter/skinner.
Just some food for thought on your next one.
 
nice looking job for only a few months -- still deciding on the direction of the name on the blades eh? I like the 90 degree to spine on the lower one for both. Keep enjoying the process.
 
I really like the green Tritium they both look well exucuted and great usable designs well done stepping off the beaten path and doin somethin a wee bit different on these pieces and good choice of micarta and wood combination.
 
Thanks for all the comments guys, and I welcome all criticism as constructive.

I've been collecting knives all of my life. I built ornamental iron for 20+ years back in the 70's and 80's and my wife and I used to do some artwork called Intarsia (painting with wood).
Knife building seems to be a natural combination of the two.
I do my own heat treating using an Evenheat oven. That's why I decided to start with 1084. The process is so well documented.
I recently received a used Rockwell hardness tester but the guy shipped it on its side and therefor came in damaged and doesn't work.
I'm still trying to get it to work but with no pictures out there of the inner workings of one in action, it's been a challenge (but that's a story for another post).

Here's a couple more that fit in the more "traditional" category.







 
Awesome work for "a couple of months". Thanks for introducing me to Tritium, I've never seen that before.
 
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