A wharncliffe design

Jack O'Neill

Jack O'Neill

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This knife is a little larger than most of the Wharncliffe design knives I have seen but I just needed to do it . I handled this one with 1/4" antique Ivory Paper Micarta . Put a stainless and copper mosaic pin in the center , the back 2 pins are copper tube with a stainless rod center . Front pin is solid stainless .

The O.A.L. is 10-1/2" , 3/16" ATS-34 steel , Peter's H.T.
The blade to handle is 6" with a sharpened edge at 5-1/4" .
Machine scotch brite satin finish flat ground .
Width at Ricasso is 1-1/4"
Sheath is 8oz . veg. tanned leather .
THIS KNIFE SOLD , THANKS EVERYONE
$145.00 plus $5.00 to ship usps priority mail . Pay-pal , postal M/O or check .
Thank you all for taking the time to look at my work . I always appreciate it .
Jack ONeill
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Thank you all , your post came in while I was thanking the 1st reply . I do appreciate your looking and posting .
 
Thank you all for the nice comments . It was a fun challenge to make and it is nice to see that it is liked . My wife , my main critic liked it so I should have known it would have been liked by others.:)
 
Went to my PO box today and YES! This was in there!

I am very pleased with this knife, This belted finish and squarish handle cross section are made for work, work, work! The knife is sharp! The one thing I was worried about before it arrived was the point being too thin - a wharnie like this is going to see a lot of action in the last 1/2" of the blade or so - but the thickness is just right in this area, it's firm and strong and VERY much ready for action. There's plenty of steel there for countless future sharpenings.

Another thing that pleasantly surprised me was the line of the blade - in my opinion (JUST my opinion) a straight blade needs to be perfectly straight or at the very least have the slightest belly on it so that you can use it on surfaces like a cutting board and have use of the entire length of the blade. If it curves the other way, on a flat surface only the tip and the heel would make contact leaving the middle part just off the cutting surface. This knife is profiled just right. Very nice touch that is easy for a maker to miss.

One last bit is the profile of the handle - That point on the far end would make a perfectly fine glass/skull breaker and the handle flares just the right amount to guarantee that it wont go flying out of hand under most circumstances. I understand this is not intended to be a chopper. but even sans lanyard, I think it's up to most tasks.
 
Sounds Good LA
It IS a gorgeous blade!
I commissioned a similar one myself. Mine will be A2 instead of ATS-34
Problem is, it will probably be December before I see it.
Unless Jack gets some extra time.
I am retired, and I don't find much extra time, myself.
Oh well, maybe I can convince wifey to pay for it as an Xmas present instead of it coming out of MY hobby budget :D
 
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