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Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Hello,
This knife here was supposed to be a super clean and classy build, however the corby bolts I used had very deep (too deep) blind bores on the female ends. To my dismay the holes were visible as I shaped the handle...I tried to fix by inlaying mosaic pins but It did not work out. So what we have here is a severe botch job on the handle pins but an otherwise top notch ground blade and primo ironwood burl....I have too many shop knives and I cant bare to just let this sit in my junk drawer. With that being said, ill still guarantee the handle from failure with normal use. Id replace it if the epoxy for some reason doesn't hold.
Heres the specs:
Model: Adventure Model
Steel: AEBL @ RC 62 w/ cryo temper (by Jeff Mutz)
Handle: ironwood burl (way overpaid for these, lol)
Pins are some corby bolt and mostly west systems g flex epoxy.
4" of sharpened edge
Blade finish: rough belt finish w/ visible belt marks. This is a roughly finished user.
Blade Grind: high flat grind with a convexed distal taper. You can see it has somewhat of a fine tip.
I did not finish the blade all the way out, its at a relatively clean 280 grit.
I am asking SOLD shipped CONUS.
This knife here was supposed to be a super clean and classy build, however the corby bolts I used had very deep (too deep) blind bores on the female ends. To my dismay the holes were visible as I shaped the handle...I tried to fix by inlaying mosaic pins but It did not work out. So what we have here is a severe botch job on the handle pins but an otherwise top notch ground blade and primo ironwood burl....I have too many shop knives and I cant bare to just let this sit in my junk drawer. With that being said, ill still guarantee the handle from failure with normal use. Id replace it if the epoxy for some reason doesn't hold.
Heres the specs:
Model: Adventure Model
Steel: AEBL @ RC 62 w/ cryo temper (by Jeff Mutz)
Handle: ironwood burl (way overpaid for these, lol)
Pins are some corby bolt and mostly west systems g flex epoxy.
4" of sharpened edge
Blade finish: rough belt finish w/ visible belt marks. This is a roughly finished user.
Blade Grind: high flat grind with a convexed distal taper. You can see it has somewhat of a fine tip.
I did not finish the blade all the way out, its at a relatively clean 280 grit.
I am asking SOLD shipped CONUS.
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