Anyone like Redwood? *Large-ish pics*

DLaneG

DLaneG

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I like this piece for damn sure! :thumbup: Just finished this one up the other day, it'll be going to my brother-in-law's dad. He's into cowboy action shooting and plans to use this as part of his rig:)

The specs

Overall length: 12.625"
Blade length: 7.625"
Blade thickness: .25"
Blade steel: O-1 high carbon tool steel
Finish: Handrubbed 600 grit satin finish
Grip material: Stabilized Redwood
Guards/pins: 400 series stainless steel
Sheath: Oiled top grain cowhide, welt construction, hand-stitched

The Redwood used for the grip has an extremely tight and dense growth ring pattern, I counted about 75 rings in this piece alone, no telling how big a log it came out of. Being what appears to be old-growth, this piece of wood may well have been cut around 100 years ago!

And the pics of course!

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Have a nice day:D
 
We visited the Redwoods last year and bought a couple of redwood burls that grew trees. They didn't last long but it was neat to have a redwood forrest in the livingroom for awhile. I'm letting the piece dry and I plan on cutting it one day to see if I can't get a couple of handle slabs out of it.

Interesting butt cap. I've never seen one attached that way. Are those nails?

Thanks for sharing.
In His Service,
Reid Allen
 
Nice:thumbup:Beautiful knife! I am wondering about the butt cap attachment too. Custom stainless nails perhaps?
 
The first maker I did a custom knife from was Derek. He is a great guy to work with and I got an awesome knife.

That's is a knock out of a knife, stunning!
 
Thanks for the comments guys! They're much appreciated as always:)

The butt cap is nickel, the pins are aluminum. The cap was first epoxied in place, 'cause I wasn't sure how I was going to do the pins. I looked for all sorts of things, I was really trying for a domed pin look. I finally found some aluminum pop rivets! The shafts have one fat bulbous end which gave me just the look I wanted. I'd have preferred stainless, but hey... I had 'em on hand:) So basically, I just cut them to length, pre-drilled some holes through the cap, filed some small notches on the shafts and epoxied them in. The notches help catch the epoxy, just like pins used for grip scales, it makes for a real solid assembly. Turned out great!
 
How do you nail them in without deforming the ends? Do you drill all the way and just slip them in with the epoxy? Do you drill most of the way and tap in the rest of the way? Or do only drill a little way in and hammer them the rest of the way?

Thanks
Reid
 
I drilled the holes completely, then just slipped them in with the epoxy.
 
Primo knife there. Overall look is great and i imagine it feels great also. The sheath may be OK for Cowboy Action shooting but I'd get a nice dressed up custom sheath for displaying this jewel. kevin
 
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