Beasty Bush

Tai Goo

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Here's a recent one, the "Beasty Bush", 1065 steel, aprox., 16 inch OAL, with an integral socket handle, woven cotton cord wrappings sealed with 100% natural shellac and a top coat of pinon pine rosin for a sure grip... a riving, cleaving, chopping beast... not for gentlemen!

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Tai, if you dont mind, could you explain some of the applications on this knife, It a really cool and obviously solid built tool/weapon/ impliment of destruction!

I mean like what is natural shellac, and integral socket handle?

thanks

andrew takach
 
bluejaunte said:
More on shellac: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac

If I may be so bold as to answer for Tai, here's a pic of one of his integral socket knives before it has been wrapped:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/taigoo/On The Bench 2008/RivingBush2A005.jpg?t=1236033984
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Absolutley, an answer is an answer, thanks for looking that up. Thats absolutles a very cool, and creative concept, as well as a .....I dont even know what to call it, all I can say is I like it a lot!!!

Thanks
 
No prob. I split a bunch of wood with one of Tai's socket handles and it is very comfortable to use. I'm not sure if it's the shock-absorbing properties of the handle or what, but I didn't get the usual hand fatigue I get when using full-tang knives for similar purposes.

Of course the pine rosin is grippy as hell so that helps too. :D
 
Tai Goo said:
a riving, cleaving, chopping beast... not for gentlemen!
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That would work for me!
Damn, Tai. It's gonna be awhile yet. Maybe we can get down there and I could take a lesson, one of these days.
Is there freedom to travel in my future? Hope so!
 
Tai, what's the weight of that piece?
Enquiring minds and all......:-)
Also, is that distal tapered from the clip or the whole blade?
Thanks bruce
 
That's cool... you gonna post another pic when you finish polishing the blade?

:D

No offense, friend, I really like that. Certainly couldn't do that by stock removal!
 
Thanks!

It's forged from 1/4 inch flat stock with a full distal taper.

It's generally referred to as a "socket handle" (hollow), but nothing is intended to go inside of it. The opening at the front of the socket is the drain...
 
James, what's "polishing"? LOL

It has a multi banded quench line from a single quench, which doesn't show too well in the pic. It actually has martensite on both sides of the primary quench line. There's just a narrow band of pearlite, about 1/2 inch to 1/4 inch tapering towards the point that compliments the geometry. The banding towards the top side of the quench line has different ratios of martensite and pearlite. It's springy, but not likely to ever break.
 
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