BIG recurve

Phillip Patton

Phillip Patton

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Howdy all,
Just posted this one in the custom forum,, and thought I'd share it here also.
It's a custom order for a gentleman in Europe. My first European order.
Steel is L6, forged from 1.5" round bar. Blade is 10" long, total length is 16.5". Blade width at the "sweet spot" is 2 1/8" Probably my biggest knife yet.
Any comments are welcome,

Thanks for looking!
Phillip


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Very, very nice! I'm not usually a fan of recurves, but the lines on this are amazing. Great work!
 
Woah! 10 inches of L6? Would love to try that bad boy out. Nice work!!! :thumbup:
 
Good common sence personal companion, not unlike my fixed blade on my belt. Good working tool, easy cleaning, comfortable in the hand-nice big handle.:thumbup:
 
Great knife and lovely recurve!

I like everything about it.

What do you do to get such a long grind curve (by the ricasso)?
 
Wow! Holly smokes man you're just getting better, I am at a loss for words that looks so nice. Really like the shaping you did to the blade with a classic PP handle to finish the knife off.

Well done! ;)
 
Daniel Koster said:
Great knife and lovely recurve!

I like everything about it.

What do you do to get such a long grind curve (by the ricasso)?
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Thanks. :)
You mean the blended plunge grind? It started out as a regular plunge cut, closer to the tip, but then I decided it would look better blended like this. I tried to use my 10 inch wheel, but I couldn't control it very well, so I switched to my flat platen, with the belt hung over the edge a little.
Does that answer your question?
 
I am a sucker for recurves.
That is a very nice knife Have you any thoughts about possibly doing another "custom" job like that one? I may wish to contract a knife "similar" to that one.
 
That's a freakin bad boy!!:cool: Ohh man I definitly would try that bad boy for chopping:cool:
 
Thats an AWESOME RECURVE! WOW:thumbup: :thumbup:

Excellent craftsmanship, well done!
 
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