Bird and Trout

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J. Piontek

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Here is a takedown bird and trout knife. Blade is w2, fittings are wrought iron and copper, handle is tasmanian blackwood. This was my first takedown knife and it was a learning experience. I hope to make all of my knives this way going forward. I have long a ways to go but thats the exciting part.

As a newer knifemaker I take a lot of inspiration from other knifemakers. This knife is heavily inspired by a John Doyle hunter. His knives have inspired me greatly and his posts have helped me in putting this together. Thanks for looking!

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J. Piontek said:
Here is a takedown bird and trout knife. Blade is w2, fittings are wrought iron and copper, handle is tasmanian blackwood. This was my first takedown knife and it was a learning experience. I hope to make all of my knives this way going forward. I have long a ways to go but thats the exciting part.

As a newer knifemaker I take a lot of inspiration from other knifemakers. This knife is heavily inspired by a John Doyle hunter. His knives have inspired me greatly and his posts have helped me in putting this together. Thanks for looking!

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I love the profile, the geometry, the overall shape. Brilliant!

Zieg
 
Looks great! I can definitely see a lot of John's style in almost every aspect of the knife, be it the blade, hamon, fluted bolster/spacers, handle shape (made from wildly figured wood). I think you did an excellent job. Love the wrought iron too! Emulating the work of a great bladesmith is definitely a great way to learn, I'm doing the same thing myself at the moment lol.

I'm curious, I see the brazed bolt head, but did you make the take down bolt/finial with a lathe? Also, is there a steel insert inside the rear handle hole for the finial the tighten up against? I only ask because I've been wanting to get into take down's as well (since they're much nicer to work with during the build and blade can be refinished if it gets scratched and so on) but I don't have a lathe, so those are the two pieces I'm trying to figure out how to make without one. Thanks for sharing.

~Paul
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coldsteelburns said:
Looks great! I can definitely see a lot of John's style in almost every aspect of the knife, be it the blade, hamon, fluted bolster/spacers, handle shape (made from wildly figured wood). I think you did an excellent job. Love the wrought iron too! Emulating the work of a great bladesmith is definitely a great way to learn, I'm doing the same thing myself at the moment lol.

I'm curious, I see the brazed bolt head, but did you make the take down bolt/finial with a lathe? Also, is there a steel insert inside the rear handle hole for the finial the tighten up against? I only ask because I've been wanting to get into take down's as well (since they're much nicer to work with during the build and blade can be refinished if it gets scratched and so on) but I don't have a lathe, so those are the two pieces I'm trying to figure out how to make without one. Thanks for sharing.

~Paul
My Youtube
Channel
... (It's been a few years since my last upload)
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Thank you! Yes I made the finial on a lathe and then brazed socket head cap screws on it so I could use a Allen wrench. And there is also a steel insert in the handle for the finial to tighten up against.
 
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