Box Elder Scandi Bushcraft

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Another bushcraft. S30V with box elder scales and nickel silver. The Scandi grind is 1/3. Spine is 0.178 inch thick and tang tapers to about 0.040 inch.

Thanks for looking.

RL

Specs are here: http://riflestocks.tripod.com/pics22.html

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Roger,
I'm envious of the fine grind line you've got on that piece.
That's a really awesome looking knife.
Great execution, top shelf materials and a fine design to boot.
Wonderful work!

That Box Elder is just flat out drop dead gorgeous! :cool:


All the best,
Mike U.
 
Thanks all for those encouraging comments.

Mike, it is more laborious for me than the picture makes it look. All I use to grind the scandi bevels is a 220 grit belt. Once I get it about as good as I can grind I finish it off by hand. I take it all the way to cutting sharp before heat treating. After heat treating I take it, by hand, to shaving sharp. I give the bevels, bevels only, a light buffing with green compound after the knife is finished. I take great care to ensure the spine is at a sharp right angle for using to strike a firesteel. I just started the next one that will have green canvas base micarta and a spear point. The next two after that are to have ironwood scales. I am looking forward to those as I have never before worked ironwood and do like the looks of it in pictures I have seen.

Thanks.

RL (Roger)
 
berettaman,

Sure, I haven't but no reason why not. I do all my own heat treating and heat treat both carbon and high alloy steels. So long as the steel is medium hardening (such as O1 is) or deep hardening (such as S30V, etc.) it would work well since the spine should be hard to stand up to striking a firesteel.

RL
 
I hope you post pics of those too.
Desert Ironwood on that style of knife will be a real eye popper. :cool:

You must have extraordinary patience if you only use 220 grit to get that bevel. :eek:


All the best,
Mike U.
 
Mike,

Actually it is suprising to me how quickly a new 220 ceramic belt cuts the bevel, even on the S30V. I think on my first one I started with a 120 grit and it went too fast for me to control well enough.

RL
 
Amazing that you did that bevel with a 220 grit belt. I use AO myself, but maybe I should make the step up to the ceramic belts. If I'd done a bevel like that with AO, I'd probably go thru at least several to do it.
Great work, Roger!

All the best,
Mike U.
 
I don't know Mike. I think AO would do it just fine. The angle is rather steep and although I am grinding a 1/3 bevel grind (1/3 the width of blade) it is deceiving to the eye. I would guess AO would do it just fine. Maybe two belts; I don't know. I do know that my 220 ceramic is pretty tuckered after grinding both sides (but I am ruff on belts anyhow).

RL
 
I do know that my 220 ceramic is pretty tuckered after grinding both sides (but I am ruff on belts anyhow).
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I hear that! It's not all that unusual to find frayed belts in my trash bin. :o :D

Still, a beautiful piece of work, Roger. Congrats on a job well done!


All the best,
Mike U.
 
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