Brut de Camp

[Karl B. Andersen]

Something I've been playing with for a while is the creation of a knife utilizing a great deal of forging skills, heat treating skills with decent quality tool steel, and assembly creativity all rolled up into one, and still ending up with a knife built for hard use and minimal care.
So, here we have, the "Brut de Camp".
Forged from large stock W2, given a clay treatment in the heat treating for a spectacular hamon, a Brut de Forge style full tang blade with polished spine, etched hamon and scaled finish on the flats, and topped off with re-cycled tire handle material that has seemingly never-ending grip.
I will finish off this package with a Kydex sheath.

 

[daizee]

wow, a brute indeed!
I love the blade shape and the hammered finger uh... bushing.

-Daizee

 

[Kampman]

Brutal nice knife
gr Igor Kampman

 

[BladeApprentice]

Nice big knife? Truly a brute!
I like the overall look of the knife, but the only thing I'm not sure of is the tire grips. I have no experience with it,
So I shouldn't be one to judge. It is most certainly grippy, but is it comfortable?