Camp/Belt knife with ironwood and bronze

[J. Doyle]

Here's a nice little camp utility knife I made recently. I like the lines and the size of this knife. Feels really light and quick in hand.

Specs:
Hand forged from 1075 steel, clay quenched and etched dark
11" overall, 6 1/4" blade, .200" thick at the ricasso w/ full distal taper
False edge, just shy of sharp
Rounded filed thumb grip and ricasso edge
Bronze fittings and accents
Desert Ironwood handle

All comments and discussion welcome.

 

[Dawkind]

Superb!!!

 

[gudspelr]

"Precise" comes to mind when looking at your knives and this one's no exception. Nice knife, John.


Jeremy

 

[3fifty7]

Superb work indeed.

 

[Daado]

Beautiful work! I love it.

 

[john april]

beautiful. spacer looks perfect.

 

[Kohai999]

Looks overall elegant, and makes me want to hold it.

I particularly appreciate the detail work on the guard area.

That hamon, though? The blade is practically through hardened.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

 

[AVigil]

That is so nice, love it

 

[Robert Erickson]

Another awesome piece of art John!

 

[J. Doyle]

Looks overall elegant, and makes me want to hold it.

I particularly appreciate the detail work on the guard area.

That hamon, though? The blade is practically through hardened.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

Hi Steven. Thanks for the comments. I appreciate your post. I've read your thoughts on hamon before and I will say that I totally agree with you. I prefer the hamon to be much lower on the blade. I honestly don't know why this one crept up so high, as I'm pretty careful with my temps and clay placement. On a knife, especially one this size, the hamon is purely aesthetic. This one is even from side to side and has a fair amount of activity. And while I DO prefer it to be much lower on the blade, I don't view this one as a flaw that warranted a redo.

For the record, if this had been a longer and taller bowie blade, I probably would have redone it.

Thanks again for your comments.

 

[TK Steingass]

Hi John:

Elegant is the word for this knife.

Steven's comment about the hamon brings to mind what drives me crazy sometimes about hamon control - every once in awhile the hamon just does what it wants regardless of satanite placement. My latest bowie blade just made it to the trash bin after three tries.

 

[patagonico]

Great job !!! Congratulations

 

[mknife]

Great elegance!
Compliments