Condor Hudson bay - project - picture heavy

It's the factory edge. I haven't screwed with that yet. Flat with secondary bevel, What's that called?
 
It's called a semi-sabre machete flat grind with secondary scandinavian median profile back bevel.

What????:D
 
Nice work!
I stripped my Condor HBK earlier this week and just started on the handle this weekend.
 
OREGON FAL'ER said:
I think it is Burl. I'd always assumed it was anyway. You gotta have good wood, makes the difference. Funny thing is, it just sits in my safe. I discovered Beckers two weeks after I got the Condor.
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Well, now that you have gone gold, you can always sell it. The scales are very nice, and a knife like that begs to be used.
 
Get that thing out and play with it! I'd like to hear what you think about it.
Great job on the scales, I think I need one of those.
 
OREGON FAL'ER said:
No trouble at all on this one. This one I did like I've done a buncha times before. Clamp on one scale, drill two holes, move clamp, drill last hole. Repeat same process for other side. Pin both scales together minus blade, sand the top portion of the wood, where you'd not be able to get to it later. Degrease the metal on the handle, groove out the underside of the wood, lightly dampen metal, add gorilla glue to both sides. Drive in the pins and clamp for 2 hours. Its easy to keep the pins aligned cause im cutting the wood overly large doing all of the above then when the glue is dry, I'll work the wood to shape and thin.

I think it's much harder if one is using screws for removable scales. I'm doing my first one of those now and it's a bitch. Though I'm learning all sorts of new tricks to fix my mistakes.
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How about the finishing (sanding) do you just sand right to the metal of the tang? What grits do you run through from start to finish..... the finish on the tang and the wood look awesome! Have you put a patina on it or changed anything? Oh yeah and if so MORE pics pleeze;)
 
OREGON FAL'ER said:
I think it is Burl. I'd always assumed it was anyway. You gotta have good wood, makes the difference. Funny thing is, it just sits in my safe. I discovered Beckers two weeks after I got the Condor.
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I have been kinda wanting a Hudson Bay, as my only chopper is a Hand Forged Nepalese Khukuri. It is full tang, unpolished, and 1/2" at the spine. Ugly as hell, and heavy as hell-although it will dust any knife in a chop off, it can be a bit much.

Maybe I will see what I got that I dont use, and go looking for a CHB in the trading forums.
 
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