critique away plz this one took a beating and didnt break. yayyyyy

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1095 1/8 tempered at 415 4 hours in 2 sessions.
3 7/8 cutting edge. oal 8in
handle is high figured zircote with mosaic pins.
pics don't do the handle justice.
if I ever get my 2x72 in which was due Friday but got weather delayed. should be here tomorrow. I plan to try and straighten the grinds up a little.
this one took a beating and unlike my last three it didn't break. chopped a 3in piece of hickory into and it still shaves I must have done something right this time. stabbed in plywood wiggled around and the tip is still straight as well. over all im happy with this one but always looking for advice to make the next one better.
 
The handle is beautiful. The only thing I would have done is sanded the bevel a little more. The grind lines are pretty out there but that is really my only critique for the knife. Glad you had one that didn't break on ya.
 
Nice knife.

Do yourself a favor and don't stab a good knife into a stump or other wood block...unless you like broken tips. Surviving that type of abuse is not a sign of a well built knife...it is a sign of luck.
Almost weekly we have someone post a photo of a broken knife and they want to know what they did wrong in the HT. The answer is, "Probably nothing...but stabbing it into a tree and twisting it sideways was a really bad idea."
 
Nice looks great! Big improvement. What kind of finish did you do on the handle? Is it stabilized?
 
ty yea from the help from all you guys here im getting a lot better. now if the other half of my new grinder arrives maybe ill have a flat platen that's actually flat and I can make one with straight bevels lol.

no it was not stabilized. I used 5min epoxy. takes a while but its durable and has a deep shine. I basically put a thin layer on one side, then switch to the other. give it time to get tacky then repeat 2 more times. let dry 24 hours. wet sand with 1200 then 2000. then shine it up with some polish. be sure not to overheat it when polishing, or you will have to sand it all off and start over. I prefer hand polishing with the shoeshine method and some liquid polish. the turtle wax headlight restore polish works great.
 
Yeah brother, don't stab the tip into wood. I just saw a knife break the tip off doing that, and I'm quite confident that the HT (o1) was excellent. Lots of speculation on why this happened, but I agree with Stacy. It's not a good addition to your testing regimen. I'm still trying to figure out my own, but doing that is definitely not going to be a part of it.

As for the knife. I love it. Very nice work, and looks to be very useful. My only issue with your pics is that they look terrible on my phone. Others pics are high resolution, but based on what others are saying about the finish on the handle, I'm beginning to think it's just my phone and not your camera. If that's the case I apologize for saying that you need a better camera in another thread of yours. :o
 
lol no its probably a bit of both. my phone camera has to many adjustments for me to figure out. sometimes it takes a good pic other times it don't.
lol I wont try the stabbing anymore, well until I attempt another knife for my nephew who is in the marines.
 
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