D2 and Euro Beech Drop Point.

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Tiiiiiiiim

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Finished this one up tonight. Unfortunately I've got a bit of black epoxy seepage through the pins and a bit through the end grain on the butt. The boiled linseed oil made the timber look a little dirty too. I might sand it back a bit and try a lighter oil because the European Beech was nice and silvery before hand.

Specs:

OAL - Approx 205mm
Blade - Approx 103mm cutting edge. D2. 4mm thick. 36mm and widest. Hand rubbed 400# Satin finish.
Handle - European Beech scales. Brass pins and lanyard tube. Black liners. 1mm tang taper. Hand rubbed 2000# finish.

I took quite a few photos but i couldn't manage to thin it down fewer than 8 :roll:. So here they are.

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Norm licking his lips at the smell of the oil.
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That's a great looking knife. The handle looks really comfortable and I really like the blade shape. Looks like a nice finish on the blade too.
 
Nice one. I like seeing beech used.
I think it is an under appreciated wood. Might has to do with the fact that in (northern) Europe a lot of tool handles are beech so it isn't special anymore.
Ship it to the other side of the world and it is an exotic! I'm sure that if you'd ship some plain fire wood over here, it will be something special to me!
I made a tool handle at work from some left over beech. I finnished it with wax. It kept it's light colour and it makes the little ridish lines pop out better.
It feels comfortable in the hand as well.
 
Thanks for the comments everyone.

Hengelo_77 said:
Nice one. I like seeing beech used.
I think it is an under appreciated wood. Might has to do with the fact that in (northern) Europe a lot of tool handles are beech so it isn't special anymore.
Ship it to the other side of the world and it is an exotic! I'm sure that if you'd ship some plain fire wood over here, it will be something special to me!
I made a tool handle at work from some left over beech. I finnished it with wax. It kept it's light colour and it makes the little ridish lines pop out better.
It feels comfortable in the hand as well.
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Thanks hengelo. Thats right, beech had been used for tool handles for hundreds if years. Can't go too wrong. Wax probably would have been better. Yeah, we burn all the nice Australian hardwoods. You use what you've got.
 
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