Double Ground Loveless Style

D.Crawford

D.Crawford

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Finishing this one up now. OAL is 10.5" with 5.5" 154cm blade. Handle is white camel bone with red g10 spacers and corby bolts.
Thanks for looking.



and finally the handle with a CA finish
 
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It's more S.R. Johnson style than Loveless....do you want feedback or just want to present it here?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Kohai999 said:
It's more S.R. Johnson style than Loveless....do you want feedback or just want to present it here?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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Nice catch Steven as I used this one as the inspiration piece - though I consider it to be from a subset of the Loveless style.


I welcome constructive feedback from knowledgeable folks like yourself.

Thanks
 
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Why is it bayonet ground on the "A" side and double ground on the "B" side?

The Johnson piece has no square edges, your has a lot of them.

I little more refinement and it would be a closely inspired piece. :thumbup:
 
Chuck Gedraitis Knives said:
Why is it bayonet ground on the "A" side and double ground on the "B" side?

The Johnson piece has no square edges, your has a lot of them.

I little more refinement and it would be a closely inspired piece. :thumbup:
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Chuck, the square edges are the main thing that I'll do differently on my next try at one of these. The grind was simply an aesthetic choice on my part.
Thanks for your comments.
 
D.Crawford said:
Nice catch Steven as I used this one as the inspiration piece - though I consider it to be from a subset of the Loveless style.
Thanks
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Hi David,

Of course the original shape is inspired by Loveless, but Steve makes knives that are sufficiently different that I have always been able to pick the work he did on his own out of a grouping of Loveless and Loveless style makers.

He does this grind on one side, different on the other more than I have seen Loveless or other makers do it. Some like it, and seek the style out, I don't, prefer similar grinds on each side.

The grinds look crisp and clean. The tapered tang looks to be done well ,and you did the liners across the face of the guard/scale juncture, and that is a personal favorite.

A good wood or micarta would have been vastly more desireable than camel bone. Why camel bone?

The guard could use a little thinning towards the lugs.

Is this precision fit between the tang and guard or is it silver-soldered.

It's nice work, looking forward to seeing more of it.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
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