Ebony and Chocolate Ivory

Karl B. Andersen

Karl B. Andersen

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I guess I'll call this "chocolate"? It's not "creme". It's not "ivory" ivory.
So, for now, it's "chocolate".
The knife was forged from 7/8" 52100 with a full through tang.
Ebony handle and two ivory inlays.
I had a friend who retired some years ago and kept a big chunk of mammoth ivory on her desk as a paper weight!
Every now and then I use a piece of the center for inlays, but this is the first time I've used a piece of the exterior.
Should have been using it all along, eh?
This is NOT your "every day carry" - it's 9 3/4" overall with 5" of working steel.
Sheath in-progress.
Thanks for sharing this with me.
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Not your everyday knife? Should be, such a nice thing to have with you at all times.

John
 
Very nice, I like the inlays. My vote is for "latte". :D By through tang do you mean there's a pommel nut or peened on buttcap?
 
That would be some really light chocolate, I agree on the mocha or caramel. Nice knife!
 
bluejaunte said:
Very nice, I like the inlays. My vote is for "latte". :D By through tang do you mean there's a pommel nut or peened on buttcap?
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Good eye!
Like this one here. (Saves me taking more pictures and editing time!)
The tang is threaded. There are two more pieces. There is a stainless insert that I place down into a hole in the handle that sits on a ledge for the threaded pommel screw shoulder to ride on.
Handiest knife assembly I know of. And integrates the entire assembly into one forward "mechanism."
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Very nice Karl! I have often thought that I would like to surround an inlet with twisted wire but wasn't sure how to solder it in order to not upset the look of the continuous twist.

Gary
 
Karl,

Very nice! It would be great if you could do a tutorial, both on the integral and on the assembly.

If that's too time consuming, I for one would pay for a dvd that covers those two things.
 
John Frankl said:
Karl,

Very nice! It would be great if you could do a tutorial, both on the integral and on the assembly.

If that's too time consuming, I for one would pay for a dvd that covers those two things.
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John, I couldn't take a penny for showing how to do that.
I learned how to forge the blade and cut the shoulders in from Master Smith Ray Kirk who gives demos at about every hammer-in he goes to!
I've been doing tutorials on the take-down method - which isn't all that different from this considering, the threaded tang and pommel screw - since '04 when most people didn't even know what one was!
 
Karl, I like this one a lot. Would like it even more with a swedge, but that you already know!

Paul :)
 
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