Evil Nessmuck knife (Da Messy!)

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Leatherface

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Hi guy's,
Here is my first try at a Nessmuck and more or less my first try at a "real" knife...

Styled after a 1920's era Nessmuck but I added more lift to the front, while keeping it a bit more "pointy" than the drawing I had to work with...I got tha feva from a post by Scott at Razorback knives and by seeing a few made by dale Chud...I couldnt afford to have one made so with the help of Cantanista Steve Ferguson (I cut it out and ground the bevels, he polished and sharpened it and applied the HT) I made my own and I gotta admit I am happy with it...Now I am working on a slightly smaller model, so I can give a few away this year at Christmas

It is as sharp as a razor and has passed all of my cutting test's with the exception of one...The brass rod test...Anyone wanna explain it to me??

Anywho...Let me know what ya think

Specs are
Steel...5/32 O-1

Blade....3.5"

OAL is...8"

Handle...Cocobolo

Brass pins

Sheath...9-10oz shoulder tooled and stitched by me

Photo by Steve Ferguson
 

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WOW Dave, that turned out great! Nice job. :thumbup:
Scott
 
Real nice Dave. I've been making them all summer. The design allows More variations than any I've tried yet.
I especially like the longer handle you used.
 
Cool, looks real fuctional, like it'd make cleaning a large deer a pleasure rather than a choir.

On the brass rod test, the way I do it is to sharpen the knife and remove the wire edge like normal. Then use a 1/4" brass rod and draw the edge against the rod like your going to steel the edge. Raise the angle slightly and depress the edge into the rod and pull back a little at the same time. Draw the rod over the whole edge. If done rite you should see the edge flex up just a little from the force of the rod. It don't take a lot, looks kind of like a ripple on the edge under a strong light if your heat treats rite. If the heat treat is pretty close and blade is at proper working hardness the edge will flex and bend back, if too soft it'll stay flexed, if too hard the edge will chip out. Gives a decent understanding of how the knife will perform when put to work and give you anouther indication of your heat treat.
 
Will52100 said:
Cool, looks real fuctional, like it'd make cleaning a large deer a pleasure rather than a choir.

On the brass rod test, the way I do it is to sharpen the knife and remove the wire edge like normal. Then use a 1/4" brass rod and draw the edge against the rod like your going to steel the edge. Raise the angle slightly and depress the edge into the rod and pull back a little at the same time. Draw the rod over the whole edge. If done rite you should see the edge flex up just a little from the force of the rod. It don't take a lot, looks kind of like a ripple on the edge under a strong light if your heat treats rite. If the heat treat is pretty close and blade is at proper working hardness the edge will flex and bend back, if too soft it'll stay flexed, if too hard the edge will chip out. Gives a decent understanding of how the knife will perform when put to work and give you anouther indication of your heat treat.
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Will,
thanks for that...I thought the "brass rod" test was simply hammering a knife blade through the brass rod...Kinda glad ya cleared that up for me...;)
 
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