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Yo, guys.
Andy and I recently did a collaboration where we each sent a ground, heat treated and finished blade to one another. The idea was to put our own handle interpretations on the others knife.
Here's what I came up with.
This is how the Fiddleback came in the mail. A superb knife all the way around.
Here's how the handle turned out.
I used Chinquapin Oak burl for the main scales and quarter sawn sycamore for the pommel.
Here's a comparison shot of the Fiddleback with my (well used) Dogwood model. I was pleasantly surprised to see how closely related the two knives are. Great minds think alike.
I've already used it and I can honestly say it's a great woods blade. I beat it up pretty good (as I do all my knives unfortunately ) and it took all I gave.
The grinds on this are superb, convex grinding is somewhat common in custom knives but one done as well as this is hard to come by.
I had a blast wit this Andy, I'm ready for round two anytime you are.
Hope you guys like it.
Iz
Andy and I recently did a collaboration where we each sent a ground, heat treated and finished blade to one another. The idea was to put our own handle interpretations on the others knife.
Here's what I came up with.
This is how the Fiddleback came in the mail. A superb knife all the way around.
Here's how the handle turned out.
I used Chinquapin Oak burl for the main scales and quarter sawn sycamore for the pommel.
Here's a comparison shot of the Fiddleback with my (well used) Dogwood model. I was pleasantly surprised to see how closely related the two knives are. Great minds think alike.
I've already used it and I can honestly say it's a great woods blade. I beat it up pretty good (as I do all my knives unfortunately ) and it took all I gave.
The grinds on this are superb, convex grinding is somewhat common in custom knives but one done as well as this is hard to come by.
I had a blast wit this Andy, I'm ready for round two anytime you are.
Hope you guys like it.
Iz
