Final Knife for Atlanta

Karl B. Andersen

Karl B. Andersen

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A knife I have dubbed my "Defender".
W1 blade steel forged down from some 1 1/8" round stock. I've really been chasing my hamons around the shop lately, but was totally successful on this attempt! This was etched and hand-rubbed to 1200 and the hamon is nicely subtle, yet distinctive, but still beyond my photographic boundaries.
Anyway, satin, double stainless guard backed up by a solid piece of 100 year old Bakelite (Catalin). I have a pretty good stash of this but don't dip into it very often.
Oh, and a 1/2 blade clip.
Yes, take-down.
6 inch blade and 10 3/4" overall.
See it at 23-Q!
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Karl,

Good looking knife, and what a neat thing to have that classic Bakelite for a handle.

I'd like to talk knives with you at Blade, see you there.

John
 
Very nice Karl - I look forward to checking out that hamon in person.

Roger
 
ryan9977 said:
is catalin another term for bakelite?......knife looks great.....ryan
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Info is slightly difficult to come by on this. Catalin is ALSO BAKELITE as it was manufactured by the Bakelite Corporation. (Bakelite being the world's first synthetic plastic made from formaldehyde as discovered by Leo Baekland).
Anyway, this is basically the same Bakelite but without the wood fibrous content.
My good acquaintance, Michael Kanter (Adam Michael Knives) pulled a MASSIVE piece of this stuff 1 1/4" thick by about the size of a sheet of plywood off the wall in a basement of a building up in Wisconsin. To it was attached all of the old fuse boxes that were going to get upgraded. I think the building was built in 190? sumpthin'. It was headed for the dumpster!
I traded Micheal for a LOT of it.
That's the story on that.
 
I Like It:thumbup:a lot:D
dishwasher safe?
 
Great looking knife with the old stuff, great score on it.
Hope to see it at Blade.
James
 
my wife loves bakelite. She's totally into kitsch and stuff. I love her collecting traits! I'll bet that you could make her a little dagger with a bakelite handle...
Ok, I'm about to send you a pm buddy.
 
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