Finally a finished knife

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You might remember this blade that I posted about three moths ago:

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Back then I wanted to have it finished a couple of days later. No three months later I finally managed to get my lazy ass into the shop and finished the knife :).

Here are some unspectacular pics (I just realized that my picture taking skills declined much more than the knifemaking skills ;)):

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I hope I can take some better shots in the near future, since you can't properly see the handle and guard.

Nevertheless I'm looking forward to you comments.

Regards Marcus

edit: some "better" ;) pics (although a bit dark) :D

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That is a very good looking knife, now get that lazy ass back in the shop and make some more, you clearly have the ability.:D
Schnell.

Mike
 
Fine looking knife!.
How about some details...
What's the handle wood. Blades steel. blade length etc. etc.?
 
Thanks a lot for your nice comments.

I totally forgot the specs:

Blade lenght: 22 cm
handle lenght: 13 cm
Handlematerial: Maple burl
Steel: forged from a 70 year old quality file

There is a nice 1 cm broad hardening line that I was not able to capture in the pics.

The thong hole is supposed to be lined but somehow the tube got MIA :D.Things like this just happen in my "well organized" shop ;).
So I decided to finish it up now and put the lining in when I get hold of some SS tube with my next supply shipment.

I'll post some more knives (if I get them finished without getting lazy again ;) ) in the near future :)

Regards Marcus
 
Nice knife! I have a question about the pinning of the handle. Appears to be less than 1/8" diameter. Besides epoxing the tang...what else holds the handle on...anything? Is the tang dimpled, bored for epoxy rivets..or...?? Thanks
 
Cool choper, looks like you could fell a large tree with that and hang onto the handle at the same time.
 
Thank you too guys :D.

@John:

The pin is of 2 mm diameter and the tang is left with a rough 50 grit surface.
On this blade there are several holes in the tang from the two previous handles that I didn't like and destroyed.

And I can tell this 2 mm pin and the epoxy gave me a hard time when I tore down the two previous handles :D. So I have no concerns about stability here.

Here is one more crappy pic that shows the knife's outline a bit better.

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Regards Marcus
 
What a beautiful example of craftsmanship and percerverence. I especially like the blade size and shape. Keep up the good work
 
Absolutely beautiful. The clean lines, the handle material, the ration of handle length to blade length -- WOW!
 
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