Finished #3

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Justin Presson

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Ok this one gave me some fits. Started out I sanded all the scale off from heat treat and decided to do a black etch on the blade. So I soaked it in ferric chloride and then boiled it in trisodium phosphate to neutralize the acid. The flats came out black like I wanted but the bevels not so much. After sanding it all down again I thought I did not get all the decarb scale off tried it again and was just not satisfied. So I epoxied and pinned the handles on and got them shaped. Then I decided to cold blue it. It looked ok but just not what I wanted....more sanding!!. You can see some of the cold blue right up by the front of the handle I could not get sanded.
Next problem I had was trying to peen the pins the high points in the carved bone did not allow my hammer to get in all the way so could only go so far and I may have left the pins to long. The lanyard tube was a first for me too. Overall I like the design of the knife and it seems like it will be a good user. I'm still learning so this is all good experience.

Anyways here is the knife and specs.

80CRV2 high carbon steel
Overal length just shy of 8"
Cutting edge 3 1/4"
Handle is dyed carved bone
Nickel/silver pins and lanyard tube
All done with files and elbow grease

I still need to put final edge on it and make a sheath.

Let me know what ya think.











Thanks for checking it out
Justin
 
That came out really nicely! Well done - I admire your design restraint. I feel like a lot of the early knives I see from people have too much going on. This is a really clear, simple (in a good way) design idea and it's executed cleanly. Seriously, nice job!
 
Thanks blindrobert, I'm trying to keep it simple and learn the basics. I know what you mean you see a lot of amazing stuff on here and it is tempting to try but I have told my self im going make some clean simple good solid knives rather than trying to re invent the wheel.
 
Very nice and very clean. There has to be some pride there with doing it all with hand tools. It looks like it would make for a very nice EDC.
 
That is a nice looking knife. For me, it's perfect. I like simple, clean designs, and you've got it with that one!
 
Very nicely done. I love a uniform unidirectional longitudinal finish like that. I know Nathan Carothers champions this as well and it always seems to look classy in my book. And just to add, the little bit of cold blue left in the cracks and crevices adds some depth to it. I like it even if it wasn't intentional...

That would look right at home in a nice clean sheath beside a sidearm of appropriate nature... I like the pin placement and final finish of the scales. Well done and should be fairly grippy as well. Personally I would probably have done all pins or all flared tubes, but I am crazy OCD... Nickel silver was a good choice and has a lustre stainless just can't match. Not really a bone fan, prefer to see horn but as I said, nicely finished here and looks good...

Great third or thirteenth in my book.

-Eric
 
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Woah, that is a much larger looking knife when it's in hand. Looks kinda similar to a 3 finger knife that I have, only much bigger. I already commented on the sheath in the other thread. You should post pics of the sheath here too, as it's pretty nice.

Love the jigged bone. :thumbup:
 
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