Finished knives - #'s 3,4 and 5 - LOOOOK!!

Nathan House

Nathan House

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I would like to thank Alain for taking photos of my knives. Great guy to work with!!

A2, recurve blade with skeleton handle made of black G10 and red spacer, hand-rubbed satin finish, 9 inches OVAL, 60-61 RC
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A2, OVAL 8 in, hand rubbed satin finish, 60-61 rc, blue G10
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Recurve blade, 14.5 inches OVAL, hand-rubbed satin finish, green linen micarta, 60-61 RC
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These knives are all in a prototype stage. Input is appreciated.
Thanks Nathan
Let me know what you think.
 
Nice work on all of them. You do nice work!

Is there a purpose for the three holes in the butt of the last knife?

Dave
 
Nice looking blades Nathan. I really like that first one.
Hey, if you want I'd be willing to carry one of those around for a few months and give you some input from a users prospective:D
 
Man that's some fine grinding! No way would I have the guts to try plunges like that. I like the first one the "most" too, but like em all. Everything fits together very well. Do I hear you right, these are your third, fourth, fifth knives?! :eek:

Good job!!!

Dave
 
Way to go Nathan!, 3rd,4th, and 5th, my ass. That's just the 3rd, 4th, and 5th that you decided to show us huh?:D I'll bet you've made a lot of metal dust leading up to showing those babies.
What was your deciding factor on using A-2?

look like some great sturdy usable styles.

Mark
 
very nice Nathan you have come a long way from when we first
started e-mailing, you got that grind down very nicely and
I like what I see...
:D
 
Roger
I have a KMG,I grind with and 8 inch wheel,that is 1 inch wide
and I also have a 10 inch wheel.I used a 5 inch wheel on the black knife on the bottom bevel and I used a 3 inch wheel for the top grind.
Mark
These are my 3,4 and 5 knife honest,I did practice with wooden knives.The reson I used A2 was simple I bought a bar of it for a good price,these were prototype knives so I did not want to use my good steel for prototypes,I am super surprised that A2 takes such a wick edge.When I make knives that I am going to sell My base steel will be D2 and RWL 34 and i will work with other steel per request,
I haves some knives that I am working on now and they are RWL 34
I love the way it finishes and the way it grinds.I am going to make up about 7 different style of knives and then start a web page and start selling then
Dave the plung cuts are really not that hard it is just knowing how to move the knife on the wheel,I come up to the plung cut from my rough grind and I use a 120 j weight belt and I go past were I stopped with the rough grind and press in and cut a new plung and keep the knife moving sideways as I plung in.:)
 
Nathan,

Do you think the 1" wide wheel contributes to making the recurve grind easier? I know there are a few makers that swear by the 1" wheel.

Mark
 
Wow! those are great grind lines. I like them all very much,
great job.
Regards,
Greg
 
Nathan they are very nice I really like the red spacer and love the hand rubbed finish.
 
Mark
I think a 1 inch wide wheel is much eaiser to grind on,and I do think it helps with the recurve blade,I can really work of the side of the wheel without haveing to worry about what is going on on the side of the blade,no 2 inch mark.My 10 inch and 5 inch wheel are 2 inches wide.I can grind the recurves on them but you really have to watch that you don't stop the blade from moveing or you will have a little valley in your blade.
Dan,I have praticed on alot of wooden knives they grind fast and do not eat belts.For every design of knife I make up.I profile about 3 wooden knives from the new degin I am going to make and I grind them first to see were the rough spots are on that blade and it shows me what to do when to comes to steel.One other thing I think wood knives do is they make grinding steel eaiser.you go from somthing that you can make a mistake on very fast and then into steel were eveything is slowed down.
:)
 
Nathan, Good looking knives and nice crisp grind lines. Just wonder why you think the A-2 is inferrior to the other steels? Is it because it isn't a stainless? I bought a bunch of it 3 years ago and haven't touched it mainly cause what I do is forged.
 
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