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Thought I'd post this here as well for anyone browsing through....
Finally was able to finish this knife over the last two days. See the initial discussion thread here.
This knife is technically a collaboration, I guess. I recieved the water jet cut blank from Big Smitty (Paul) a month or two ago, and I took it from there. This knife is basically Paul's design, though I did alter the handle just a little bit, and I did all the grinding, heat treating, and handle work.
The blade is flat ground 1/8" 1095 with a 3" blade and 3.5" handle. Nice size for a small daily carry knife. The handle is Arizona desert ironwood with black vulcanized spacers set with stainless tubing and a corby bolt. This is also my first time using corby's, and I think I'm hooked. Blade was differentially heat treated using furnace cement as clay and quenched in Park's #50. Blade is hand sanded to 1000 grit with multiple etches in dilute ferric chloride, polished with red rouge and WD40, and finished with 0000 steel wool and oil. The handle is hand finished to 2000 grit with a light buff and several coats of Danish oil.
Critiques and comments welcome as always! Thanks for looking!
Now to make leather. This one's staying with me. Finally get to keep one of my own!
--nathan
Finally was able to finish this knife over the last two days. See the initial discussion thread here.
This knife is technically a collaboration, I guess. I recieved the water jet cut blank from Big Smitty (Paul) a month or two ago, and I took it from there. This knife is basically Paul's design, though I did alter the handle just a little bit, and I did all the grinding, heat treating, and handle work.
The blade is flat ground 1/8" 1095 with a 3" blade and 3.5" handle. Nice size for a small daily carry knife. The handle is Arizona desert ironwood with black vulcanized spacers set with stainless tubing and a corby bolt. This is also my first time using corby's, and I think I'm hooked. Blade was differentially heat treated using furnace cement as clay and quenched in Park's #50. Blade is hand sanded to 1000 grit with multiple etches in dilute ferric chloride, polished with red rouge and WD40, and finished with 0000 steel wool and oil. The handle is hand finished to 2000 grit with a light buff and several coats of Danish oil.
Critiques and comments welcome as always! Thanks for looking!
Now to make leather. This one's staying with me. Finally get to keep one of my own!
--nathan
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