From tactical to traditional

Looking good Adam.

That's Brend's all time worst knife I think... he may have made that one with his head turned away from the grind wheel just to make a point.
 
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Coke said:
Looking good Adam.

I have to say that protruding elongated V in the flat makes it look better than what I'd draw on the template you used. Gives the illusion of a longer and sharper (spikier) fore blade, and makes the overall blade look more "fighter", meaner. I like it a lot... even though you may plan to grind over it...not leave it on; I don't know. But if there's a choice, I'll have as much of the V spike as you can leave on the flat. But you do what needs to be done, even if it means removing some, most or all of it. In Vigil we trust.:thumbup:

I also faintly notice you've written on the main grind, "S35V"... I hope they don't think you made a mistake on the "5" and go ahead and treat it as if it's S30V. The things I've seen happen in outsourced engineering... mate... that would be a small one.

So tell me... if that is blade No.: V1911, would that make my other blade No. V1912 or V 1911a ?

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See what I mean? :D LOL!!
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Dang that's nice, what handle material are you going to put on it.
 
nato,

Originally I wanted to go with an ancient Aussie redgum, but it would NOT stabilize. The bloke I sent it to is a Pro in Tennessee, and when he tried to stabilize it and another ancient wood I sent him he said that neither of them would absorb any resin. So I changed it to this Stabilized Buckeye Burl:

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Which turned out to have a large pitted area on the back of one the scales. But luckily Adam is able to position the scale over the knife's handle so as to miss the pitted area. When Adam first told me about it, I immediately messaged the supplier who then immediately refunded me all my money, but it wasn't till later that Adam realized it could still fit if slightly offset. So I messaged the supplier back and paid him back the money, which made him pretty happy.

Mate, the headaches I have had with this build... as they say... "forget about it." :D

It wasn't just this set of scales that were a headache... did I ever tell you about Greeny? LOL Forget about it.:D

Did I tell you about sending the templates to Adam via registered post printed on quality large stationary cardboard, to then decide I wanted to change the design so I had to resend the templates again? Forget about it.

Did I tell you about.... et cetera, et cetera all? Forget about it.:D

I once got the point where I thought... if I ever get this done... LOL!!!:D
 
But let us not forget this is my first custom build... I can assure you that I am one of the fastest learners you will ever meet nato.:D

and btw... none of it was Adam's fault... it was other suppliers and myself that sent things awol. But it's all on track now.:D
 
And nato... here is the wood that's going on the bigger 13.25" knife that Adam's now grinding:

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Both woods are pretty premium in quality I thought, and both are stabilized.
 
Coke,

I personally walk in my blades to Trugrit and talk with Jeff Mutz who is there knifemaker, and my friend, he will do the S35V perfectly.

As for the grind, this is the pre heat treat grind. Good thing you told me before I got it back and ground up to the original line :)

When I get it back I will try to leave a nice amount to give it that look you want.
 
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Knife No.2 in the grind stage.

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With this 2nd blade I don't believe that the extended V that works well on the smaller blade would work on this one, that being because this one has a more rounded belly and spine on the swedge than the smaller one. The rounded top and bottom won't compliment the extended V on the flat, as it does on the smaller sharper profiled 12.25" blade.

This one will be a little beast the way its going.:D
 
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Make some seax.

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Maybe it's a transition in spirit as well, accepting that it's ok for the warrior to lay down his weapon. Plus it's a lot easier to cut some food on a plate with a traditional over a giant tac blade. It's more normal to the outside as well.
 
ourgon said:
I prefer a little smaller knives, but that in the middle is nice.
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They can be easily proportioned up or down, thinner or thicker, to any size. So long as the right allowance is made for the hand fitting the handle, it's easy.

A few more... and notice I did not state the size... any of them can be made from 6" to 16" for single hand grip. they can be made longer, like swords, allowing for 2 hand grip.

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