Hunter for my son

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gudspelr

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This knife started out several months ago and finally made it to the finish line. I may be the slowest maker around. After not being able to get a drawing that looked "right" that was modeled after one of Karl's that he was kind enough to let me do, I shelved it until I could get it looking better. Lin was equally as kind and this knife emulates one of his full tang hunters. It's stock removal 80CRV2, heat treated using my salt pot. Blade length is about 3 5/8", overall is about 8 1/4". My son looked through my handle material and picked a block of stabilized California buckeye burl. It has 3 stainless pins and black liners. There are a fair number of issues with the knife-the front pin placement ended up being higher than I wanted, the finish is not the best I've ever done, and some more little odds and ends. But, it looks like it should do the job it was made for and my son sure likes it a lot. Hopefully it lasts him many years and it was a fun project to do with him. Any thoughts, good, bad, or otherwise are appreciated.

Out of the quench:



Cleaned up:



Finish ground and hand sanded:



Block split:



Epoxied:



Handle shaping:





Finished:








Jeremy
 
Nice work, what did you finish the handle with? I have some buckeye burl blocks that I'd like to split and use for handles.
 
Nice work man, next--what are you doing for a sheath? It's been a whole new learning curve for me on making sheaths--harder than some folks make it look--like making a knife :)
 
Thanks for the kind comments.
AC-this was my first stabilized handle for me and I don't think I quite did it justice... I went up to 800 and then buffed with pink no scratch. I got this block from John Doyle and since heard from him that he goes to 1200 then does a multi coat of teak oil before buffing it. Either way, it was pretty easy to work with and sand on. I've never used buckeye before and it really is cool stuff.

Fish-sheaths aren't my favorite part necessarily, but I'll be doing a leather pouch style one. Thankfully, I have a good friend who is quite the leather guy that taught me the basics. I'll probably see if I can twist his arm into helping me out :).

Thanks again, all.

Jeremy
 
Jeremy, Fantastic hunter. Just in time for hunting season too. This is such a wonderful thing you have done for your son. :thumbup::thumbup:


Thanks for taking the time to share


God Bless
Bing
 
Thanks, guys. And Bing-the knife wouldn't be what it is without several great tips and tricks of yours. Not sure I've ever thought of this way, but any knife I make has a little bit of you and a few others in its DNA. I consider myself awfully fortunate to have had people like you around to help people like me ;).

Jeremy
 
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