Hunter in Premium Curly Koa and CTS-XHP

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I've been meaning to post this here for a while. This one went to our own Bill Akers, and I'm thrilled that it got to "stay in the family" here at BF.

I wanted to post this specifically because I've been continuously working my gunstock style handles until I progressed to something I could use as a standard. This is the closest I've gotten.

Unfortunately my photo abilities are only passable at the moment. These were taken with a cellphone. :/

CTS-XHP @ 60RC, 4.5" edge length along center, .155" Thick
Hollow Ground Main Bevel and Hollow ground unsharpened swedge
Premium Grade Hawaiian Curly Koa, Stabilized by K&G
416SS Guard and Pin
10.125" OAL, 6.4oz.

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Thanks in part to you Mark... This is some of your Koa. :)

The hole was pre-drilled in the tang, when I do the pin hole in the handle I try to set it in the farthest edge of the tang hole if that makes sense, so normally I get a pretty good fit, I'd say within a couple thou or less.
 
Good looking knife, real clean and very nice Koa. I will say that when I look at the 'A' side your maker's mark is the first thing that catches my eye. :thumbup::thumbup:
 
Thanks!

Hopefully not in a bad way. When I first got the stencils done there was a question whether they could be done smaller without going fuzzy. I had a couple customers mention on a couple knives that the mark was a bit big. I've got my new ones in just recently, which are 20-30 percent smaller depending on which size.
 
I like the knife and your work. It makes me think more boot knife than hunter though with the big false edge.
 
I favor a mark that's more subtle than bold. Or in other words, one that can be seen, yet does not distract from the knife at first glance.
 
Shaw Blades said:
I like the knife and your work. It makes me think more boot knife than hunter though with the big false edge.
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I'm not sure why I decided to go all the way with the swedge on this one. My "standard" large hunter pattern has a swedge, but it's a smaller one just to help break the top corner of the blade, more like what you see on fine slipjoints.


Kevin Jones said:
I favor a mark that's more subtle than bold. Or in other words, one that can be seen, yet does not distract from the knife at first glance.
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I definitely agree. When I first had them made up, I was given ~.3"x.7" as the smallest the design could go, which is the size seen on the knife above. After considering a redesign to go smaller, I asked the supplier for the smallest they could go without jumping the stencil shark, which ended up ~.5"x.25", seen on the knife below. I also started marking the steel type, immediately after this knife; the second photo.

I think on the above knife, it just barely passes, since the knife itself if quite bold IMO. A couple blades I've done with simpler overall patterns, the logo sticks out more. Up until I just recently got the new stencils, I've been marking them lightly, so in person they aren't quite as bad as in the photos.


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bodog said:
Ian, that one is outstanding. Beautifully done
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Thanks. :) It's one of my favorites.
 
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