Hunter

[Matt Shade]

Here's a hunter I just finished a few days ago, still needs sharpened, and won't get a sheath till someone buys it and tells me what they want.

Specs:
7.5" OAL with a 3.5" blade of 1/8" 440C, Black linen micarta scales (gettin bored with theses, gotta go buy more wood) and brass pins and thong hole. Tried to put a little nicer finish on this blade, its a little cloudy around the plunge, but I'm gettin better at it.

Don't know if it will show up in the pics but this one has a pretty nice swell to the handle, pretty comfy grip.

 

[Matt Shade]

Not sure what to call this pattern I came up with, I think it sort of looks like a twisted ribbon or something like that.

 

[Matt Shade]

More filework, the response on this has been love it or hate it for the most part, I'm gonna stick with it.

Thanks for lookin, let me know what ya think.

 

[Keith Montgomery]

I've come to really like the way you file your name into the edge of the tang. I didn't care for your early attempts, but it looks much better now.

That is a good looking utility/hunter. I really like the way the blade blends into the guard. Gives the knife a classy look.

 

[Matt Shade]

Thanks alot
I'm glad the logo/makers mark is gaining favor. If nothing else it has a nice surprise factor to it. It usually gets the biggest reaction when I show someone a knife for the first time.

Glad you like the blade to handle transition too. I've always felt like a true gaurd gets in the way on a small knife like this designed for amore utility type role, but its important to have something between your fingers and the blade

 

[beluga]

I like it. It has a clean design, something that I always look for in a knife. Why don't you try forging and making the same knife with carbon steel blade and temper line ? Should give you more variation to your product line. Not critics, only suggestion. Beside I'm a big sucker for a carbon steel knife.

 

[Matt Shade]

Thanks
I'm looking into building a forge right now, mainly for heat treating purposes though.
I do make knives from O1, but have gotten wrapped up in experimenting with heat treating 440C myself, using multiple oil quenches. Ed Fowler kind of started it all awhile back and now its getting a pretty good following over in shoptalk, at least its getting a lot of people interested in further testing. The vote is still out on how it compares to the traditional heat treating method.
Right now I'm getting busy making some more folders, so I probably won't do much carbon steel for awhile. Tried carrying one of my folders in O1 while I was baling hay and it was too much of a pain to oil it in the morning and buff the rust off at night, held a great edge though