Integral headed to the Blade Show

[Hmathews]

This is a light weight integral hunter Charlie just finished up. It has a 4 inch blade with a 14 inch hollow grind and is 8 1/4 inches overall. The steel is D2, the handle material is desert ironwood and the tang is tapered. It has stainless bolts and will come with a pouch type leather sheath.

 

[Hankins]

Really nice blade!!!

 

[Dawkind]

Very clean and very nice.......

 

[Will York]

Timeless design, very clean execution, great choice of materials, and will dispatch almost any hunting chore without scaring bystander sheeple. That's also a nice use of integral construction. So many integral hunters are overly heavy, but I bet the heft in that slender design is very pleasing. :thumbup:

 

[Michael Rader]

Very nice. I love making integrals and you did that one quite well. Good luck at Blade.
-M

 

[todo 41]

i love the blade !!!!

 

[Hmathews]

We had a request to see the spine of the blade showing the tapered tang and bolster area.

Our logo on the spine didn't show up because I was trying to get the lighting to show the tang area. If I spent two or three years practicing photography I might be able to get it all, but....

 

[Lorien]

really nice knife you guys. I think Will said it the best as describing a 'timeless design'. So clean and crisp, nothing gaudy or pretentious about this knife in the least, but it really shows a great amount of skill and attention to detail without screaming. In a word, elegant.

 

[Will York]

In a word, elegant.

+1

Great to see that acute tang taper and the overall thickness of the handle nice and slender, in keeping with the sleek design--great execution.

 

[D lisch]

That is cool and I think a bit different I will need look but I do not think I see many integrals that have plunge cuts I could be wrong it would not be the first time either way I like it

 

[Hmathews]

I want to thank everyone for their comments. This knife was made from a piece of steel left over from another integral that we have been working on and we were pleased with the way it turned out.

D lisch, we have done integrals with and without plunge cuts. I kind of like the plunge cuts myself whether the blade is hollow or flat ground. I think that it helps to define the blade and gives the knife a cleaner look. Charlie will probably disagree and do the next without the plunge cut...

Thanks again for looking and the comments.

 

[DavidZ]

That is a sweet integral.Great job!