Ironwood and 5160

[Rusty McDonald]

Well this is one I have been working on for the past few weeks for a fourm member.
Forged 5160 1/4" thick a bit over 8" long
The handle is Desert Ironwood and is about 5 1/4"
The guard and ferrule are 416 SS with a copper spacer polished a bit on the buffing wheel.
The pin and tubing in the handle are also 416 SS in 1/4" size.

Top of handle

Bottom of handle

 

[Shawn fu]

Beautiful piece,Rusty-that ironwood is outstanding!

 

[DanGraves]

Superlative, beautiful, great job of fit and finish. A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+

 

[Burton Harruff]

This one turned out real nice. Good work!

 

[Mack]

That is as close to perfect as you can get IMHO. Beauty.

 

[tobinsmith]

That one is AWESOME!

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Hey Rusty, What did you do to get the satin finish on the blade? Man she's a beaut! -Phil

 

[Rusty McDonald]

Phil I finish the blade to 600 Grit then go over it a few times with 1200 Grit dry, not enough to polish but just enough to knock the high spots of the 600 down and this is what you get.
Thanks all for taking time too look and the kind words.

 

[SteelSlaver]

You deserve all the back slapping on this one. Fine job. Jim

 

[kc custom]

Very clssy knife Rusty.
Ken.

 

[tomh]

Beautiful wood and overall package!

 

[Cloyde]

Beautiful work, great job

 

[Rusty McDonald]

Thanks for looking and all of the kind words.

Next one will have a bit of a recurve and maybe a stag handle with a S shaped guard tiped with scalloped ends

 

[vic2367]

beautiful,,,:thumbup:

 

[jdm61]

Very nice, Rusty.

 

[DOWELLKNIVES]

Nice work Rusty. Looks really good.

 

[SpearZ]

That knife just talks to you "mmmm good"

 

[Rusty McDonald]

Thanks to everyone for the complements. Still trying to get the photo thing down. thanks for looking.

 

[SHEBOP]

Beautiful!!!!