OK, The submission knives are almost ready, they are ready for pictures but every time I look at them I see something else microscopic that needs addressing. I'm using a ten power Optivisor in very good light, my hope is that my optics and lighting are better than what the judges will have available to them during the judging. If I get everything out that I can see, they shouldn't be able to see anything. I know they will (It's possible that they will see something that I just didn't see, or something I didn't know to check for) but that's why this is a Journeyman Smith test and not a Master smith test.
Here they are...
Two drop point hunters, one with blue-died spalted birch and blued furnishings and one with Steller's sea cow and stainless.
A fossil walrus fighter with stainless and blued steel and a clip point with interior mammoth, stainless and a black liner.
Two Bowies, one with heat colored musk ox horn and blued steel, and one with interior mammoth and stainless.
Two bigger Bowies one with nickle-silver and moose antler and a frame handle with interior mammoth and blued steel.
There are eight here total, as I have mentioned, the five best ones will be submitted for the judging. You never know what the humidity and temperature will do to these handle materials when they get to Atlanta so that's why I made extra and will wait to select the best five until the morning of the test.
Regardless of how the test works out, you can see these at my table 16,O after the judging, if you want to get a closer look at them.
Cross your fingers for me, see you all in Atlanta. Thanks for following along, and thanks for all the support and advise. I will give an update after the show.