kickin it old school

[Charlie Mike]

This is my "fun" project. 3/16" 1084 from Aldos. I'm gonna send out for a differential HT at TruGrit and hopefully I can get a hamon. Still not sure about handle material but I'm leaning toward something natural. I was going for the 19th century slim bowie/fighter look. I'm open to suggestions and opinions guys. Thanks for looking!

 

[Shorttime]

How was grinding that swedge?

Looks like you kept it pretty symmetrical.

 

[seelow123]

Hell yeah. That is going to be pretty rad when it's finished.

 

[whateatsrabbits]

I got an Idea for you some slim\smooth bone scales.

 

[Charlie Mike]

I can't really explain how I ground it but it just sorta comes naturally. I do all my work on a 1x42 without any jigs... All Freeland.

 

[Shorttime]

Freehand is more fun. I question whether a fellow who spends most of his time making jigs should really be called a knifemaker, since it's a different skill set. I could see if you're going to crank out a few hundred of the same pattern, but we're mostly about taking one knife from start to finish.

 

[Charlie Mike]

Got word from my HT guy. Differential is a go. Buffalo scales.

 

[Brian.Evans]

It might be hard to get a hamon from Aldo's 1084 with the high vanadium content. Please let us know how it goes though. Like the blade!

 

[res1cue]

Dude. that is awesome!

Can't wait to see it with the scales

 

[harkamus]

You're coming a long way, friend. It's always great seeing the metamorphosis.

 

[woody d]

Got word from my HT guy. Differential is a go. Buffalo scales.

cany wait to see it...thats gonna be one good looking knife!

 

[Charlie Mike]

Couldn't get my hands on buffalo so I went with micarta.

 

[Charlie Mike]

 

[The Mastiff]

You're coming a long way, friend. It's always great seeing the metamorphosis.

Good point. The grinds are getting better and better. It's great watching. CM, I'm glad you stuck with it. Your talent is really showing. Keep it up!

Joe

 

[Charlie Mike]

 

[CWL]

Your skills are improving at a very quick rate CM! Kudos! :thumbup:

 

[res1cue]

Very nice CM! I can't wait to see the finished product. What kind of sheath are you thinking?

 

[GRIM 62]

Lookin' real good CM,it ought to be sweet:thumbup:!I think Stag would have looked more natural though.

 

[Charlie Mike]

Very nice CM! I can't wait to see the finished product. What kind of sheath are you thinking?

I'm thinking natural vegetable tanned tooling leather finished with a spray on olive oil to darken/distress it a bit.

 

[Charlie Mike]