Knife #15 - Loveless Elk Hunter

rlinger · Sep 29, 2003

Just finishing this one and getting ready to send off to Tess Neilson for sheath making. I was directed to make this knife strickly for field dressing only and because of that I went hard on the heat treat, tempering at 475 F.. It is HRc 61 and I have tested it with both cardboard and seasoned hard oak with no noticable dulling or edge chipping.

The half guard is soldered and I mortised the scales with a roughing mill to provide locking ridges. My Pop, the wood worker, band sawed the 0.056 inch liners for me.

Anyhow, here it is: http://riflestocks.tripod.com/pics12.html

Thanks to all, as always. RL

Will52100 · Sep 29, 2003

Now that's awsome! Clean and pure, the ivory looks outstanding and the ebony adds a very nice touch. Beutifull

Mike Hull · Sep 29, 2003

Very nice.

John Andrews · Sep 29, 2003

Roger, that knife is beautiful, just like the rest of your work! I figured something out, Roger. YOU DO NOT SLEEP! NEVER! You make and hunt 24/7. Really great,Roger!

heatride · Sep 30, 2003

Very nice Rodger I really like the black spacers it really adds nice contrast to the knife. Well done !

Bruce Bump · Sep 30, 2003

Roger, Bob would be proud! Nice work!

ddavelarsen · Sep 30, 2003

Roger you shame me! Beautiful! You really did Loveless proud on that one. Even distal taper in the blade! One thing though, Loveless would have hollow ground that baby. But from what I see here he could take a lesson from you - da man!

Great work Roger, keep it up and I'm going to find a new vocation, I just can't keep up with you!

Gene Ingram · Sep 30, 2003

Really do like your knives Roger.

indian george · Sep 30, 2003

LOOOOKING GOOD there RL.

RHINOKNIVES · Sep 30, 2003

very well done! what steel is it?

Overgaar · Sep 30, 2003

Originally posted by RHINOKNIVES
very well done! what steel is it?

The web page hosting the picture says ATS-34.

dhannon · Sep 30, 2003

Very nice. No going half way for you, that's got all the snappy features....

Great Job.

Dan

itrade · Sep 30, 2003

field dressing

hahhahaha If I owned that knife it wouldn't get covered with guts and tossed on the ground! I might remove it from the display case, make a couple of cuts, clean it and put it back - just to say I use it.

Steve

B . Buxton · Sep 30, 2003

Nicely done, clean and elegant.

Bill

Dan Gray · Sep 30, 2003

nice job buddie

it's been said

rlinger · Sep 30, 2003

You guys are my inspiration and continue to encourage me on. Thanks again, for sure.

Yes, it is ATS-34. I posted the HT of this blade here a couple/three weeks ago: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=272393&highlight=ATS34

RL

misque · Sep 30, 2003

WOW Roger!

I gotta say, as a knifemaker, you really hit the ground running. For being number fifteen, that baby looks more like a number five hundred and fifteen. Great work.

You got this knifemakin' thang down cold buddy!

All the best,
Mike U.

Raymond Richard · Sep 30, 2003

If I were you I'd keep it for myself. Looks like an excellent knife all the way around....

southriv · Oct 1, 2003

Excellent , RL! That could/should go into the personal collection.

Bob

C L Wilkins · Oct 1, 2003

Originally posted by rlinger
You guys are my inspiration and continue to encourage me on. Thanks again, for sure.

RL

Encourage you to go on? Your work speaks for itself. There are makers that have been doing this for 20 year or more and their work isn't that nice. I am not stating that just to encourage you, it is just the plain truth. Keep it up and keep going. Lets see where you can go from here. You've got the "touch".

Craig