Large Camp Knife w/ wild buckeye burl

[J. Doyle]

Here's a large camp/utility knife I just finished. I've had this laying around for quite some time almost finished but could never decide what to do with the handle and guard. I decided to go guardless after many many drawings. I didn't really like the drawing either but in the end, I'm happy with how it turned out.

My wife says it looks kind of like a chef's knife.......I can see that. So I guess it could be a camp cook's knife.

I posted this up for sale in the Exchange. The funds will go for a special Christmas charity project. Details of that can be found here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...stmas-Charity-Sale***?p=12929743#post12929743


Specs:
Hand forged from 1095 steel, clay quenched and etched
12" overall, 7 1/4" blade, .205" at the ricasso and full distal taper, just shy of 1 1/2" high at the ricasso from spine to edge
Black G-10 collars with Bronze spacers
Heavily rounded spine and ricasso for comfort
Stabilized California Buckeye handle
Bronze finial nut

All comments welcome. Thanks for taking a look!

 

[Stickytoes]

Beautiful work John, that buckeye at first glance appeared to be carved at the butt end due to the cool figure. Can't wait to get my grubby paws on it and look it over in person!

 

[melsdad]

The whole knife looks awesome! Love that blade!!

 

[mete]

Wild it is ! Very nice work .

 

[machine1960]

I can't imagine the talent and effort that was poured into this! Beautiful!

 

[Nektarios]

Beautiful Work.