LBK in walnut

[koyote]

This is the LBK- Little Big Knife. The design is a short bladed...big knife.

The LBK is my best attempt to make a true one knife to do it all. My SERE knife ideal, a good hunter, a good-safe bushcrafter.

Blade is .095 thick 15N20 steel with a differential temper and a vinegared finish. 1 3/8 inches broad at the top of the thumbramp. Blade length is 4 inches, edge length is 3 15/16 inches. Overall the knife is 8 1/8 inches long.

Handle profile is set at a slight angle giving better clearance to the hand. Scales are english walnut, with 1/4 inch stainless pin and 7/32 ID stainless lanyard tubing rear pin. Thumb ramp is long and gentle, providing a lot of room for extension. Thumb ram jimping is deep and secure, but gentle.

Blade grind is a tapered saber grind with a convex microbevel.

Sheath is fully waterformed, double needle hand stitched, ranger style- the horizontal loop holds the bottom of the belt loop. Classy look and prevents the blade from cutting the belt loop stitching. The strap also helps me keep my widgy bar on me

SOLD
Asking $165, shipped insured in the US. (yah, you canuckians have to pay and extra $10) paypal, money order, venison jerky, etc.

 

[Rick Lowe]

Nice look, but what is and how do you do a "differential temper"?

 

[koyote]

I think it's also called a soft back draw, though I do it a bit differently that the old style red hot iron on the spine method. I quench the whole blade, then do standard oven tempering. After that I put the rear of the tang of the knife in a vise with the edge in water, and use a torch to draw down temper from the spine down.

The goal of the process is to provide a better durability to the blade as a whole by having variations in hardness. (It would suck to baton a knife and have the spine chip on you, for example)

 

[mtnfolk mike]

that's a cool looking knife Christof.. i like the design..:thumbup: