This is a through tang leuku style knife done with L6 and lacewood. It's a light knife with and easy feel and pretty fast. Tang is wide, starting out at 5/8 and narrowing down to 1/2 with the peened rear shouldered down to 1/8 for the buttcap. No soldering, everything is press fit, epoxied, and peened tight while the epoxy is still workable.
Sheath is done up in 8 ounce leather with a linseed oil soak. There's a pattern of dots around the edges for a bit of understated decoration.
OAL 12.25 inches
Blade: 8.25 inches, 1/8 L6 with forge marks left in, polished with progressive grades of steel wool. Convex grind done progressively down to strop level.
Handle: L6 front and rear, semi hard (don't try to drill through it!) from taking a full heat and air hardening after filing the slot and tang pin holes. Lacewood handle drilled through and epoxied. Whole thing pinned by peening the rear protrustion of the tang. Worked edges blued to match the forge finish.
SOLD
Sheath is done up in 8 ounce leather with a linseed oil soak. There's a pattern of dots around the edges for a bit of understated decoration.
OAL 12.25 inches
Blade: 8.25 inches, 1/8 L6 with forge marks left in, polished with progressive grades of steel wool. Convex grind done progressively down to strop level.
Handle: L6 front and rear, semi hard (don't try to drill through it!) from taking a full heat and air hardening after filing the slot and tang pin holes. Lacewood handle drilled through and epoxied. Whole thing pinned by peening the rear protrustion of the tang. Worked edges blued to match the forge finish.
SOLD
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nice work man..:thumbup: that lacewood is gorgeous...