Light weight forged hunter with some awesome redwood burl...

J. Doyle

J. Doyle

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Here's a recently commissioned piece I just finished today. It's a nice compact hunter. This is really light weight. Redwood burl is usually pretty light anyway, the g-10 guard keeps the weight down without sacrificing strength. It puts the balance right behind the guard, right on the first finger. This knife just melts and disappears in the hand.

Specs:
Hand forged from 1075 steel, clay quenched and etched lightly
8 1/8" overall, 3 7/8" blade (about 3 1/2" sharp), .185" thick at the ricasso with full distal taper
Rounded spine and ricasso edge for comfort
Black g-10 guard and spacer
Coined 416 SS spacer
Stabilized Redwood Burl from our friend Mark at Burl Source

All comments and discussion welcome. Feel free to say what you like or dislike, please. :)













 
I think that is a fine hunter. There is a lot of detail going on there but not overpowering. I like it.
 
Sooooooooo nice. J do you ever do progress pics? I'd love to see you make one of your knives in a build thread
 
Thank you guys. I appreciate the comments.

Hi Mark. I haven't ever done a true work-in-progress thread but I've taken a few photos along the way of one of my recent knives.

Send me an email at jdoyleknives AT gmail DOT com

I can send you some of the pictures there. Thanks.

John
 
Thank you guys. I really appreciate the kind words. :)
 
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