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I'm sure you all have seen my knife, and I come back around here every once in a while. I'm a sold customer. I've had this knife strapped to me everytime i go out in the woods or fishing. I've customized it a bit to my liking, i took some 600 grit sandpaper and smoothed out the the handles, polished up the blade, took the bevels back a little bit and cleaned up the tip a bit. It's PERFECT. I had to re-sew up the sheath, but that's fine. Applied some leather cleaner & conditioner and then a cleaning or two with liquid wax for cars to waterproof. Did a patina with a mixture of lemon juice and vinegar, very good results, and then resharpened. This thing splits hairs, no lie! I love 01 now. It's still a good chopper when it comes to removing branches but it does fine work good now too. Finally got the sheath broken in enough where it's comfortable, the knots are solid and the knife fits in perfect. Sprayed it down with some silicone spray just for that added protection for the wood & blade and it brings out the wood. If you all want pictures of it as of recent, just ask. If you have any tips & or things you think i should consider adding or doing to it, feel free to post opinions, this knife can only get better!
. The handles are maple burl, i took the main bevel back a bit to thin it out, 40 degree edge, it cuts and splits hair, but chops well with no deformation. I took 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper and smoothed out the blade and handle, treated the knife with a lemon/vinegar patina and then did a spray over it with silicone spray. The initial edge is clean and freshly sharpened, so no patina on that. It's a very slight drop point, so the point is very robust. It has the maker initials on it (John @ JK knives "K") and my initials on the other side along with some jimping. 3 Solid brass pins and blue liners. I'll include some pictures of the liners also. My perfect knife.
