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Hey Bruce, One thing I have found out over the years is you really need to be tough to be old. I find holding onto hot steel keeps the senses in tip top shape.
What fire, Dave?
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Hey Bruce, One thing I have found out over the years is you really need to be tough to be old. I find holding onto hot steel keeps the senses in tip top shape.
What fire, Dave?
Ray both knives look great, but I really like that little blackwood guy. Both sheaths look nice too. Awesome work as usual!
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Is it the blackwood you like or the overall look? I did that handle shape quite ofter 3 or 4 years ago and then just lost interest in it. Its starting to interest me again.
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ryan, That older style shape is what I was trying to come up with when I first tried it. I've got a good sized blade that I plan to leave forged finished and I'm thinking a handle of this style would work real well for what I have in mind. I haven't heat treated the blade yet. I just hope I can get it good and straight because it really has been forged thin. I'll post pictures if I can get it to turn out.
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Ray, I also like the shape of that handle (and blackwood seems to always turn out nice, one of my favorite handle materials.)
I'd love to see a trailing point on that handle style --- seems like it would have a persian / pirate look...
Have you ever done one like that?
The overall look of the knife is great. I like the longer guard with the extra groove work, the blackwood, the handle shape, the finish on the blade... the sheath looks perfect as well. Just overall a very well done, neat looking little knife.
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Oh yes, I do remember drooling over that one in the past, how could I have forgotten.
That's a Beauty Ray, now we need a little brother to it, about 8.5" overall, with thinned down handles for concealed IWB carry :thumbup:
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Eli, As you know I'm in the middle of making sheaths but I did slip off the path again. I just finished heat treating these 3 blades and sent the photo off to a customer so he could pick the blade he likes the most. I figure one of the remaining blades would look good with the old style balled handle.
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Bladewest is several months away. OKCA and the Wolverine shows are almost upon us. I'm not sure about the blackwood. The customer chose the middle blade. I went and picked out a piece of stag for it and already had the handle on it after I took another look at the project. I saw right away I need a piece of stag with a curve so I'll have to take one step backwards. Been trying to do this knife from memory since our printer isn't working.
I would've bet money that he'd take the bottom blade... that bottom blade is freakin' awesome.
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Cliff, I would have bet on the top blade since it has no temperline. He actually chose the first blade I made. I made the two other blades to give him a choice. Anyway the two left overs are mine to do as I please. Here's a couple shots of his knife. I've got a couple hours before I go to church so I should be able to make the wrought iron resemble fittings.
Here's a picture of the knife a couple hours later. Its just starting to talk.
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