Meet Kalama

[kalama]

i got to see that knife man i going get all jay

 

[savagesicslayer]

Awesome looking knife bud.Keep up the great work.

 

[richard j]

i just put an edge on kalama and i just made a video of it slicing newspaper. it reminds me of the old ginsu commercials of the guy slicing newspaper like it was a hot knife through butter. i'm heading to the post office so it will be on its way kalama :thumbup:.

 

[richard j]

here is a link to the video with thanks to matt. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=43364157

 

[Charlie Mike]

No prob Rich. I put your URL in the description. Maybe somebody viewing my myspace will check it out too.

 

[richard j]

today i ground kalama II. its bigger and badder but i'm not going to do a mirror finish on this one. it has an 8" blade, 13" overall and is 1 11/16" wide.

 

[DennisStrickland]

richard love those knives & usually like a patina on my hunters however that boar sticker is great with mirror polish.--dennis

 

[HikingMano]

Pua'a better watch out Nice score Kalama.

Malama pono :thumbup:
Russell

 

[MTHall720]

Love that polished look!!

 

[richard j]

i have a method to put a mirror finish on a knife real quick but it plays heck on the fingers. i wish i had taken a vid of how i did it but maybe one of these days i will.

i went from a fairly fresh 400 grit belt to a worn 400 grit and then worked by hand with 600 lengthwise from the tip back until i had the lines going from spine to edge gone.

then i went to a 19 micron belt to put lines back in from the spine to the edge and went to 1000 grit. i went back to the 19 micron and to a 1500 grit and finished it off on the buffer. i used a real hard 1 1/2" wide cotton buffing wheel. this wheel is so hard you could actually put speed knots on someones head with it