Mini-Parang

Storm Crow

Storm Crow

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I've been working to get ready for the upcoming Denver Knife Show and the Usual Suspects Gathering, both happening in August, as well as working on commissions. It's kept me busy. :)

Here's a mini-parang I'll be taking:



Positioned a little differently in the light:



The steel is my favorite, 5160, that has been triple normalized, triple hardened and triple tempered. The handle is a curved integral socket wrapped in hemp cord, with three-strand hemp cord Turk's head knots fore and aft. I tried something new, using West epoxy to impregnate the cord. I like the results very much and will definitely be using this more.

The blade is 10 1/4" long, including the choil, and 2 1/2" at its widest. The spine thickness tapers from approximately 3/16" next to the handle to 1/8" at wide spot.. The overall length is 16 3/8". It shaves hair nicely. :)

Here's how it looks in hand...or paw, as the case may be.



 
of all the knives you've posted over the years, this one's my favourite hands down. I am sending you a pm when I'm finished posting here.

In the words of one of my favourite story tellers, Thom Yorke, 'everything in its right place' applies to what I'm seeing here.

And also, I like that you are filling more of your camera's field with knife than with background.
 
Thank y'all!

Lorien - I'm no photographer, but I try to get the idea across. I take a bunch of pictures and sort through. I realized sometime back that I had too much background in the pictures, and while the background helps, the knife should be the most prominent thing. So I've tried to make sure it fills the view of the camera while taking pics. The actual pictures capture a wider area than the view indicates, but if it's too much I can crop.

My camera's more capable than I am. :)

Shawn - Actually, I think some of your choppers influenced how the end of this one turned out. :D
 
A very compact knife. Will do everything equally well. I like the squared off tip. Very utilitarian.
 
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