My 5th - Drop Point with a Patina

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bigern26

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Here Is my 5th knife, A drop point skinner
I decided to try a patina on it using Horseradish.
I kept the tang silver to add a little contrast
I like how it turned out.

3/16 - 1095 Heat Treated by Peters Heat Treat
OAL - 8 15/16''
Blade - 3 1/2''
Handle - 4 1/2''
Hand rubbed to 600 grit, with a patina
Scales are Cocobolo

let me know what you think!!

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Ernie, man you are getting good at this! You sure that's not the cocobolo I sent ya ? If it burned your nose and eyes it's cocobolo
 
You, my friend, are productive ;).

I like it. The only thing I would have done differently is to etch a deeper maker's mark on the blade, and then do the patina lightly over it as well. Or, if you're concerned about the mark being eaten up/fading, fill the mark with clear nail polish before patina, and after it dries, use a hard backed sand paper to sand away the polish until it is flush and the steel around exposed while the mark itself is still filled. Then do your patina.

Or, now that I've thought about it, just etch your mark after the patina....though that may not get you as clear a mark....

--nathan
 
Thanks Guys.

Yeah next time I do a patina I am going to wait to put on my mark and I am going etch but not darken.
 
I will admit that I do not have the experience of the guys around here, but I like the makers mark in the silver. I would have only tried to make it a shape like an oval, knife or something. Would have really made it contrast.
 
Ern, you can buy oval stickers at office stores. Come in all sizes so you can pick one that best fits your mark. Should act as a pretty decent shield against the patina, imo. Just a thought.

How are you producing so fast? This is like the fourth knife you've posted in as many days, and I just don't get it.

I just finished building a KMG clone, and NONE of my blades are finished, let alone hafted! I was kinda hoping that I could just through a blank at it and get a nice blade to bounce back, but it isn't working out that way.

More than anything else, I seem to be doing an inordinate amount of hand sanding.
 
Lol, I am laid off, I am in my little shop about 7 hours a day.

Trust me I am doing ALOT of hand sanding too.

I got a bunch of blades from Great lakes waterjet, thats helping a lot.
 
You're doing impressive work, Ernie. Personally, I'm thinking of giving up the dream of knifemaking for something that doesn't involve quite so much sandpaper!

There has got to be an easier way!





Oh, in case any of those "master bladesmiths" tell you you can make a sharp bevel line by hand, don't believe them. It must be an inside joke, kinda like snipe hunting! Only robots and laser beams can NOT round off a crisp line!!! :mad:
 
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