My First Fixed Blade

Peter Atwood

Peter Atwood

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Well, here's a crappy scan of my first fixed blade. The steel is O1 and the handle material is Bocote with several coats of Watco Oil. It a was a fun project and darned if it doesn't hold an edge pretty well.

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Blade is flat ground and OAL is 9".
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Peter Atwood

email: fountainman@hotmail.com

[This message has been edited by fountainman (edited 05-18-2001).]
 
Nice knife! I like the lanyard hole fore *and* aft, great idea. You say first "fixed" blade -- have you made folders?

Dave
 
Very nice knife, Peter!!!! That blade pattern is great!

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Thanks for the lightning fast replies and kind words. The Bocote sands pretty easily, has a somewhat open grain and is very dense and heavy. It is not as oily looking as the cocobolo slabs that I have. I used a respirator as I don't trust those exotic woods. Finished it off with a scotchbrite wheel on an air grinder then hand sanded.

Dave, here's my other knife:

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Peter Atwood

email: fountainman@hotmail.com
 
That's a very good looking knife!

Looks like it has a great feel too
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Bocote sure is pretty wood!

Thanks for sharing Peter.

Nick

 
you should be proud! i love bocote, use it a lot. its easy on the skin and lungs. kind of smells like fresh cut cucumbers. and the figuire just keeps coming out as you work it.

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Thanks for all the encouragement guys! Now I'm gonna have to make another one...
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A instrument maker friend of mine is going to give me a pile of scrap wood that he has accumulated. He says it includes bloodwood, wenge, ziricote and others that I can't remember and never heard of. Probably various rosewoods etc. Should be cool.

Also, I have some chunks of desert ironwood on the way as well as a few pieces of pauduk. So I would say my wood needs will shortly be quite met!

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Peter Atwood

email: fountainman@hotmail.com
 
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