My first knife with a 2x72

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paintballnsk

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This is the first knife I've made with a 2x72. She came out pretty good. Sad I have to ship it off in a couple days :(

This one was stock removal from a 1/4 x 2 x 14 inch length of 5160. Handle is curly maple, stained black, and finished with Forby's tung oil finish.

Working on the leather sheath now.

Feedback and comments are welcome.




 
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I'll admit this was my first full production knife. I've done a few more simple knives that were mostly experiments and done on a 4x36. I told a friend that I was getting into knifemaking and he asked for a viking seax, so this is the design I came up with. It taught me a lot. It hardened just under 60hrc, and chopped a bunch of hickory I had with no issues, and passes the paper test. And I learned how to make a sheath, which given the time and effort it takes, I think I may outsource that task for future builds haha.
 
Looks great. If I can nitpick, I don't like how the edge curves at the heel of the blade.
 
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