My fourth knife

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Gespenst

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My favorite one so far so I thought I would show it off a bit.
Hopefully this is the right place since it is a traditional fixed blade.
The steel is 1095, the handle is oak and micarta with brass rivets and lanyard tube.

Have a good Christmas everyone.

Russ S.

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NICE looking knife, but I'll bet it sure ain't easy carrying it around with that hunk of firewood stuck on it's end.
 
WIL TERRY said:
NICE looking knife, but I'll bet it sure ain't easy carrying it around with that hunk of firewood stuck on it's end.
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You miss the point, Terry. You stick the wood down your pant leg and then stick the knife into it.

Not only do girls feel sorry for you...but guys will buy your beer at the pub! :thumbup:

Nice knife. :cool:
 
LOL thanks for the compliments and humor guys. I especially like the idea of using it to elicit attention from the opposite sex. Of course free beer isn't a bad thing either :p

I wanted a bulky handle since this is more comfortable when hacking up wood in the wilderness. The micarta was to protect the end grain of the handles from damage when cutting.

This one is my best cutter so far and the edge retention is great. So much to learn LOL.

Take care everyone and thanks again.

Russ S.
 
Good looking knife, Russ.
I like a thicker handle on a harder use knife.

If I may ask, to what hardness did you take the blade?
 
The equipment at work indicates 58 but it is meant for testing crankshafts so I don't know if it accurate on blades. The difference between this equipment and that which is typically used is that this method does not leave any marks on the surface being tested.

Thanks again.

Russ S.
 
with a good heattreat 1095 makes a great blade. there are dirrerent scales for hardness testing .for most knife blades the rockwell scale is used. however there are scales for minerals. plastics, example for testing hardness of lead alloys the brinell scale is used.i have a lead tester since i used to belong to the cast bullet assoc. the most fun with knives is using them, good luck.
 
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