My latest 3 knives:

[galadduin]

I have done many reed knives before but except for the first one I've done, I didn't take a photo of them. The latest batch had 2 reed knives, I've completed them 2 days ago and I've been working on their sheaths and a paring knife for a good costumer. Now they all went to their new homes and I'm relaxed finally. Time to take some days off and enjoy life

One of the reed knives is designed for a woman musician, it has relatively slim handle but the blade is somewhat same as the male version of it. Steel 4mm thick RWL34 ~60 HRC, zero ground 22 degree angle, right handed chisel grind. Handle is mortised with a SS pin, wood is Black Walnut.

Sheaths; water bufallo leather:
Front

Backside:

The female version:

The male version:

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[galadduin]

The paring knife, RWL34 58-59 HRC, slight convex edge, green-black linen micarta, SS pins. asymmetric vine filework from spine to the bottom of the butt. I wanted to make a filework that is looking natural not engineered, so I tried not to repeat the figures, beleive me that was much more hard to do comparing to measured and symmetric vine fileworks. Here it is:

More and larger pics :http://picasaweb.google.com/emrekipmen/Med#

Hope you like my knives .. Thanks for looking...

 

[panch0]

Wow I love that paring knife!!!! The filework and handle look very elegant.