my latest: japanese style cord wrapped tanto

Sam Eddleman · Jun 30, 2009

just finished this knife up
it is 8.75" overall
double hollow ground blade is mirrored on the cutting edge and hand rubbed satin finish on the flats
thanks for looking!

JoshTKnives · Jun 30, 2009

sweet! very nice shape! and i love the dual finish!
and man, that thing looks SHARP!!

Hankins · Jul 1, 2009

Now thats what I call a Mirror Polish done Right :thumbup:
Grinds are sharp and look damn near perfect...Good job!

Sam Eddleman · Jul 1, 2009

thanks guys!

Keith Montgomery · Jul 1, 2009

Very well done.

Alberta Ed · Jul 1, 2009

Very, very nice... you'd bleed just looking at it. What's the steel?

Sam Eddleman · Jul 1, 2009

thanks for the comments!
steel is 5160. very sharp one!

Lucky Bob · Jul 3, 2009

Wow, that is impressive. Usually when people do two-finish knives, they leave the bevels satin, since it's easier to do on the machine that created the hollow... but no, you had to do it the hard way! And an awesome way, that that...

cablemonkey · Jul 3, 2009

Wow, looks beefy.