My latest knife. Super proud of it.

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Calvin Richardson

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Here is a collage that my awesome wife made of my latest knife. Pullin it over from Picasa. Hope I can figure it out.
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Thanks 12345678910. I still cant figure out how to post pics. :mad: I'm using Picasa. Guess I'm gonna have to go over that tutorial again. The handle is quarter sawnn hickory with a tung oil finish. I can't decide if i want to keep mirror polishing my knives or switch to a satin finish. Hand peined brass pins and copper tubing lanyard hole. Blade is right at 5" and 1/8" thick. Convex ground, bevels hand filed, swedge hand filed, all sanding prior to polish done by hand. The hickory scales were split by hand with a coping saw and then profiled, shaped, and sanded by hand with rasps and lotsa sand paper. The edge was hardened by torch and then tempered the whole knife blank in the oven. Didn't realize how much work I put into it til I typed it all out.:rolleyes:
 
Calvin Richardson said:
Thanks 12345678910. I still cant figure out how to post pics. :mad: I'm using Picasa. Guess I'm gonna have to go over that tutorial again.
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You put the image tags in right, just used the wrong link from Picsa
The link I used ended with a .jpg (right click on the photo & copy photo location)
- yours linked to the Picsa page, not the photo itself.

I was able to pull the picsa account from your post using "reply with quote"
You can do that to my post to see how it looks & "cancel" out of the post
 
Like numbers says, in Picasa select your image so you're viewing it specifically, right click on the image, select "copy photo URL," and then paste that between your
tags. It's the only way I've figured how to make it work from Picasa.

Nice looking knife, by the way. You still using that saw blade steel?
 
I am. I'm really thinking strongly of going to bought steel, unless the customer requests the pitted look. I just want to know for sure what steel I'm working with. Getting tired of all the prep work and finishing work with the saw blades. Makes for a pretty neat looking knife though. L6 sure gets hard too. Lotsa flex too due to the unhardened spine. Just delivered it and he was ecstatic!!:D
 
I just found some more pics that I had taken of this knife before I finished the handle. It's a little easier to see the profile of the blade in these.
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Calvin, the knife is nicely done.

On the next one , consider making the bird's head butt a little less pointy. It is very likely that the wood will chip as it is.
Also, forget the polished finish on a rough forged blade. That is a contardiction of styles.
I would work on your flat grinds and try for a more even flattness.
 
Nice. Looks like a real work horse.
 
That's called a bird's head butt? The mind reels with possibilities... but the thing that's on my mind, of course, is making it look more like a specific bird. I wonder what kind of bird would be best.... ;)
 
Odd question Greg, coming from the "Seagull Master". ;)

Knife looks good. A agree with Stacy about the finish. Let's see your next one. :thumbup:
 
Thanks for the input!! I have a hard time getting nice even grind lines. All my bevels turn out convex and then they just knida blend in. I don't see myself doing anything close to that anytime soon Numbers.
That was something I was worried about after I finished it Stacy. The owner has used it pretty hard and its holding up so I guess I'm lucky.
I can't tell you guys how much it means to me to get this kind of feedback. Thank you very much
 
great knife! i do love the look of a hickory handle. the quarter sawn, does that mean that the slabs are cut cross grain, like a circle cut from the end of the log. would that have the strenght that a regular cut piece would have?
 
To be perfectly honest Joe, I have no idea. I was told that it was quarter sawn. As far as strength is concerned, they are tougher than all get out! I'm a huge fan of hickory. Lots of people talk about how plain the grain is, but I love it. Its tough, resilient, shock resistant, and a pleasure to work with. The wood used in it is just like all the wood I have. My deceased uncle cut it off his farm in Ashland MO and sawed it all up himself. The saw blades that I use for the knife blades came from him as well. I wish he was around to see what I'm doing. He was an incredible furniture maker and wood worker.
 
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