My new EDC

[shanto]

Hey everybody, I've been carrying my first knife as my edc for a while now, the time has come for a replacement ! I think this is my 13th knife and my favorite so far (newbies probably all like their most recent accomplishment the best !)
My good buddy and mastersmith-in-the-making Stu Branson did the differential HT for me . Thanks Stu :thumbup: .... maybe we can talk about some leather
The steel is O-1, 9.25" overall, 4.75" blade, .200" thick at the spine.
The handle slabs are big leaf maple burl with some spalting, and black and red fiber liners. Unfortunately, the burl isn't stabilized.
I did a few ferric etches with 600 grit rubs in between, the last etch rubbed with some 0000 wool.
Have a great weekend and thanks for looking !
Cheers
Shant

 

[Doc13]

Wow Shant, That's a great looking knife:thumbup:

I love the sexy lines, flows so well!

 

[wildmike]

Very nicely done!!!

 

[shanto]

Thank you very much gentlemen !

 

[SBranson]

Ooooh... That turned out sweet Shant. Nice work and I like the contours on the handle. I bet it feels good in the hand.

 

[wdtorque]

Ooooh... That turned out sweet Shant. Nice work and I like the contours on the handle. I bet it feels good in the hand.

Gotta agree! Dozier (not Bob)

 

[McAhron]

Great progress!

 

[Shawn fu]

Very nice indeed!:thumbup:

 

[jbrackett]

I like it!!!

 

[dfarmerknives]

nice work. very clean tapers.

 

[guiri]

I have no idea what your other knives look like as I'm a newbie here but dammit, this one's just up my alley. I like lines that flow and I'm actually designing some knives for one of the blade smiths here. Helluva job! Lovely lines

 

[shanto]

Thanks guiri ! Good luck with your knifemaking journey !
Cheers

 

[guiri]

Thanks, they'll be posted here when they're ready

 

[mitch13]

That turned out nice, really like the blade profile:thumbup:
mitch

 

[Hengelo_77]

Ik like it, well done
(just don't like the recurve on the blade, but that's personal)