my talonite!

KennyC

KennyC

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this was ground from the free talonite samples which was given out here on bladeforums, thanks to Tom Walz for this great offer.

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please let me know what you think, :) i plan on doing this pattern in steel too.

Kenny
 
Looks good but errr....what is it?:confused: I know there's a cutting edge but how does one hold it? By the way it looks like a thick slab of Talonite, maybe you can give the cutting edge a zero edge and still be strong enough...;)

Eric.
 
its held with the index finger in the choil closest to the edge, the middle finger in the choil behind it, and the thumb on the side opposite the edge. i did try it with a zero bevel to begin with, but decided that the tip was too fragile that way. :)

Kenny
 
Hi Kenny,

How large is it? I'm interested on one for my collection. How much for one in regular stainless steel?
 
joe: i've never even so much as touched a raw bar of stainless in my life:p

if you'd like though, you can have this one for free, just shoot me an email with your mailing address and i'll get it out to you on saturday.Merry Christmas:)

Kenny
 
PRETTY COOL!!! Amazing what you did with such a small piece of steel. I got a piece sitting right here and could not imagine just coming up with something like that out of now where and properly executing it to boot :)
 
Originally posted by KennyC
joe: i've never even so much as touched a raw bar of stainless in my life:p

if you'd like though, you can have this one for free, just shoot me an email with your mailing address and i'll get it out to you on saturday.Merry Christmas:)

Kenny
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Thanks Kenny, I really appreciate it!
 
Originally posted by dialex
Super cool finger knife. Is Talonite hard to work with?
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i used only a grinder and found that the actual grinding part was comparable to hardened steel, though according to one of the papers that came with it, it's VERY difficult to work with hand tools. as they stated, try as i might, i could cut even the least bit with the hacksaw alone. still, its ALOT nicer to grind than steel because its just a "smoother" feeling, and did not heat up as fast.

Kenny
 
That came out great, Kenny, considering how little material you had to work with. Nice job.
 
Nice work kenny! For a knife that small, it would be cool to have a hole in the end big enough to fit your middle finger, like a karambit. I know you make rings, so you would have no problem doing it.

BTW, is that ground on the other side? If not, I believe it is zero ground. From my understanding a zero edge is ground on one side and flat on the other (chisel grind). I've heard people say it is an edge that has only one bevel, but not sure how true that is.

Ryan
 
aside from marketing, I thot a 0 edge was simply one that came to one molecule in thickness...thus obsidian and other materials can also exhibit this monoolecular edge. I guess zero edge is just that one (less?) molecule sharper:)
 
thanks Ryan, for the compliment, i did try drilling a lanyard hole in it with my hand drill and the high speed steel bit wouldnt bite into the material so i didnt even bother trying on a drill press for fear of wrecking the larger bits.

my knife is chisel ground, and i'm pretty sure a zero edge is just an edge with no secondary bevel, regardless of whether its V or chisel ground.


Kenny
 
Thanks for the infos, Kenny C.
OTOH, I think what some of the Forumites reffer to as "zero ground", is actually called "kataba".
 
The knife arrived today! Its even nicer than I expected. I used it already to open a bunch of Xmas packages and it zipped through packing tape and cardboard with ease. Its a really nice little knife. With its short blade its really only useful for opening packages, but it does that really well and makes for a neat conversation piece. Thanks Kenny!
 
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