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I got married on Saturday, and here are the knives that I made to commemorate the event. They are the 3-8th knives I have made. I was supposed to get Juli's dagger done and a short sword for myself, but having to get the plate in my leg replaced a month before the wedding meant almost no shop time.
They are all 3/32" CPM154 bought and heat treated by Rob!. The large wharncliffe is our cake knife with a 8 15/16" long blade. White and red arcylic handle, 4 5/8"long. Rc61 w. vine filework. Teardrop fighter with a 3" blade, 2 15/16" Red micarta handle Rc60 with half round filework. Next is the Worker B, 2 5/8" blade 3"White and red Micarta handle, Rc61 with Triangle filework. For my brother (best man) is the Blue Collar Gentleman with a 2 5/8"blade, 3 1/8" White arcylic handle with mosaic pins, Rc60.5, double cresent filework. This is a template for a series of knives for MKJ Concrete knives (his company).
Last is the knife I made for myself, the Big Belly 3"blade, 3 3/8" ironwood handle, Rc60.5. This is my 1st attempt at assorted filework (the others were done just after this), and I had to turn the scrap piece into a knife as a result. This was my first attempt at using Ironwood and I loved it, easy to work with and took an incredible finish, even at just 400 grit, buffing with Fabuluster on a Dremel tool. The neck knives are all sheathed in fold over Kydex (no rivets or glue), and the cake knife in Burgandy Stingray.
The blade finish was not done to the best of my ability as I ran out of time due to my injury (made my knife day before the wedding, the sheaths that night). Nobody seemed to mind too much besides me but it will always bug me. I had never done kydex sitting down and this will require patience and practice or me healing before they look better.
Please tell me what you think, I fell in love with mine (Big Belly) and the Worker B, and most people loved the filework on the white handled Blue Collar Gentleman. I am looking for suggestions on what you would change if you were making it/ buying it; as well as anything positive you have to add.
I have more pics if somebody wants a clearer view.
Group in sheaths:
Blades alone:
Filework:
Blades in new owners hands:
The new owners (and me in Red):
The day before the wedding:
First Blood with the fighter (I took it as a compliment):
Sorry for the bad pics but that is another skill I need to learn.
Good or bad let me hear about it!
They are all 3/32" CPM154 bought and heat treated by Rob!. The large wharncliffe is our cake knife with a 8 15/16" long blade. White and red arcylic handle, 4 5/8"long. Rc61 w. vine filework. Teardrop fighter with a 3" blade, 2 15/16" Red micarta handle Rc60 with half round filework. Next is the Worker B, 2 5/8" blade 3"White and red Micarta handle, Rc61 with Triangle filework. For my brother (best man) is the Blue Collar Gentleman with a 2 5/8"blade, 3 1/8" White arcylic handle with mosaic pins, Rc60.5, double cresent filework. This is a template for a series of knives for MKJ Concrete knives (his company).
Last is the knife I made for myself, the Big Belly 3"blade, 3 3/8" ironwood handle, Rc60.5. This is my 1st attempt at assorted filework (the others were done just after this), and I had to turn the scrap piece into a knife as a result. This was my first attempt at using Ironwood and I loved it, easy to work with and took an incredible finish, even at just 400 grit, buffing with Fabuluster on a Dremel tool. The neck knives are all sheathed in fold over Kydex (no rivets or glue), and the cake knife in Burgandy Stingray.
The blade finish was not done to the best of my ability as I ran out of time due to my injury (made my knife day before the wedding, the sheaths that night). Nobody seemed to mind too much besides me but it will always bug me. I had never done kydex sitting down and this will require patience and practice or me healing before they look better.
Please tell me what you think, I fell in love with mine (Big Belly) and the Worker B, and most people loved the filework on the white handled Blue Collar Gentleman. I am looking for suggestions on what you would change if you were making it/ buying it; as well as anything positive you have to add.
I have more pics if somebody wants a clearer view.
Group in sheaths:
Blades alone:
Filework:
Blades in new owners hands:
The new owners (and me in Red):
The day before the wedding:
First Blood with the fighter (I took it as a compliment):
Sorry for the bad pics but that is another skill I need to learn.
Good or bad let me hear about it!
