New fighter off the bench

NickWheeler

NickWheeler

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Hey fellas- :)


Just figured I'd share the photos of this knife and sheath here, because I have shown them in process a couple times in the "what's on your workbench" thread.


This knife was forged from 1095 and quenched in brine, it has a hand sanded finish, 416 stainless guard with 1200X satin finish on the sides and mirror polished inside lugs, stabilized Oak burl handle, 416 and black G10 spacers, and a domed 416 pin. The sheath is all hand saddle stitched and fully tooled, veg tanned cowhide.


Thanks for look'n guys. :)

OAL- 16"
Blade- 10-5/8"L x 1-3/4"W x 0.300 thick at guard


[video=youtube;ed0xlD2Jchk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed0xlD2Jchk[/video]

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There's a reflection on the ss spacer that looks like a flaw, but it's just a reflection...
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This Oak is crazy and I really love it. :)
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All hand saddle stitched--- 5 stitches per inch through welt, and 8 stitches per inch through chevron
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This is the first sheath sporting my new leather stamp- :)
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Thanks Doc :)

I forgot to mention the heat treat... I'm sure some of you are thinking "Brine quench?!?!? You frigg'n nut job!" ;) LOL

The blade was part of some testing I was doing, trying to see if I could fully harden a blade of this size with such a varying cross section. IME, quenching a 1095, W1, or W2 blade of this size and geometry in Park50, results in a differentially hardened blade. Of course any of you that know me at all, know that I'm a hamon addict!... but that's just part of my larger problem--- being a control freak (luckily that is contained within my shop walls and not other parts of my life! LMFAO).

I wanted to have the control to fully harden a blade like this.

I'm still surprised it worked to be brutally honest... but it sure did, it got harder than hell. After the first two tempers at 450F I Rc tested it and the ricasso was still 62-63 Rc. I ended up tempering at 500F to get 59/60C.

edited to add*** this was hand forged from Aldo's big-azz 1095 bar stock :D
 
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When I read off the bench I wondered if you dropped it on the floor. Wow that's a lovely one !!! Thanks for the posting and of course the pictures, Nick. Frank
 
Don't worry about that reflection on the spacer Nick. Everyone here knows if it was a flaw it wouldn't be on your knife, it would already be in the trash lol.
 
Stunning. I have the greatest respect for your skills and talent. Sure sets an awfully high bar for an aspiring maker to set his sights on.
 
Man that wood is SLICK!!! It's pretty weird seeing a big knife of yours that isn't damascus and not see a Hamon on it.:) This knife is really clean. I'll take 3 ;)
 
Haha I was gonna say what the heck, quench in brine and no hamon then I read your other post. Congrats on pulling it off. Thats one thing I do like about brine is the hardness you can get with these steels. Its just the pucker factor when your doing it.

Great job and that oak looks killer all finished up. Was curious how good it would look once finished.

Oh and kick ass job on the sheath as well. Your hand stitching is looking really good. I think thats the hardest part of leather work is getting the hand stitching (saddle stitch) looking even and consistent.
 
For years I have been a D.E. Henry fan and I am starting to get the same feeling towards our current work.

The knife is sick brother...damn!
 
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Looove this one! of course that's what I say evertime I see any knife you make :D ;) I never woulda thought that it woud be harder to fully harden a 1095 etc. blade than it would be to do a time/temp hamon! Also very cool effects goin on with the wood, never seen anything like it. Thanks for sharing man, you're means to perfection is very inspiring :thumbup:

-Paul
 
It doesn't get much better fit and finish wise! looks like a lot of time invested.
 
That is just so pretty.

Those stripes in the wood are different, makes me keep looking at it.





The leather stamp is a really nice touch, that sheath deserves it and otherwise I'd have assumed it was a PL sheath.


The guard tips are really thin, are those thinner than you have done before?

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