New Knife, Feedback?

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smartanimal

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This one is my 5th i think. Made it as a Father's Day gift for my dad. It's going to be a tackle box knife.

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Things I would do differently:
I got overzealous finishing the front of the scales and ground too much off. The pin shoudn't be that close to the edge. I solved it design-wise with the chicken bone shaped handle which is actually really comfortable in hand, but it still bugs me.

Would also be cleaner with the epoxy, thought i got it all. Otherwise, I really dig the design of this knife--

It's 1/8" O1 tool steel, chisel ground with secondary bevel with Ironwood scales. This was my first time working with Ironwood and it absolutely beat the crap out of my 60 grit ceramic belt. I ended up using a hammer and chisel to get rid of most of the excess wood before i brought it back to the 4 x 36 to do the forming. I actually did the bulk of the forming of the handle on the slack part of the belt, then just smoothed it all out with sandpaper up to 1500 grit.

Handle is a 3 finger grip.
 
Holy crap that knife is thin! Ironwood, cocobola, all that stuff murders belts...and flap wheels. With cocobola, it's so oily that the belts get all clogged up. Get a belt eraser thing if you don't already have one, they help! Very unique!
 
Nic. said:
Holy crap that knife is thin! Ironwood, cocobola, all that stuff murders belts...and flap wheels. With cocobola, it's so oily that the belts get all clogged up. Get a belt eraser thing if you don't already have one, they help! Very unique!
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Thanks! Yea i need a belt cleaner asap. I love the look of ironwood, i could do without the smell though.
Re: the shape, I started it as a scalpel / kiridashi kind of setup and had no idea what I would do with the handle since it was so thin. The ironwood I had laying around was 1/4" thick so I figured I'd go for it and just see how I would solve the challenge as I went. I definitely learned a lot.
 
My first thought was, are you going to call it the Chicken Bone? :)

I should add, I do like it. It's unique and interesting.
 
Brock47 said:
My first thought was, are you going to call it the Chicken Bone? :)

I should add, I do like it. It's unique and interesting.
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haha that's funny you should mention that, when i put it on my instagram, that's exactly what I called it. It's crazy what comes up from my subconscious when solving design problems. Chicken wings solve everything.
 
Awesome looking knife. I really dig the blade and handle shape. The Desert Ironwood looks great as well.
 
smartanimal said:
haha that's funny you should mention that, when i put it on my instagram, that's exactly what I called it. It's crazy what comes up from my subconscious when solving design problems. Chicken wings solve everything.
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Let me guess, you were hungry when you finished it?:)
 
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