New shop and new knives

scottishsmith24

scottishsmith24

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Hello all! For those of you that don't know I recently relocated to Southern Minnesota and as such I got a nice new shop with some fun new tools. Another bonus being that there is another knife maker in the warehouse, Jason from the Lone Star Forge. I was going to wait to post this but I getting excited about it so I thought I would share. To start off I just bought some Fitz for the first time and I fell in love fast! Okay now onto the knife, I present a san mai fighter forged from 1095 and 1070, this one fought me a bit so the pattern on either side is nowhere near identical but I think it may give the knife some character. Another problem I had was I changed to a 48 inch inkler grinder and like all new machines there is a learning curve so sadly I had the belt jump on me a few times and the plunge lines and shoulders aren't all even. But this is the inaugural piece for this grinder and my shop so I know after getting to know it a bit better I can improve on the next knives. Updates to come tomorrow, Stephen Olivo is stopping by the shop so I'm not sure how much I'll end up getting done but let me know what you think and thanks for looking.

P.S. Knife specs: 16 inches over all, 9.5 of blade and 1.5 inch blade width.

Robert Burns
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I love the lines on this guy! But it appears that the handle was mounted upside down. By that I mean, that when looking at the end of the handle it makes a wide sweep downward. And it seems the over all angle of the handle travels upward. It could b the light on the photo. I was more so curious the reason for mounting it this way?
 
You are totally spot on and I'm glad someone noticed! I did that because the thumb groove on the back of the handle allows for better control (at least in my one experience) when doing more precise slicing or even stabbing if one were to use it as a fighting knife but also having it there doesn't detract from normal use. I might go back and tweak the inside of the handle a littl bit today to make it more a little more comfortable but as it stands right now it's a very comfortable knife to hold.
 
I was thinking that, but just wasnt posititve. The way the top and bottom lines come together at that sinister point... it make it look like it wants to stab. I bet it would make a hell of a hogging blade! Is the top of the clip sharpened?
 
It's almost thin enough that I could put an edge on it but as it stand right now it's just a false edge. Here are some better photos also showing both sides. I got kind of sick yesterday so no sheath hopefully finish it today.

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Thank you very much this one was a pain! Because of the "non-uniformness" of the two sides the carbon content was different from side to side and it took me three attempts at hardening to get the dang thing straight!
 
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