New work -at last! (mistakenly posted in for sale)

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I meant to post this here but mistakenly posted on the for sale forum.

Some new work -finally!

After a long drought, these are the first knives I made since June. I bought a new grinder a month ago and got these out in between my other work load. I sent them out for sheaths this morning so I can only guess at the length. They are 11 - 11.5" with 5.5-6.5" blades. The steel is 440C and Paul boss did the HT.

All hollow ground 5/32" & 3/16" stock. The flats are mirror polish and the grinds are satin finish (hand sanded). The upswept has a stabilized Madrone Burl and Black walnut handle. The straight blade is figured Cocobolo and stabilized box elder. The drop point fighter(?) is black linen micarta. Along the way I got lots of assistance/help/advice/mentoring etc. from Jim Siska, Rene Roy, Dan Gary, R.J. Martin, Indian George and the Necka folks & others. Good equipment and patience helps, but an open attitude within the community is what brings it all together.

I have a couple others in similar styles. Brought these and some older knives to my first show yesterday and actually sold a knife! Definitely a good feeling. I will be posting these and some other new ones for sale as soon as I get the sheaths back. Enjoying this a lot and look forward to doing are as a part-time (underlined!) adventure.

Stay sharp - Bob
 

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Bob you have some major talent going there. Those are some great knives, thanks for sharing.

Dave
 
I got to handle Bob's knives this past Sunday at the NCCA's show and must say he is doing some outstanding work.:D :D :D
 
I really like the looks of this one:

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Great work!

-SB
 
Thanks for the kind words, folks. Just got a metal cutting bandsaw in and I get to try it on some 154CM I got from Crucible - that will be the next batch.

Bob
 
E. V. & Will -thanks. I like to think that metal and handle materials can be almost shaped like clay. I've worked in a lot of materials, but until I started with knives I never had a clue that these materials could formed into such a variety of shapes. I have to admit that I was stunned at the wealth of talent and variety I saw when I picked up my first "Knives Annual" - which led to goping to my first knife show and then, well...you know the rest of the story....

As an aside...and another topic, I have been around trades and crafts for a long time and it frosts my butt to see talented makers turned away from art shows and crafts shows.. another .02 from me as I digress....


Bob
 
your the man Bob nice nice and nice..:)
no stopping you now the bug is in you but good..
Let me know what you like the 154CM?:D
 
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