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Big Smitty

Big Smitty

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Here is the latest knife I put together. It is for a 73 year young friend that is an avid hunter. I got it made just in time for the Kentucky deer season.

Here are the specs:

Blade-1095 full flat grind 1/8" thick, 1 1/4" wide, Blade tip to handle 4 1/4", OAL 9". This is my first effort with a self CAD designed blade that David at Great Lakes Waterjet cut out for me, he did a great job.

Handle - Natural canvas micarta, pins mosaic, 1/4" lanyard tube with a 550 para cord hangman's knot.

Sheath - 8 - 9 oz double stiched with antique brown finish with bees wax and pine tar water proofing.

Heat Treat - Thanks to Kevin Cashen for help here, normalized and quenched in Parks #50 (from Patrick, thanks!), tempered at 400 for 2 hours. Hardened up real nice!

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Hey Smitty,

GREAT looking knife there. Looks like it was made to be used, and don't let that statement take anything away from the appearance/finish. It all looks great. Your friend will be VERY pleased. And if he's not, send it to me :D.

--nathan
 
A lucky friend you have, no nonsense superb looking knife. I guess the people with many years experience (old people I mean) appreciate more the function than the look. They don't expect fancy gadgets around, just plain practical tools, and your knife seem to have that simplicity and practicality. Superb work :thumbup:

PS. I was looking your previous posts: Did you order and experiment with D2? I guess you wont have difficulties I have experienced with that kind of steel. I just like to hear other fellows' D2 experiences...
 
galadduin-Thanks for the comments, it was meant to be a no nonsense user knife. The guy I made it for is a german immigrant that was a furniture maker, carpenter and home builder who has done very well for himself. He knows the attributes of high carbon steel and the edge holding capabilities. He used to make his own chisels for his wood working and he understands edged tool making and heat treating quite well even though he has never made knives before. he is a very interesting person to talk to. I gave him the knife this weekend and he really liked it.

As for the D2, I did order some. I have ground one blade out of it and it did grind quite nicely. I have yet to have the blade heat treated as I am going to have to outsource the heat treat since I do not have an oven. So far so good though.
 
I have a neighbor, owns a furniture company, he is a carpenter. I know what you mean, they always depend on the quality of their cutlery. My neighbor is also very interested in steels and he understands the steel composition and heat transformations. These people are much more living with blades and sharp objects then we are, surely we can benefit from their views of the trade and it is some quite challenging to make a knife for them. I'm also making a hunter for him and it is very stressful as he will be much more critical with the design and performance...
Good luck.
Emre
 
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