Official KITH Photo Thread

[MSCantrell]

Ta da!

 

[tattooedfreak]

Ok, so I finished the knife yesterday and the sheath tonight. I just need to sharpen the blade but for all intents and purposes, it is done. They are both O1, the top one is cocobolo 4" blade, 4.5" handle and the bottom is macassar ebony, 3.75" blade, 4" handle. I want to ask which one I should put in but I think I will put in the cocobolo. This pic is just a place holder until they are sharpened, at which time I will replace this with a better shot.

and apparently I take the crappiest pics ever. They look much better in person.

 

[GrizzlyBear]

Ta da!

Nice! Is that some type of a 'pocket sheath' for the back pocket?

 

[GrizzlyBear]

Wow, there are some absolutely fantastic knives in this exchange!! I hope to be of enough caliber next year to participate as well!!

 

[MSCantrell]

Nice! Is that some type of a 'pocket sheath' for the back pocket?

Yep, exactly.
I've been carrying a similar model in the same sheath (it's a purchased sheath, I don't make 'em) for about a year and it's awesome. As far as I can tell, it's the only way to carry a fixed blade that's both convenient and inconspicuous.

 

[J. Hoover]

KITH 2010

And one quick pic of where it was made

I know, I know I need to clean my shop!! My grinder is not visible in the pic, I was standing beside that badboy when I snapped the picture.

 

[Darrin Sanders]

Nice looking piece Mr. Hoover, mind giving the specs and materials?

 

[GrizzlyBear]

Joseph- That looks about the size of my little shop/shed I had built. Mine's a 10x12, what size is yours?

 

[bacustomknives]

kith 2010

and one quick pic of where it was made

i know, i know i need to clean my shop!! My grinder is not visible in the pic, i was standing beside that badboy when i snapped the picture.

Joe,
the best thing i see in that shop is that damn chair, i need one like that to set my lazyself in lol, i have a barstool with no back, must be nice to be joe hoover!!!
bill

 

[J. Hoover]

Thanks Bill, if you look real close you can see my stool behind the chair with my work apron hanging over it. I only use the chair when I'm waiting on one of the ovens to reach temp, don't you see the barbell laying on the floor in front of it!!!!

Hi Craig, my little shop is 12X24 and getting crowded as you can see. I have a shed off one side for my forge, anvil, dust collector, lawnmowers, ect., and I plan on expanding off the other side with a 12X24 conrete floor addition to add some room. For now though this will have to do, it's amazing how much stuff you can aquire over time.

Certainly Darrin, I should have done it in the first place. The knife was made using 1095 X 3/16 steel. It is 8 inches overall with a 3 1/2 inch cutting edge. Sheath was made using 8-9 ounce vegetable tanned leather. Scales are Santa Red G10 with holiday brass 1/4 inch flared tubing.

 

[silver_pilate]

Well, I decided to go ahead and enter with the wharncliff I had posted earlier. Here it is ready to go with a fresh kydex sheath and mini tek lok.

--nathan

 

[J. Hoover]

Sweet little Wharnie and sheath, someone is going to be happy with that one

 

[jonnymac44]

Damn that's a mighty nice wharnie Nathan:thumbup::thumbup: I love the lines on that one, and the grind is really crisp. Should make somebody a very happy camper.

Nice work all over in this thread!

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Here is Patrick Burns' knife:

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

34 people have posted all the required things, or contacted me.
That only leaves -

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[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Anthony has dropped out, so the 34 folks who are ready are the KITH. I will wait until Monday to draw, since I have extended the deadline to midnight Dec5.

These are the folks sending a knife.......and getting a knife:

Kith list 2010
Stacy Apelt-Bladsmth
Jason Carter
Michael Cantrell
Dan Pierson
Stan Buzek
Joseph Hoover - Denim
Stefano Bramato -Mostho
Charles Steffes-Clayton - zaph
Matthew Joeseph - Ob1
Rob Loveday
Mark Knapp
Sean Waite - tattooed freak
Rusty McDonald
Mark Redmond
Shawn Tardiff - Shawnfu
Nathan Burgess - silver pilate
Michael Hoover - Redrum
Michael Counts - Michael C
Patrick Burns - Arcadia knives
Robert Silver - Butchesforge
Mike Deibert **%
David Hall - Jasperdog032469
Justin Reeder - Clemson Reeder
Steve Schantz - medtech
Luke Smith - coolhandluke4
Darren Sanders
Jim Adams - Black Toe Knives
Bruce Culberson
Gustavo Valdez - gusval
Ron Flaherty
Ken Hall - Khall
Bill Akers - Bacustomknives
Josh Dabney
Larry Connelly - lrc

 

[arcadiaknives]

Stacy, Thanks for getting my photo posted.

My entry is a "Bee & Trout" Knife made for a good friend that has Bee's and raises his own trout. He wanted a skinning knife instead so this one is for the KITH. It is wicked sharp and feels like a scalpel in the hand. The specs are:

Forged from an old file
7" OAL
2 3/4" Cutting Edge
G11 Handle Material
3 Copper Pins
Copper Thong Tube
Leather Sheath

It looks and feels way better than picture shows.
There are so many fine knives entered here.

Thanks,

Patrick Burns

 

[gusval]

ready !!

Frame lock, titanium and 01 steel
Bronze bushing and washers, steel pivot
Ti bushing and steel pivots for Standoff
made all parts minus the screws.

Dimensions:
Blade .125 stock
2.8 inch cutting edge
3.40 From center of pivot to point
6.80 open
3.950 close
.370 Thick

titanium and 01 steel

 

[Atlas Knife Company]

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Oooh, That's a folder I would like to carry. . . .

 

[SBuzek]

Very Nice Gusval,Slick and Clean.
Stan