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Old Hickory

Thanks! I spent a little more time on the bevel. I ended up walking to my dad's house to use his belt sander to finish it off. I also smoothed the spine out a little more too. And you can tell, the handle finally soaked up the oil and has a nice satin finish to it. Now all that's left is to sharpen it up and scrounge some leather for a nice lefty sheath
 
Old Hickory knives are really great knives. My kitchen block is full of them. I cut down one of the large butcher knives they make and it has become the go to knife for most jobs when I cook. That thing will take a scary sharp edge. Little grape tomatoes tremble at the sight.
 
Chris Pierce said:
That's a really nice looking knife. I've got some plans for my old hickory butcher knife....
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Haha awesome! We'll the more and more I look at this thing, I think it's still a little to large for EDC. I'm going to work it down a little more and I think I'm happier with the new size plan. I'm going to work on it a little bit during my lunch break today so I'll post some update pictures when I get done
 
Hey guys, just wanted to share my progress with y'all. I finished up all the shaping and sanding I'm going to do to this knife. There are a few scratches left that I didn't quite get out but I may deal with that later. I still need to do the final sharpening but I didn't want to cut myself while making the sheath. I still need to do a few finishing touches on the sheath but overall I'm happy with how this project turned out

 
And now a little stain for the leather. I don't have actual leather stain so I used so Minwax wood stain. I think it turned out pretty good. Once it is completely cured I'll give it a liberal coat of sno-seal
 
Done-zo! I sanded down the edge of the sheath and applied sno-seal for a nice waxy finish. And I took some time this morning to sharpen up the knife too. I think this is going to make me happy as a work knife

 
Well done, congrats! I enjoyed seeing the pics of the progression, you have inspired me to do something similar with some upcoming vacation time
 
I love le Opinel 8 Carbone for cardboard. I also love this Old Hick modification. Myself, I am such a freak- for some reason I find myself resistant to pulling the trigger on trimming down the (kinda large for my utility purposes) 7" blade on the the non-vintage OH that I bought, which cost a whopping $7 ish. As if I will do irreparable damage to some unique heirloom tool, lol. Something tells me I need to make a move- its a cool knife that would see more use with a lil tweakage.
 
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Thanks guys. pjackst, just do it. It's a good bit of work but totally worth it. I did end up putting a patina on the blade to protect it. I noticed some rust forming on the blade so I decided to give it a head star on the patina. The sheath works out nicely, it's stout and has good retention. I used it all day today at work. I was a little diss appointed in the edge retention but it is very easy to touch up with a little stropping. All in all, this guy is happy
 
here is a 7" Old Hickory butcher knife project. my knife was in rough shape when I started, and I cut the handle off rather than the blade. seems to work better for me, and is turning into a great edc. crotch oak for the handle scales, used j b weld for glue to fill some slight gaps between blade and underside of scales, watco oil finish

sharpened with scandi grind to zero edge using water stones thru 1000 grit, then stropped. All ready to go.
 
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Nice looking blade work. It is really a good looking finished knife. Looks like an ideal deer skinning knife. Love the shape of the blade. All you need now is a good custom sheath. "BRAVO"!!

Omar
 
That's pretty cool! I ended up giving the one I made to my grandma. She said she wanted a knife that I had made so I passed on the OH to her. I still have the tip that I cut of and am planning to make a small skinner out of it
 
Has anyone doing these OH modifications considered bringing it to a higher RC? Seems that it runs low 50 to upper 40s, perfect for kitchen and should make it pretty tough for rough use, but something in the mid to upper 50s should hold the edge longer. I like my OH paring knife but the steel is mighty soft.
 
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