One for the 'Bug-out Bag'

Karl B. Andersen

Karl B. Andersen

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...........or back pack, or glove compartment, or wherever.
Not yet done, but I was just amazed at the figure in the stabilized Bubinga and was compelled to share it.
Bubinga does happen to be near the top of my favorite handle materials.
I recently used this handle profile which I "borrowed" from Lin Rhea on one of my large choppers and wanted to see how it would coincide on a smaller knife. This is so comfortable it must be held to appreciate. I'm am truly pleased.
Mirror polished and rounded spine, which I will capture when I do my final photos, and 416 stainless guard.
Ready for TEOTWAWKI.

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very nice, I dig the double guard on that knife in particular, but it all looks good.:thumbup::cool:
 
Karl,

I like it. I think adding a copper spacer between the handle and the guard would make it even nicer (though I realize more expensive to produce). You can make it a tiny bit wider than the handle.
 
Good looking and functional knife Karl.
I think Lin initially borrowed that handle profile
from Jerry Fisk's Woojack handle design.
Cool the way design elements pass around among makers.
 
Joss said:
Karl,

I like it. I think adding a copper spacer between the handle and the guard would make it even nicer (though I realize more expensive to produce). You can make it a tiny bit wider than the handle.
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I will need to consider that.
Quite honestly, I have always leaned toward the simpler and cleaner knife "portraits".
If not incredibly and tastefully done, even the slightest addition can destroy a knife's personality.
I really did make this to get used and carried, and anything "more" might relegate this knife to the display case.
That would be a shame.
 
Lookin' good - that's some pretty wood and I like the handle design a lot.

Karl - relax - a little copper spacer isn't going to destoy thi sknife's personality or turn this knife into a frilly display queen. :p

Nice work, as always.

Roger
 
RogerP said:
Lookin' good - that's some pretty wood and I like the handle design a lot.

Karl - relax - a little copper spacer isn't going to destroy this knife's personality or turn this knife into a frilly display queen. :p

Nice work, as always.

Roger
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You sayin' I should get "frilly"?
 
Kevin Jones said:
Good looking and functional knife Karl.
I think Lin initially borrowed that handle profile
from Jerry Fisk's Woojack handle design.
Cool the way design elements pass around among makers.
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Regardless of where either of them got it, once you hold it in your hand, it is distinctively "Andersen Forge".
 
Hi Karl,

For a Bug Out Bag...you already made it "frilly" by putting wood on it.

I agree with Roger...a copper spacer isn't going to hurt at this point! :D
 
You may well have borrowed the handle from Lin Rhea, but it's still unmistakeably 'Anderson'.:thumbup:

For what my opinion is worth, I don't think it needs any copper...it looks just fine as it is.:cool:

Ian
 
Karl,

You know that I have always been a fan of your handle work and this one has a blade to match. Very nice!

I am not a fan of copper but it wouldn't take away from the elegance which is in the lines and not the material.
 
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Looks great Karl. Bubinga is a fine wood and that's a nice piece.

By the title, I was expecting to see a utilitarian piece, such as one with forging marks and cord wrapped.

That looks like a fine hunter/utility to me.

Peter
 
Bubinga is real nice. I had this custom snare drum made about 10 years ago with it. (Bottom)

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