One I Made For ME!

Greg Covington

Greg Covington

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I have been wanting to replace my Randall 14 for quite awhile now so rather than spend the $$, I decided to forge my own. It is 5160 from the bottom leaf spring of a Dodge pickup. The blade is 3/8" thick at the guard and has a nice distal taper. Triple quenched, 3X temper.

It has a brass guard silver soldered in place with G10 and brass spacers with an osage orange handle.

I made the sheath from 8-9 oz leather, complete with rivets. Stone pouch holds a folding DMT stone.

I still miss my Randall though....it was a rare one with 5/16" stock. Traded it for a Bagwell :D

Greg Covington
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:eek: Wow!!! :eek:

Greg, don't trade that one away! What a rocker, man. That's a beautiful handle and I'd give a lot to heft that bad boy. In fact, why don't you go ahead and send it on over; I'll send it back in a day or two... Honest!

We get Osage Orange around here, people call it Hedge. I have a piece of trunk about 8" in diameter but I've been afraid to try to cut it up because I've heard so many horror stories about working it. They use if for fence posts because nothing can touch it, it's virtually permanent.

You're giving Randall a run for their money, I'd take that one any day. In fact... :D

Dave
 
Now Thats A Knife!!!!!!!
Really Awesome Work..
That is definately a keeper for sure.
I have been using some Osage here lately and It looks great to me.
Definately hard to cut if you let it dry first.
Bruce
 
WOW, that is a beauty Greg!!! Super nice lines and excellent execution!

I'd hang onto it for sure!!!! :D :D :D

Nick

Thanks for sharing :)
 
That knife looks as nicely executed as any model 14 I have seen. Great job!
 
Thanks for all the compliments!

I have been doing alot of cutting with this knife and it does real well. The osage wood is great to use. I cut it with a scroll saw and the rough ground it on a 36 grit belt and did all the rest of the shaping with a wood rasp. Gave it two coats of Tru Oil and then steel wooled it...then 5 coats of minwax.

Here is another pic which better shows the grind.

Greg Covington
Bladesmith
Covington Edged Weaponry
 

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Wow! That's one massive hunk of steel. Looks good...really nice clean lines, and as others have mentioned, great sheath.
 
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