Ontario Old Hickory knives, Garbage, or Gold?

Hi Welt,

If memory serves, I believe it is either "Bocote wood" or "Curly Birch extreme". It's beautiful wood and JKL did a fantastic job on this knife which was once a broken/snapped in half (I suspect) 10"-12" vintage Old Hickory Butcher Knife. I found the broken knife in a junk pile and I could see a Diamond in the rough. There was about.....six inches of blade remaining. I'm lucky to own two knives that JKL reworked/modified for me before (sadly) no longer taking orders. Thanks Welt for your kind words regarding my knife.

Regards,
HARDBALL
 
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This is a before picture. They looked a lot better after a little work.
My wife picked up these at a garage sale for less than $5 (it even came with a rack so you could mount it on a wall).
At first I was not too enthusiastic because I am so used to stainless blades and I found the rust and patinas off-putting. Finally I decided to give them a try after a little TLC and I now use them almost exclusively. They sharpen so easily and cut very well. I'm trying to find a chef's knife now.
 
Many of you know the Old Hickory knife line made by Ontario Knife. They are solid basic high carbon steel kitchen knives that are great values. I love to mod them since you can get these knives for less than $10. This was a 7" blade kitchen knives that I cut and re-profiled the blade, blued the blade, reworked and sanded the hickory scales and finished with a light coat of finger rubbed tong oil. This knives are easy to sharpen and hold a very nice edge. It makes a nice inexpensive camp/utility/feasting knife. The sheath pictured here is another good value, its a leather sheath made of the Kabar fighting knife and it fits these OH knives perfectly.
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