oosick fighter

atakach

atakach

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this is one i finished a couple years ago, and never had any decent photos of. Recently the owner agreed to send it back , let me re finish it (had blood stains from a deer on it), and send out for photography. I went with Mitchell Cohen for the photos , and im very pleased with his work.

The knife is a san mai of 01 and nickle over a high carbon core. the fittings are all the same 01 and nickle composition. The handle is walrus oosick.

The sheath was done by Robert Jones

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Looks nice Andy,
I'm trying to figure out the steel. You say san-mai? I dont see that. Please expand on your technique for us Senior Citizens.
 
It's a nice knife, beautiful handle.

The steel... I have mixed feelings about that. Guess I would have to see it "live" to really know if I like it or not. As I see from the pic - I don't.

Kind regards,

Jos
 
Thanks fellas....and your senior citizen talent far surpasses my humble attempt at knife making...but I will explain. Apologies in advance for grammatical errors . I'm doing this from.my phone.

anyway. started with a piece of 01 , 3/4" thick 2 1/2" wide and.about 12" long. Laid out 1/8" holes uniformly every 1/2" across the.steel. then took Ni rods with the flux knocked of and stuck in each whole and peened both sides. (Couple hundred of.them) . Then welded. I then took half of what was welded and.made into flat stock and cut in two pieces. I surface ground the two pieces and tacked together with a piece of high carbon inbetween , forge welded and drew out. so it is a San Mai type construction. but it isn't intended to look that way. I had to.put a core in the so I could make sure I didn't have any nickel fall on the edge.

the guard and butt cap material was taken from the bIllet before the core was welded in.

Hope I didn't butcher that explanation to bad.

Andrew
 
Interesting procedure Andy. I like the unique look of the nickel rods. Nothing gives more contrast than nickel.
Love the guard and oosick handle too.
 
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