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Here are a few recent pieces out of my shop. Please give me your thoughts.
-Peter
Company colors and logo:
J.D.'s 40th.
Blade: 4 1/8" x approx 3/16" of hand forged 1084(Aldo), flat ground and hand sanded to 600 grit.
Handle: Orange G10, Ebony liners and bolsters, carbon fiber pins, s.s. lanyard tube with a leather lanyard and bead of the same handle material.
Sheath: 6/7 oz veg tanned leather(W&C) left with a natural finish, embossed and dyed J.D. Collision and Towing logo.
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And, a piece for a local hunter:
Little Lorraine Hunter:
Blade: 6 3/4" x 1/8" of 1084 high carbon steel(Aldo) flat ground and hand sanded to 600 grit.
Handle: Lightly figured Cape Breton Yellow Birch with Bloodwood and Ash liners, domed and polished s.s pins, s.s. lanyard tube with a leather lanyard and bead of the same handle material
Sheath: 6/7 oz veg tanned leather(W&C) lightly wet molded.
And finally a piece with a firesteel and dangler belt loop as requested:
Paul's Camp Fighter
Blade: 7 3/8" x approx 3/16" of brute de forge W2 carbon steel(Aldo), flat ground and hand sanded to 1200 grit then etched and polished to reveal a nice hamon.
Handle: Contoured natural Redwood burl(Burl Source) with Ebony liners and bolsters, carbon fiber pins, s.s lanyard tube with a moose hide lanyard and bead turned from that same handle material.
Sheath: 6/7 oz veg tanned leather(W&C) with Redwood inlay and turned Ebony stud. The firesteel has a handle of Redwood and Ebony as well. The dangler belt loop has a handmade steel D-ring.
-Peter
Company colors and logo:
J.D.'s 40th.
Blade: 4 1/8" x approx 3/16" of hand forged 1084(Aldo), flat ground and hand sanded to 600 grit.
Handle: Orange G10, Ebony liners and bolsters, carbon fiber pins, s.s. lanyard tube with a leather lanyard and bead of the same handle material.
Sheath: 6/7 oz veg tanned leather(W&C) left with a natural finish, embossed and dyed J.D. Collision and Towing logo.
And, a piece for a local hunter:
Little Lorraine Hunter:
Blade: 6 3/4" x 1/8" of 1084 high carbon steel(Aldo) flat ground and hand sanded to 600 grit.
Handle: Lightly figured Cape Breton Yellow Birch with Bloodwood and Ash liners, domed and polished s.s pins, s.s. lanyard tube with a leather lanyard and bead of the same handle material
Sheath: 6/7 oz veg tanned leather(W&C) lightly wet molded.
And finally a piece with a firesteel and dangler belt loop as requested:
Paul's Camp Fighter
Blade: 7 3/8" x approx 3/16" of brute de forge W2 carbon steel(Aldo), flat ground and hand sanded to 1200 grit then etched and polished to reveal a nice hamon.
Handle: Contoured natural Redwood burl(Burl Source) with Ebony liners and bolsters, carbon fiber pins, s.s lanyard tube with a moose hide lanyard and bead turned from that same handle material.
Sheath: 6/7 oz veg tanned leather(W&C) with Redwood inlay and turned Ebony stud. The firesteel has a handle of Redwood and Ebony as well. The dangler belt loop has a handmade steel D-ring.
