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richard rosvall

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any comments or criticism appreciated. Both are O-1, stainless pins and lanyard liners, black paper micarta and white corian. I tried some filework that I wanted to be organic-looking as opposed to precise and symmetrical. The Wharncliffe is in the hands of my wife, the chef, to see how the heat-treat performs.
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Thanks for any input!
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Richard,
I LIKE! Especially the top one with black scales. Very nice lines! Could you give the edge and overall length?

 
Both knives look great Richard, but I especially like the lines of the white one and the file work on it. Did you use a grinder to make the knives? I'm about half complete on a small clip point blade courtesy of Jonesy's tutorial on KF.com. Just using files, a drill, and hacksaw. It's definitely taking plenty of elbow grease.



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jeff
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those are great. you have a good feel for the true ergomonic's of the hand. most knife design's are gear more to production cost's,imo love to see more.

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Laurence Segal www.RHINOKNIVES.com
 
I like the Wharncliffe best. Let us know how well that design works in a kitchen.

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~~TOM~~
 
Nice, Richard! I like them. Tell us more about how you made/heat-treat them.
 
Oooh! Lookin' good Richard. I love the bottom one. Very sleek and pleasing to the eye.
 
I dont know how big the black handled one is, but the style would make a great neck knife. In fact, I may go try to grind something like that this weekend.

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Danbo, soul brother of Rambo
 
Thanks for the positive feedback, folks. These are both kind of small- the wharncliffe is 6 3/4" oal, the other is 4 1/4" oal. Anything larger I can't seem to heat-treat right with my little MAPP gas outfit. Should be getting an oxy-acytelene set-up very soon. I've been using Allen Blade's formula for heat-treat and temper that I found on a search here, and so far it has been working great. Appreciate the kind words, and much thanks to all the great makers here who are so generous with their knowledge.
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Nice little blades, Richard!
Why didn't you tell that you were at knifemaking before?!
I specialy liked the black handled one.
Congratulations!

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Ivan Campos
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Gee, I like the wharncliff better, but I really like the file-work on the other...I'm so confused!
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Richard they both look great! You may want to consider another alternative of heat treating before you sink a couple hundred into a oxy/acetelene outfit. (I had one an had the same problems you have with the mapp gas when I tried to do larger blades).
Harbor freight has a propane torch that hooks up to a 20 gallon tank (like your barbacue uses). Its got a 2 1/2' wand with a knob and a lever actuated air venturi. The know adjusts gas flow, and when you squeeze the lever, you get a 8" diameter 3' long flame (they claim 4600 degrees). Works great for heat treating and only costs about 2o.00.
I just dry stack a few fire bricks to make a little kiln, prop the blade up in there with some wire and let fly. Heats to non-magnetic in 2-3 min.
Good luck,
Ed
 
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