Politician's Knife

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First Twin

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We call it the "Politicians Knife". The first picture is a 4.25" hollow ground blade with a nickel silver guard and pins and a stag handle.
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The second picture is of a 4.25" flat ground blade with a nickel silver guard and pins and an African black wood handle.


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The blade steel used in both pictures is CPM S30V
It's the same knife just different views. The more I worked on this one the more confused I got. It has a thin edge and will cut deep, wide and continuously.
Sometimes you just have to have a little fun.
 
First Twin said:
We call it the "Politicians Knife".
Sometimes you just have to have a little fun.
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Charlie,
Looks like you and Harry are hav'n a blast. :thumbup: :D :thumbup:
Very nice, you need to post more often.:thumbup:

Thanks for the photo's.

T.A.Davison
 
Mark Pointen said:
Those are both really sweet. Look like cutters alright.
How thick are they?(steel)
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I think not a they but an it. Same knife different type of scales on each side. I did this once with some white wood on one side and near black on the other. Never thought of such a fitting name for it.
 
This additional picture might help clarify what I did and why it got the name "Politicians Knife". The joint between the handles is reminiscent of a great Democratic politician from Georgia that once gave a keynote address to the Republican National Convention. For a while he had the nickname "Zigzag". (At the time he wasn't proud of it.) Please excuse the dust on the blade and guard. I was in a hurry.

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First Twin said:
This additional picture might help clarify what I did and why it got the name "Politicians Knife". The joint between the handles is reminiscent of a great Democratic politician from Georgia that once gave a keynote address to the Republican National Convention. For a while he had the nickname "Zigzag". (At the time he wasn't proud of it.) Please excuse the dust on the blade and guard. I was in a hurry.

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Ahh!

Now it makes sense. I missed the fact that the two pictures were of the same knife!

BTW, how'd you cut the "zig-zag"?
 
Todd, we are having a blast! We don't get to do as much as we would like of the knives we want to make, but staying busy making knives is something a knifemaker can't complain about. Every now and then something like this gets in the works and gives us a chance to try out something different and fun.

Joe, "without giving away any trade secrets"(like there are any), when you look at the "Zigzag" keep in mind that a metal checkering file doesn't cut diamonds and band aids are better applied before you get the blisters.
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First Twin said:
Todd, we are having a blast! We don't get to do as much as we would like of the knives we want to make, but staying busy making knives is something a knifemaker can't complain about. Every now and then something like this gets in the works and gives us a chance to try out something different and fun.

Joe, "without giving away any trade secrets"(like there are any), when you look at the "Zigzag" keep in mind that a metal checkering file doesn't cut diamonds and band aids are better applied before you get the blisters.
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:) very nice!:thumbup:
 
That's very nice!!!!!

I thought it was two knives w/the same blade shape... Funny how looking at things f/a different perspective can change what you're looking at entirely.
 
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