Recurve Hunter

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I know what you guys are thinking. "Another Recurve..." But I love 'em. This one is more of a Hunter design with a 3.5" CPM154CM blade 5/32" thick brought to a high polish with 4.5" burgundy micarta linen handles. I used three different size corby screws for a tapered effect on the handle. I like this one. It was a lot of fun to make and I almost couldn't wait to finish it. Sorry my pics suck. I'm not much of a photog.:D But, I tried to show it from different views to pick up the grind lines.
-John
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Looks like a great little user. I am about to use some of that same maroon micarta on a couple of chute knives at the customers request, I like it!
Looks good!
 
Jim,
It almost looks a little brown. I think it has somewhat of a "wood" look to it from a couple of feet away. Thanks for the comments.
-John
 
That looks great. I bet it will skin with the best of them. Not a huge fan of the high polish, since they don't stay that way for long. They look great, but don't last very long with any sort of use. But of course that is just my opinion. The knife looks great though. Bet it feels good in the hand too.

Charles
 
CShepherd...I as a knifemaker am interested in you comment about high polished not staying that way long...could you elaborate a bit so I understand where you are coming from?
Thanks,
PS...Not trying to hijack the thread...just curious.
 
I agree that the high polish doesn't stay that way for long, but I do think it resist staining better than a satin finished blade. I'm indifferent, I like all finishes; satin, polished, bead blasted, hand finished, tumbled, it doesn't matter to me. But I get a lot of people asking for a polished blade. On a different note, your can hide some imperfections with other finishes, but you can't hide anything on a polished blade. The grind has to be really good on a polished blade or it will look like crap. I think only hand finishing takes more time too. I kind of think of it like going that extra mile on the blade. That's just my $0.02.
 
Stag & Steel said:
CShepherd...I as a knifemaker am interested in you comment about high polished not staying that way long...could you elaborate a bit so I understand where you are coming from?
Thanks,
PS...Not trying to hijack the thread...just curious.
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It seems like, in my experience with both knives and guns with a high polish finish, that very little use is needed before scratches start showing. In all reality what is happening is that any finish will actually take scratches with useage but the high polish will show them quicker, and more, than a satin or 400 grit finish.

I do admire the high polish finishes, especially understanding what it takes to make them, just don't care for them for knives I'm interested in, or making. I like "user" knives and don't want to worry about keeping a finish shiny. For collectors they seem to be the thing as they show any imperfections in forging or grinding such as waves. Just a matter of preference.

I will agree that the rougher finishes are more proned to rusting/taking a patina due to the increases surface area, but a funny correlations is that a satin blade will also hold oil better due to the surface imperfections.

Hope that clarified/qualified my statement.

Charles

p.s. love the shape of that knife and would love to have one with a 400 grit finish or so.
 
That's a nice knife :thumbup: really like the blade shape top and bottom.

Looks darn nice to me IMO :thumbup: ;) nice the three sizes of screws, great stuff.

Also, clean classic handle shape that anyone or everyone can hang on to, with a good sized finger guard built in, well done.
 
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