Refining my slip joint

[Randy3000]

I made this guy

3.5" closed length, 2.5" edge length, O1 tool steel, crimson wormgroove bone, nickel silver bolsters and relieved brass liners.

I will make a dozen more in different configurations. Different handle materials, long bolsters, fluted bolsters, shields, etc. I have everything down but the pin placement. I would have domed these pins but i had to peen them way too much and couldnt get my spinner down around them. I need to resolve that and the pin placement.

 

[fishface5]

Looks pretty darn good! Half stop? How is the walk and talk?

 

[Wowbagger]

HELL I LIKE IT !
It is right up my alley : single blade, robust handle, some traction on the handle.
In the photos it looks like a much larger knife; it looks like the blade is over 3 1/2 inch and handle a bit longer.
I'm so used to seeing that type of handle polished and more rounded that the knife looks "stiff" to me but it is growing on me.
Keep up the good work !

 

[Randy3000]

Looks pretty darn good! Half stop? How is the walk and talk?

Yes, half stop, flush in all positions. The tang corners are square and barely radiused so it has a nice smooth feel all the way through.

 

[Randy3000]

HELL I LIKE IT !
It is right up my alley : single blade, robust handle, some traction on the handle.
In the photos it looks like a much larger knife; it looks like the blade is over 3 1/2 inch and handle a bit longer.
I'm so used to seeing that type of handle polished and more rounded that the knife looks "stiff" to me but it is growing on me.
Keep up the good work !

I wanted to preserve the coloration of the bone around the edges, which i prefer on wormgroove. To do that, i cant contour the handle, and can only get away with so much radiusing of the edges. Especially around the bolsters, it is difficult but possible to keep the coloration and not have it fade out like almost every production knife.