Resolute 5" - First knife I've finished in nearly 5 months!

aarongough

aarongough

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This one has been a long time coming! This knife is the culmination of all the testing and learning I've been doing over the last 4+ months...

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Specs:
  • Blade material: A2 tool steel @ 62.5HRC
  • Overall length: 9-5/8" (244mm)
  • Blade length: 5" (127mm)
  • Blade thickness at spine: 5/32" (4mm)
  • Blade coating: Cerakote
  • Weight: 7.7oz (220g)
  • Handle material: G10 - black w/ toxic green liners

Things I'm happy with:
  • The blade coating (Cerakote), took a bit of testing and practice but I'm very happy with how it came out!
  • I'm very happy with the heat-treatment too. The steel is very hard (62.5HRC) but also still very tough! I think there's still even more left in this steel though, I'm going to continue experimenting!


Things I'd do differently next time:
  • The pin holes in the tang were drilled 0.003" oversize to allow the pins to be test-fitted easily. Unfortunately this also caused a bit of slop that made it impossible to get the handle slabs perfectly aligned during the final glue-up. Next time I would drill the holes right on size to prevent this.
  • I accidentally burned a section of the G10 near the butt when shaping the handle. Disc grinders heat up the material much more than a belt grinder! I've gotten spoiled with my belt grinder...
  • Using anti-scale compound has been giving me problems with decarb. Next time I will be heat-treating in foil to avoid this.

Let me know if you guys have any feedback, constructive criticism or suggestions!

A few random WIP photos:

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PaMtnBkr said:
Hey Aaron,
Love your knives! Very clean! Your videos are also very helpful!! Thank you!
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Thanks mate! Glad you've found the videos helpful! Plenty more of them to come as I've found that I very much enjoy making them!
 
Great looking blade. I would think that a nice blue or red liner would look outstanding (just IMHO). Really like it.
 
Chewy1 said:
Just beautiful. Love the way the liners set off the whole knife.
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Thanks! The liners were inspired by a friend of mine.. I helped him make a Resolute of his own (in exchange for him bringing my KMG grinder across the border), and he wanted black scales and orange liners. After I saw his I had to have one with bright liners too!
 
quint said:
Great looking blade. I would think that a nice blue or red liner would look outstanding (just IMHO). Really like it.
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Thanks! I actually have one coming up in the next few weeks with red liners, I'll be curious to see how it turns out!
 
machine1960 said:
Simple yet elegant! This is a work of a genius! Another beauty. Well done.
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Thanks mate! I may still gently sandblast the handle scales on this one, the G10 ended up a little too slippery for my liking, apart from that I'm very happy with this knife!

I made the basic sheath the other day:
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I'm waiting on some heavy nylon webbing now so I can make a belt loop for it. Tried a number of tek-lock style clips and haven't much liked any of them...
 
Crisp comes to mind If I had to describe this knife in one word.
Nice work.
 
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