Ringed Gidgee Bowie

TK Steingass

TK Steingass

Knifemaker - Buckeye
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Greetings All:

I really like Ringed Gidgee - it's hard as hell, durable, and has beautiful oxblood color and figure. I hand sanded the wood to 2500 grit and gave it a couple coats of Johnson's Paste Wax to bring out the figure - no buffer on this wood! :) All comments welcome.

V/R,

TK

.250" W-2 stock
Differential heat treat with clay
Parks 50 quench
12 3/4" OAL
7 1/2" Flat ground blade - 1 7/8" wide
Exhibition grade Ringed Gidgee
Sharpened swedge
Soldered stainless S-Guard
Coined stainless spacers
Reverse fullered copper spacer
Copper inlay in rounded butt
8-10 oz RH vertical sheath

 
Wonderful Bowie my friend....[emoji106][emoji631]


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Wonderful piece.

Love the overall design
 
I think this is my favorite of your "large" knives.
One of those knife photos that leaves me wondering just how the knife would feel in hand, awesome, I bet.
 
Thanks for the kind words fellas - much appreciated :)
 
Great to see our Aussie woods put to the best use . Third hardest wood in the world by the way , and definitely one of the most beautiful.
 
So stunning work.. I swear one day I am going to save up and own one of your knives.

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This is getting ridiculous. Every knife you post is just phenomenal ....this one is no different! :D Love that handle material. Like to see it next to one of your KOA handles. Tough choice!
 
Tim

Beautiful job - I especially like the copper accent in the butt!
Something you don't often see, and it complements the spacer nicely

Ringed gidgee is an awesome wood and tough as nails!

When I was in Australia last year, I was at a bar in Palm Coast that had some gidgee used as railing - I was tempted to cut off a piece :p

Bill
 
PARKERKNIVES said:
Great to see our Aussie woods put to the best use . Third hardest wood in the world by the way , and definitely one of the most beautiful.
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Thanks! I know what you mean about hard - I had to use a jack hammer for the inlay :)
 
billf said:
Tim

Beautiful job - I especially like the copper accent in the butt!
Something you don't often see, and it complements the spacer nicely

Ringed gidgee is an awesome wood and tough as nails!

When I was in Australia last year, I was at a bar in Palm Coast that had some gidgee used as railing - I was tempted to cut off a piece :p

Bill
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Hi Bill - thanks for the kind words. My niece spent a year in Australia, the last six weeks by herself in the bush country. I recently made her a Camp Master - CPM 3V, triple tempered for toughness, with Ringed Gidgee scales. Talk about a tough knife, eh?
 
I just sent a box of wood over to Mark from burl source and it contains a wood called Balar . It is denser and possibly harder than Gidgee, not quite a pretty but man is it a hard wearer . Forget about using a wood saw on it , good by teeth .
 
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