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Jason Cutter

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GDay, this is the first knife I've made since the recent Melbourne Knife Show. The blade is 4inch, RWL-34 swedish powdered steel, HT by Hills Heat Treatment, cryo, triple temper at 59-60HRC, Handle slabs are stabilised Mallee Root Burl, courtesy of Eugene Dimitriades of XyloAustralis. 416SS fittings. Haven't made the sheath yet. The design is a strictly one-off - I haven't discovered a more satisfying way to work that finger hole. This knife already has a home, just hasn't gone there yet. Thanks for the look.

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Beautiful knife Jason. When you say "work the finger hole" do you mean you find it difficult to drill? I used to use a 1" drill bit to do kerambits but found that the hole the bit left looked like crap. I switched to a 1", carbide-tipped hole saw which cuts through anything (steel, carbon fiber) like butter. It also leaves a perfect, almost machined looking hole. They are pricey though. I believe mine was around 80 US.

Hugh
 
She's beautiful, Jason--and she's all MINE! :D

Just thought I'd show you guys a progression of how this project came to be.

I was extremely impressed by Jason's work when I visited his website for the first time and this Jigged Bluey Pro Hunter IV caught my eye:
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For most of my life I had been wanting a knife with a "ring guard" and looking at this knife, it's like it had been made for a ring. So I drew up this hideous design and emailed Jason asking if he could make it for me.
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Jason, being the kind soul that he is, agreed to make it for me and took my drawing back to the drawing board (sorry, couldn't resist :rolleyes: ) and re-designed it to make it nice.
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The picture alone made me drool...and what you see here is the result of this project (flipped the pic for the sake of continuity).
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Jason, hope you don't mind me putting the drawings up--I'm just so proud of this knife :D. Thanks for putting up with me on this project. I don't think it could have turned out any better.

-ZENGHOST
 
That's a great looking knife, but the blade gives it more of a hunter look than a fighter. None the less, its a beauty.
 
that is one nice knife, the finger hole is cool, and the handles are beautiful
 
The sculpting of that gorgeous wood just wants to make you grab a hold of that knife! What consistently great work from this maker. Outstanding blade, Zenghost. I can see you keeping that knife with you day and night!
 
Thanks, guys--I'm really looking forward to wrapping my hands around this beauty. The ergonomics of the handle are all Jason (as is pretty much the rest of the knife). After I saw the drawing and his obvious talent, I trusted him to do whatever modifications to the design he wanted, and I was not disappointed.

geode--nope, not a southpaw (last time I checked anyway). And yeah, I'm definitely pleased with my choice in maker as well--Jason's a terrific guy to work with.
 
Mannn... I can see now why some people go so ga-ga over the expensive custom-made knives. I don't own any myself.

The thing that a knife like this gets me thinking, though, is HOW do people make such things? I don't really know the first thing about the steps to designing and then creating such a thing. I think that the reason I don't buy them for myself is that it would be a constant reminder that I can't make something like that myself. Also, I realize that unless I made serious changes to my lifestyle and my allocation of time, resources and attention, I'll probably never learn to.

IS it all that complicated? Assuming one had the imagination to come up with a decent design in the first place, how much time and effort would be necessary (and where would one get the knowledge) to learn to make such work?

---Jeffrey
 
Jason,
Superb knife there - perhaps you will try 3/16ths' method of drilling holes and consider the paddling knife I mentioned?
Spyken
 
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