Sawblade & Stainless

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irbailey

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Well, its time for me to eat a slice of humble pie!!
After lots of people telling me that brass has no class, I decided to give stainless a go.
And to be quite honest, I rather like it!
As an easy start to using stainless, I decided on a set of bolsters instead of the normal guard.
Blade - 3 1/4" x 4mm hollow ground (can't beat being English - the mind works in imperial, everything around you is metric:rolleyes:)
Overall 7 3/8"
Handle - Delrin type material (not sure as it was "liberated" from a site I was on;)) with red fibre on a tapered tang.
The sheath is my old battered pouch sheath which has been rebuilt with a new welt. This came about as a result of selling my own knife "off my belt" the other week. Whenever I try something new, I like to use it myself first to see how it performs, so this is my new user.
Thanks for looking.

Ian

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Ian,
Quite nice with the tapered tang and kudos to you for going with stainless.
Thanks for sharing. :)

Doug
 
I think that's a real sweetie.:thumbup:
 
Undeniable appeal. That's quite the bolster to show it off, too.

Deserves a trip to Kam's for the actor's stage look. ;)

Thanks and congrats!

Coop
 
Cheers for looking chaps:)

Coop, I'm afraid this is gonna be used and abused! But I have got a little something planned for some of Kam's magic later this year;)

Now all I need is the time to make it:rolleyes:

Thanks, Ian
 
Like it Ian.
Good execution and like the overall handle/bolster treatment.
Stainless is nice, but brass is nice as well and easy enough to clean.
 
Very nice, sir. I went though a similar process in that I initially used nickel silver, then tried 300 series stainless before I finally discovered 416 and I will never go back.:D The only other guard material that I use regularly is 1018 when I want blued fittings.
 
Thanks, I'm still going use brass, as people here in the UK seem to like it.
I did look into getting some 416, but when I made a few inquiries it seems that its only availible in the US. :confused:. I'm not sure what grade this is, as its just a piece I had kicking around. I've just got myself a bar of 301 though, so I'll definitely be using it again. I'm amazed at just how much more modern it makes a knife look.
Not to mention how much more time it takes to finish compared with brass!
Thanks for looking.

Ian
 
Looks good Ian. While I don't dislike brass, I think on that knife, the stainless looks MUCH better than brass would.

Peter
 
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