Seconds Anyone??!!

TK Steingass

TK Steingass

Knifemaker - Buckeye
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After striving for perfection all these years, I decided to put my skills to use in making a second. There was a lot of hand fitting where the G-10 bolsters mates with the spalted hackberry.....it was perfection before glue up. Then I inletted a small chip in the wood and repaired it with black epoxy - YES!! - success towards achieving my goal! After hand sanding to 1200 grit and etching, a small, almost imperceptible imperfection in the steel was exposed that I chose not to sand out - again, my goal was met. Finally, I chose not to drive the micarta pin all the way through the bolsters and filled the void with black epoxy - again, success. The sheath follows the same theme with a small imperfection in the leather on the show side - man, I'm hitting on all cylinders now. The only problem with these issues is that one has to point them out to the casual observer because they are so unobtrusive. Sometimes one does not achieve full satisfaction, but every knife is an adventure. :poop:

Thanks for viewing and all comments are welcome.

I second the motion,

TK

.170" W-2 stock
HT to Rc 60-61
2 3/4" Hollow ground blade
7" OAL
Edge quenched
Double tempered
Black G-10 bolsters
Tapered tang - red liners
Stabilized spalted hackberry scales
Mosaic pins
RH vertical sheath

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Like Bob said If you want a perfect knife get a Mass produced knife
I would take that knife any day of the week and twice on Sunday!!
Don’t worry someone will definitely buy it.
Beautiful hamon by the way ;):thumbsup:
 
looks fine from here ! i just did the same thing last week, i started a $750 bowie but now it has magically transformed into a $350 bowie because of the mistakes LOL :rolleyes:
 
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