I attempted to remake a knife i remember my dad carrying for years when i was a kid. My memory is fuzzy, but i always like that knife and i knew he did too. All i remember was it had a dark wood handle, brass pins and bolsters that i think were threaded, had that wide long nail pull, and was a 3 finger handle length. I can't remember the blade profile exactly but i remember it wasn't a hugger and you could open it by pinching the blade. The wood is jatoba that i stabilized and i used 1095 steel.
There's a couple flaws with this knife. The nail pull goes a bit too far back, there's a decent gap between the liner and spring, and it isn't quite centered (about a third of the way from one side) and i am scared to try bending it anymore than i already have. Pretty sure my spring warped, i will start checking for that after quenching. But the memory is the important part. i hope he loves it as much as the original.
There's a couple flaws with this knife. The nail pull goes a bit too far back, there's a decent gap between the liner and spring, and it isn't quite centered (about a third of the way from one side) and i am scared to try bending it anymore than i already have. Pretty sure my spring warped, i will start checking for that after quenching. But the memory is the important part. i hope he loves it as much as the original.
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