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As I started This batch Andy Roy (my mentor at fiddleback forge) sat me down and explained why I was no longer his apprentice and that he considered me a knife maker now. *I see this batch of huntsmen as my graduation batch, so I have put little more of myself in these. *
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The first is 3/32 o-1 steel with a full saber grind and a hand rubbed finish. *The handle is a pencil thin hunter orange g-10 , under highly figured black walnut. *The Walnut is from a board that I have kept around the shop for a day like today. It is one of a few boards that my wood working mentor gave me. *These boards came off his old homeplace. Some his father cut himself from a tree that had been on the property, others he and *his father had collected over time because of their complexity and beautiful grain.
total length * * * * *9-3/4
handle length * * 4-1/2
blade length * * * *5-1/4 of 3/32 o-1 tool steel
$160 SOLD +shipping includes a custom made sheath by Rick Lowe
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The second is also 3/32 o-1 steel with a full saber grind a hand rubbed finish. *The handle has a paper thin royal blue liner over Magnolia. *Apart from being a beautiful piece of wood this handle has a story. *When I asked my wife to marry me I had more skill than money, her ring was simple and it was Christmas so I wanted to give her more. *She had always loved Magnolia trees so after much searching, I found a job site that had a magnolia tree that had to go. *With a few called in favors by the above mentioned mentor I had a 6 section of trunk planked and dried. *A barter with a client for some stain glass work and a few late nights I had a jewelry box made of magnolia with a stained glass magnolia blossom in it. *I used some of this board twice more to make keepsake boxes that held the cigar boxes from when I gave out cigars after each of my boys were born. *Now I used some of that wood to make a handle for one of my first knives as a knife maker.
total length * * * * *9-3/4
handle length * * 4-1/2
blade length * * * *5-1/4 of 3/32 o-1 tool steel
$160 SOLD +shipping includes a custom made sheath by Rick Lowe
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The last two are 1/8 o-1 steel hand rubbed with a full saber grind and a swedge. *The handles are 1/8 blk liner with g-10 bolsters. *The wenge from the handle came from the drop after I made my first custom ordered humidor. *This story is not as long but the wood is all as dear to me as the others, because it was the first time I was selling some thing that was entirely me, my idea, my plans, my labor. *
total length * * * *9-3/4
handle length * *4-1/2
blade length * * * *5-1/4 of 1/8 o-1 steel
Red bolster sold
Blue/green bolster $220 +shipping includes a custom made sheath by Rick Lowe
thank you for your time and interest
(Dogwood) Dan Eastland
As I started This batch Andy Roy (my mentor at fiddleback forge) sat me down and explained why I was no longer his apprentice and that he considered me a knife maker now. *I see this batch of huntsmen as my graduation batch, so I have put little more of myself in these. *
View attachment 289861
Sold
The first is 3/32 o-1 steel with a full saber grind and a hand rubbed finish. *The handle is a pencil thin hunter orange g-10 , under highly figured black walnut. *The Walnut is from a board that I have kept around the shop for a day like today. It is one of a few boards that my wood working mentor gave me. *These boards came off his old homeplace. Some his father cut himself from a tree that had been on the property, others he and *his father had collected over time because of their complexity and beautiful grain.
total length * * * * *9-3/4
handle length * * 4-1/2
blade length * * * *5-1/4 of 3/32 o-1 tool steel
$160 SOLD +shipping includes a custom made sheath by Rick Lowe
View attachment 289862
SOLD
The second is also 3/32 o-1 steel with a full saber grind a hand rubbed finish. *The handle has a paper thin royal blue liner over Magnolia. *Apart from being a beautiful piece of wood this handle has a story. *When I asked my wife to marry me I had more skill than money, her ring was simple and it was Christmas so I wanted to give her more. *She had always loved Magnolia trees so after much searching, I found a job site that had a magnolia tree that had to go. *With a few called in favors by the above mentioned mentor I had a 6 section of trunk planked and dried. *A barter with a client for some stain glass work and a few late nights I had a jewelry box made of magnolia with a stained glass magnolia blossom in it. *I used some of this board twice more to make keepsake boxes that held the cigar boxes from when I gave out cigars after each of my boys were born. *Now I used some of that wood to make a handle for one of my first knives as a knife maker.
total length * * * * *9-3/4
handle length * * 4-1/2
blade length * * * *5-1/4 of 3/32 o-1 tool steel
$160 SOLD +shipping includes a custom made sheath by Rick Lowe
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The last two are 1/8 o-1 steel hand rubbed with a full saber grind and a swedge. *The handles are 1/8 blk liner with g-10 bolsters. *The wenge from the handle came from the drop after I made my first custom ordered humidor. *This story is not as long but the wood is all as dear to me as the others, because it was the first time I was selling some thing that was entirely me, my idea, my plans, my labor. *
total length * * * *9-3/4
handle length * *4-1/2
blade length * * * *5-1/4 of 1/8 o-1 steel
Red bolster sold
Blue/green bolster $220 +shipping includes a custom made sheath by Rick Lowe
thank you for your time and interest
(Dogwood) Dan Eastland
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