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Steel: A2 heat treated by Bos for 60 RC
Thickness in Ricasso: .103"
Blade Length: 3 1/4"
Overall Length: 7 3/8"
Handle: Spalted Sycamore stabilized by K & G, stainless pins, G-Flex epoxy
Sheath: 8-9 oz cow hide, finished in lacquer.
Process Notes: I worked up a pattern with pencil and paper thinking "butcher knife that you take along on a hunt." Since butchers use scimitars a lot, I focused on "compact scimitar:" a knife with some lines and angles inspired by scimitars, but more packable. For the handle, I used my favorite material: professionally stabilized wood. The dark streaks you see in the handle are not cracks. They are areas of softer wood that have been permeated with acrylic resin, under pressure and heat. The edges of the scales are relatively squared off, and that is because I believe a bit of "blockiness" around those areas will give more control while doing finer work.
In the final grinding, I took the edge down to .013mm or less before sharpening, and I ground the bevel all the way to the spine, creating a thin blade, but thick enough at the spine for most everything a person would need a knife for in the outdoors. I was also thinking of the thousands and thousands of Mora knives in use that are only .078" thick, but which serve their owners well. At .103" of thickness and having enough width to add some toughness, I created a versatile and useful outdoors blade.
I used A2 because I have worked with it a lot in the past, it is easy to sharpen, and sharpens up to a razor edge. It is used extensively by Bark River Knife and Tool.
There are compromises in the design, so of course it is not oriented towards batonning, digging trenches, or prying steel doors.
SOLD for $65, which includes Priority Shipping anywhere in the USA
The first unconditional "I'll take it" gets it.
Thank you for looking and feel free to ask questions.
Thickness in Ricasso: .103"
Blade Length: 3 1/4"
Overall Length: 7 3/8"
Handle: Spalted Sycamore stabilized by K & G, stainless pins, G-Flex epoxy
Sheath: 8-9 oz cow hide, finished in lacquer.
Process Notes: I worked up a pattern with pencil and paper thinking "butcher knife that you take along on a hunt." Since butchers use scimitars a lot, I focused on "compact scimitar:" a knife with some lines and angles inspired by scimitars, but more packable. For the handle, I used my favorite material: professionally stabilized wood. The dark streaks you see in the handle are not cracks. They are areas of softer wood that have been permeated with acrylic resin, under pressure and heat. The edges of the scales are relatively squared off, and that is because I believe a bit of "blockiness" around those areas will give more control while doing finer work.
In the final grinding, I took the edge down to .013mm or less before sharpening, and I ground the bevel all the way to the spine, creating a thin blade, but thick enough at the spine for most everything a person would need a knife for in the outdoors. I was also thinking of the thousands and thousands of Mora knives in use that are only .078" thick, but which serve their owners well. At .103" of thickness and having enough width to add some toughness, I created a versatile and useful outdoors blade.
I used A2 because I have worked with it a lot in the past, it is easy to sharpen, and sharpens up to a razor edge. It is used extensively by Bark River Knife and Tool.
There are compromises in the design, so of course it is not oriented towards batonning, digging trenches, or prying steel doors.
SOLD for $65, which includes Priority Shipping anywhere in the USA
The first unconditional "I'll take it" gets it.
Thank you for looking and feel free to ask questions.
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