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The gaucho is my first in this style. For me, I think I overdid the blade a bit- but a lot of people really like a 3/16 nominal spine, especially with a full zero edge convex grind. In fact, for the thicker blade I think it's really good- but I might go for 1/8 if I was building for myself. (OTOH, I might not).

The blade is 8.5, 8670M steel- this steel got a bad rep for not being L6, but it's a fine steel and heat treats well. Very durable stuff.

Overall the knife is 14 inches. Handle scales are Jatoba, and I think I like the way I curved the butt in. It's balanced a bit forward, which is fine for a fighter or chopper- if this were a chef's knife it would be WAY thinner :D

Balance point is ~1 inch forward of the handle, it is just enough that it feels like it's pulling your arm along a hair when you give it a good swing. fun!

one more time on the image just in case this gets crossposted:

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Everything's looking Great Christof, That Gaucho Style Blade Is a Beauty, I Like That Blade Style ! And Thank's for the In progress picture of my Sgian Dubh It's gonna be Beautiful with the Dark Forged Finish and the Ipe Wood Scale's,
 
here's Erik's leuku in the rough, but that ipe is going to be sweet. This one has a bit longer handle than I normally do.

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Okay, here is how bad a knife looks before I make it pretty- Kenny, don't cry:


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And this one was inspired by a recent shop visit:

Currently finished out the handle only to 120 grit, so it needs another couple hours of polishing and a V grind edge put on the saber grind bevel.

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and one more updae on this thread tonight, for a puukko- currently VERY not finished.

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koyote said:
Okay, here is how bad a knife looks before I make it pretty- Kenny, don't cry:


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All's I can say Is when you get through with your Wood Finishing Skill's that Ipe Handled Sgian Dubh Is goona be a Beauty ! Thank's for the picture :thumbup:


And the Puukko Is Real Nice, I sure nuff like that Style of Blade & the Work your doing on the Handle this one look's Scandinavian all the way, Nice Job,
 
That unfinished ipe Sgian dubh is going to be awesome. It always amazes me the artistic ability of knifemakers on here and Koyote especially! That patience and talent to turn that rough, cold block of wood to a hand warming, glowing, smooth, functional handle is so amazing!
 
That's not a hard knife to build up- buy or order or make a stick tang blade. This one is narrowed down 1/8 inch on each side to shoulder for the slotted guard piece. It narrows as it goes back.

I fit the guard piece first, drill a hole and start filing. I am using annealed steel of the same stock as the knife in this case. Takes a while, but it gets done. I enjoy doing this with bronze and copper because you can whack them with a hammer to fit the slot tighter after the blade is on :)

then I sand the front wood piece flat flat flat on both sides, drill it and stack it on there. No gluing yet. Then I drill out the maple piece and sand the leading edge until it fits goo on the osage. at that point I go anneal the tang one more time just in case, and mix up epoxy and fill the holes! It's a bit weird to clamp together, since the butt has to be down and the point up, but you just work it until it's sitting in there snug and let the epoxy cure. Drilling the pin hole isn't hard- just use a fresh bit and take is easy. I use superglue for the pin and soak it into the seams as well. Heck, I know one MS who uses JUST superglue for this stuff. It's plenty strong and a really good seal. I'm using the expoy because it fills all the gaps from drilling out the tang holes.
 
And the ipe sgian dubh is getting closer- more photos in the sgian dubh thread:

IT is wet from the first linseed oil soak. once the oil dries up all the way (tomorrow) I'll give it some more fine sanding where needed and then do it again, let it dry for several days, and buff with a cloth for a while.

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koyote said:
That's not a hard knife to build up- buy or order or make a stick tang blade. This one is narrowed down 1/8 inch on each side to shoulder for the slotted guard piece. It narrows as it goes back.

I fit the guard piece first, drill a hole and start filing. I am using annealed steel of the same stock as the knife in this case. Takes a while, but it gets done. I enjoy doing this with bronze and copper because you can whack them with a hammer to fit the slot tighter after the blade is on :)

then I sand the front wood piece flat flat flat on both sides, drill it and stack it on there. No gluing yet. Then I drill out the maple piece and sand the leading edge until it fits goo on the osage. at that point I go anneal the tang one more time just in case, and mix up epoxy and fill the holes! It's a bit weird to clamp together, since the butt has to be down and the point up, but you just work it until it's sitting in there snug and let the epoxy cure. Drilling the pin hole isn't hard- just use a fresh bit and take is easy. I use superglue for the pin and soak it into the seams as well. Heck, I know one MS who uses JUST superglue for this stuff. It's plenty strong and a really good seal. I'm using the expoy because it fills all the gaps from drilling out the tang holes.
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Awesome. I have a small piece of steel that I was trying to figure out what to do with.
 
koyote said:
And the ipe sgian dubh is getting closer- more photos in the sgian dubh thread:

IT is wet from the first linseed oil soak. once the oil dries up all the way (tomorrow) I'll give it some more fine sanding where needed and then do it again, let it dry for several days, and buff with a cloth for a while.

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Thank's for the In progress and befor & After picture's Koyote, What a Huge difference, I cant wait to see how Beautiful the Ipe Wood Scale's are gonna be when Polished out, Ipe Is some "Beautiful Wood", Very Nice Work My Knife Making Friend ! :thumbup:
 
Thank's Hawkman, When I seen the one Rotte got and he has two now, I knew I had to Order one, I added this one on to an already existing Order "Christof Is Making Some Fine Sgian Dubh's !" And the one you got Is down right Beautiful ! I'm Very Happy with the one I'm getting I like the Old Time Forged Finish & Fine Wood look In a Knife,
 
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I'm not in love with the swedge, but I love the look of this knife. Absolutely gorgeous.....Almost makes me want to take some flitz to the patina I'm working on for the Mills pattern of yours (I love it shiny and grey - but the grey is more useful for kitchen duty).

This would be another wonderful kitchen + belt knife. Extend that blade about 1/4" further down below the handle and it would be perfect for kitchen!!!!
 
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