Something Different - I think. and a new knife

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69_knives

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I know it's not the best knife ever made but it's the best stick tang knife that I have made.

The guard-ricasso fit up sucks, because I suck and the blade is machine polished and buffed.

This is one of the 1095 blades I put a hamon on, I'm not sure how well it shows being buffed...

The handle materials are green 3/4" G11 from JatMat and the black is 1/4" neoprene.

Blade is 6-1/8 tip to guard, OAL is 10-3/4"

SS Guard and butt cap and peened tang, I didn't take a pic because I need to sandblast some ink and dried epoxy and polish it up but have to wait till tomorrow when compressor is on.

Thanks for looking and comments welcomed.

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It looks good! What are the tow materials on the handle? One looks like bone of some sort but what are the spacers?
 
Thanks!

Doh!

The handle materials are green 3/4" G11 from JatMat and the black is 1/4" neoprene.

Forgot some other details...

Blade is 6-1/8 tip to guard, OAL is 10-3/4"
 
I like the surface finish it will improve it's resistance to surface wear. The colour of the handle is apprealing I say.
 
I keep going back on things I say. I said I didn't like buffed blades but this one just seemed to call out "buff me, Buff Me!"
 
I like the over all shape of the whole knife...., but I think the handle could use a little more contour and "shape" to it. (This is not a reflection on YOUR knife), but I dont care for finger grooves. Regarding the Hamon...you buffed all the oxides off and thats why it's not showing. I think if you cleaned the blade real good and then dipped it in FC for about ten seconds then hit it with an old t-shirt and some flitz you would get that nice hamon back.
It looks like you have some deep scrathches on the blade under the buff.
If I was gonna buff a blade I would start with 120 grit length ways, 220 width, 400 length...etc. and so on up to 1000-2000 grit before buffing- making sure to get all the previous scratches out of one grit before moving on to the next.
Just my 2 cents...hope it helps.
It's a cool looking knife and I like the green G-11:D
Mace
 
Thanks for the input, Mace. I did the FC dunk and it really makes the hamon pop out so I will pick up some flitz tomorrow and see what I can come up with.

I'm not a real big fan of finger grooves either, that's why I kept them quite subtle but I think I will tone down the front 2 bumps a little yet.
 
I think I invented some polishing compound... Here's some new pics with my camera and in my lightbox and after an etch. Thanks for the tip Mace!

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Nice Hammon, and an interesting handle combination. Should be pretty slip resistant with the neopream.
 
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