Spalted box elder and a group shot

SAR

SAR

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Here is a skinner in spalted box elder, stuff has some red in it the contrast is very nice. I also tried blue liners which goes well with the semi blue look of the etched blade.

I included a group shot of all the stuff headed to Paul's for sheath work ( I was a bit behind on sharpening and logo). These knives will be attending the OKCA show in Eugene next month.


I hope they do not come home!

Spencer

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SAR said:
I hope they do not come home!
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I think you don't have to worry about that. If I were going to that show those 2 damascus wharnclif would be coming home with me! For the rest I just repeat the comments I made on another forum:


Blastmaster1972 said:
Nice work again. :biggthump :happy65: :happy15: :happy14:
My preference goes to the "wharncliff" damascus blades, but the skinners are very nice also, specially in the handle department! Great pieces of wood. Fit & finish seem to be exellent from what I can see.
You have some great skills with the camera also. Good pics.


Regards,

Jos
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I hope you don't mind my asking, but why are the handle slabs bolted on and not pinned or riveted?

By the way, I've seen this handle shape showing up on a lot of the knives you've posted lately, and I must say that I think it looks very practical and ergonomic. I'll bet it provides a lot of maneuverability and control. I think I'd like to get my hands on one. I especially like that stag pc.:thumbup:
 
Lorien

I hope this does not come off the wrong way, but no where does it say that one must pin slabs to steel. I use torx screws which are not bolts, and use this method in about 95 % of all my knifes. To me it looks great and provides the end user the ability to remove the handles to pull maintenance on the knife should they want to.

It seems that some folks have a hard time excepting screws in use with fine materials on a fixed blade, but would not give it a second thought when looking at a folder with fine materials fastened with screws?

Some folks have even ordered a knife requesting something cheap like G-10, when the knife arrives they ditch the g-10 and put on nicer material of there choice not often but it has happened.

Hope that makes sense without sounding like a prick:D


Thanks
Spencer
 
You don't sound like a prick, but more like a guy that's been asked that question a few too many times:D

I don't see a lot of knives posted by their makers in here which use threaded fasteners on their handles, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to hear why straight from the horse's mouth, as it's something I've been curious about for awhile. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.

There are a lot of heavy duty fixed blade knives out there that use that construction method, but not a lot of handmade ones that I know of.

Does that user serviceability function add to the value of a knife for survival purposes? And by the same token, can a knife which has pinned handles be counted on as a survival knife as much as a bolted on handle version?
 
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