Spud

[Lorien]

Greetings and Salutations!

this lil guy's name is 'Spud', and it's magical power is to disappear when not needed and then reappear when something needs to be cut!

The Richlite handle scales are bonded to G10 liners, which are held in place to the canvas micarta frame with 4 2mm stainless steel pins, two canvas micarta pins and one brass tube. There is no metal touching the tang, so the handle is always warm and inviting, and may not shock you quite so bad if you cut into a live wire, (pro tip- don't do that!)

The S35VN blade has a belt finished hollow ground primary bevel, with a hand worked, fine appleseed shaped secondary bevel/edge. Hand rubbed flats. It's cryogenically quenched for maximum radness.

Sheath 8oz veg tan leather, dyed and hot packed in-house, and hand stitched with chubby, waxed polyester thread.

Approx weight of knife; 3.10oz
Approx weight of sheath; 1.45oz
Blade length; 2 7/8"
Overall length; 6 3/8"
Steel thickness; .140"
Handle width; .73"

Thanks for checking out my work, your comments and questions are welcome here.

Cheers!

 

[Lorien]

specs added to OP

 

[Bigfattyt]

Fantastic design. Handle shape, swell near the guard, nice snap into the sheath!

 

[Lorien]

Fantastic design. Handle shape, swell near the guard, nice snap into the sheath!

thanks so much! I sold this knife to a farmer, so I'm looking forward to some real feedback...and bacon.

 

[clinton1]

Is it fair to say that Spud is a smaller version of the Mr Kotter? Both hollow ground, different bevel (I think), similar scales.....

Please inform me if I'm off track!

.....also for the record, I think both are super sweet!

 

[Lorien]

Is it fair to say that Spud is a smaller version of the Mr Kotter? Both hollow ground, different bevel (I think), similar scales.....

Please inform me if I'm off track!

.....also for the record, I think both are super sweet!

you're on the money. Handles are very similar in size and shape
thanks!

 

[Lorien]

his little Spud is fresh off the bench!

The blade is AEB-L, which had a little decarb during heat treatment, which I left on the flats- it has kind of an interesting colour to it. The blade was ground with the equivalent of a 28" wheel, and it has a nice, acute edge.

The handle is Richlite, with a double black micarta frame tang, 4 x 2mm stainless hidden pins and two titanium thru pins. The sheath is from 9ish oz veg tan leather, sewn with waxed polyester, and hot packed for a lifetime of use in all conditions.

I made this knife as a gift for a good friend of mine who is in the bike business. I had his company's logo laser engraved on the blade.

Thanks for looking!

 

[SharpBits]

Really nice design. Once I have other commitments taken care of, I hope you’ll still be making these.

 

[Lorien]

Really nice design. Once I have other commitments taken care of, I hope you’ll still be making these.

Thank you!

if you want, email me at loriendesignltd at gmail and I'll put you on the mailing list. That way, there's a better chance that we get ourselves an alignment of your knife money and one of these little guys

The overall layout of this knife is pretty well refined, and it does what I want it to do, so I guess you could say I'm committed to the design and will continue making them til I'm older and greyer. It's not an artsy knife at all, just a little worker. I'll probably do some in MangaCut at some point.

 

[SharpBits]

Thank you!

if you want, email me at loriendesignltd at gmail and I'll put you on the mailing list. That way, there's a better chance that we get ourselves an alignment of your knife money and one of these little guys

The overall layout of this knife is pretty well refined, and it does what I want it to do, so I guess you could say I'm committed to the design and will continue making them til I'm older and greyer. It's not an artsy knife at all, just a little worker. I'll probably do some in MangaCut at some point.

Done. Thanks!

 

[Lorien]

And another... .316" Bohler A2 with G10 handle..."Gassy Clown Edition"

 

[SharpBits]

"Gassy Clown Edition"

Quite possibly my favorite name!

Also, crazy (in a good way) grind!

 

[clinton1]

That thing is thickk.....

(I love it)