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Hatchet_Jack said:
Ebony is my favourite, but they're all nice woods. I've got a gun in american curly maple, stunning wood.

I've never heard of black locust wood, what does it look like?

The most popular ones we have that are used for knives are ringed gidgee and tasmanian blackwood/fiddleback. I also really like lace sheoak, for some reason it's never been as popular. Jarrah makes a nice knife. Buloke makes a beautiful handle but it's rarely used I think because it's endangered.
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I love black ebony too. I have some I'm saving for something Special
I'll have to look up those woods....
We have a couple woodworking stores that cater to bowel turners. I might be able to find some of those exotic woods, but I don't trust their drying, and I'd have to hang onto the wood for a couple
Years before using.

Black locust looks a little bit like oak, but I think it's Harder. It's Not commonly used here, but someone cut some down on their property, and asked me to use it on their build for next year...
It's going to be somewhat of a parang chopper.


 
Just posted above, it's post # 155 in this posting.
 
cbach8tw said:
Thanks, nicely done, this reminds me of a small knife a mountain man or long hunter would use as a necessary knife or patch knife. What steel is it? Keep up all the good work.
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Most likely M2 HSS. (It's from a power hacksaw)
A well known maker who got be started with trying them, has an actual Rockwell hardness tester....he's tested them to Over 65hrc.
 
Need to start posting Here more, I have lots to catch up on......

Today, I'm cleaning up the design I did from last year's Giveaway. A knife I'm calling "Food Truck"
Quite a handy, all purpose, kitchen utility/chef's knife. Fast and agile. For busy Cooks.

This one is Very Hard 64, 8670, and already Taken....

 
More Chef's of various sorts.... Bulk drop
Finishing a couple more, but I'll post later...
For the next year(s) builds, I'd say 30% have been kitchen knives, maybe more. Not sure why, but people seem to Love them.







































 
You might not need glasses, your vision isn't blurry.....there are Two....haha

I was requested to build matching chef's knives, Exactly the same. Honestly I was a little nervous but the challenge seemed Fun, and it was time to push my skills. This took me all Spring/Summer as I don't have as much time as I would like for making stuff. I know that I will eventually get more time. But for now I will crawl through my orders

Everything about this was fun, even getting the micarta was challenging in the color and size, and quantity I needed for the matching sets. :/
The end justify the means though, because these turned out Beautiful!!! I'm glad I had the opportunity to do them, Thank You.

These are scattered pictures, I'll try to keep most of the chaos in my New sub forum.....
Thanks.


















 
ShaiHulud said:
I like the look of your knives. Simple looking and functional
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Thank you.. I appreciate all the support I get here on Bladeforums.

My design philosophy is that Simple is Better, and that it's harder to design, actually.
-I caught some gruff from other makers for me saying that.....but it's what I believe.

i focus on very high performance geometry.
Quality materials.
Tough/durable builds
Functional carry

Thanks
 
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