The "Nemo" the fixed Blade I was waiting for !

Nemo

Nemo

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A fellow forumite (and a Chiropractor) is a very talented Knifemaker.
As a big fan of Fred Perrin a made for me a knife named "Nemo".

Convex ground, ultra ergonomic...
Here are the pictures:

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The convex edge cut like crasy! Visible Tempered line.
The handle fills my hand like a glove.
ASAP I will show this beautiful hommage to Fred.

The lines are beutiful ! Happy I am !!!

Cheers

JM
 
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It passed my favorite test with flying clors !

Convex ground knives are killers !!!

And sorry for my socks fans !
 
I can't see the pictures.
Edit: Sorry, even when I paste the url into my location bar I still can't see them.
 
neither can i
i see a smiley face smashing the X down
apparently your webserver doesn't like hotlinking of images
 
Guys,
Copy & paste the urls of the individual pictures and they'll load that way. Then they also show up when you click "Back"
 
Nemo, I have other pictures of your knife on another computer, so I'll send those to you tonight, but here is one I had on this computer! I'm glad you like the knife! Watch those toes! :D

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And, here are the pictures Nemo took (if he ever drops a knife he's going to lose a toe. So far I've seen him hold Nemo...the name of this knife... in bare feet and in another picture he was carving wood with a Dodo wearing only socks. He's a man who lives on the edge! :eek: )

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That is a really nice looking blade Nemo, it looked like it when through that pop bottle effortlessly.

-Cliff
 
Steve (Chiro75) made a tremendous knife.
The blade is smoothly grind into a beautiful convex.
And it's all made with patient, keen eye and elbow grease !

I was'nt expext such a knife.
Fred Perrin will be jealous ;)
I know he will be impressed !

Steve said:
"The knife is 1084 steel with a differential heat treat (it was clay coated
and you can see the wavy hamon if you look very carefully) but I used a very
thin coat of clay and when I quenched the knife it hardened beyond the clay,
so not the same as a true Japanese style heat treat). Then I triple tempered
it. The only power tools I use are a drill press for the handle pins and a
Dremel for the finger notch. Otherwise, I use a big bastard file for the
grinding! The edge can be sharpened like any flat-ground knife, but it is
actually convex ground if you look at it. That's because of the files. The
natural motion of filing a blade creates a nice radius instead of a flat
grind.

The handle is maroon linen Micarta finished to 220 grit. It isn't as pretty
as polished Micarta, but it is very good to grip, especially when wet. The
pins are black Micarta. Sheath is Concealex. The aluminum screws I included
are for when you want to take the belt loop off the knife and carry it in
your pocket. They are flatter than the other screws and will work better for
that. The spacers in the belt loop are G-10 and I made them by hand to keep
the clip from affecting the way the sheath works. That's the first time I've
used spacers like that and I think it came out well."

No way Fred will be very impressed.
(I'm already impressed by the performance !)


Cheers

Jm
 
Nemo, I emailed you the specifics, but until then, the steel is 1084. Grinding is all done with files except I use a drill press for the pin holes and a Dremel sanding attachment for the finger notch. I cut most of it out with a hacksaw, then round it with the Dremel. It's a lot of hard work, but for VERY little investment I have the ability to make nice knives. The hardest part is finishing it. After heat treating I just want to get the knives DONE, so I tend to rush the finish, but Nemo's got a lot of attention in that regard. It's definitely one of my best two knives. About the same time I made this one, which was about the same quality. Both were clay heat treated, but I used a thin layer of clay on Nemo and the hardening went beyond the clay, so the temper line isn't as nice as on this other one. The other one pictured here was also made at the same time (three knives in one year! Now I'm cookin'!) and got a clay heat treat and a better-than-usual finish job. It's also still available, hint hint!

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I am cleaning up my shop to move and I have some oddities and interesting items available <a href = http://www.agocschiropractic.com/knives/availableknives.html>here</a>
 
Wow, slick looking blade! The Perrin-style handle doesn't work for me, just feels odd, but it if works for you, it looks like it'll be awesome.
 
There is some Perrin inspiration but also Chiro75 goes beyond the tribute or flattery.
His knife got a very strong spirit and character.
Trust me on that matter. i have handle a bunch of Perrin's.
Steve is very talented and you feel he will continue to surprise us very soon !

cheers

JM
 
The Nemo Nemo is holding is cut from 1" wide stock, so the handle is quite a bit narrower than one of Fred's. It's hard to tell the difference without seeing them side by side. Nemo sent me a Street Bowie made by one of Fred's students and the handle is a dream for me. This must be why there is more than one knife model on the market! :D Collect 'em all! :D
 
I like that stabby wharncliffe. It has a certain... utilitarian (read: Darth Vader) look to it.

Can you post more pics, Steve, or start a new thread with it (and point me to it?)

Thanks!

-jon
 
I'll post a bunch of pics of some recent work in the Gallery. Look for it tonight sometime! Thanks for all the nice comments! The Wharncliffe was what I created based on my memory of the Snody/Spyderco Ronin. I haven't compared the two, so I have no idea how close I came (although I wasn't trying to copy it).
 
Oh gosh.

It doesn't remind me anything of the Ronin at all. I can see some other maker's influences, but... not Snody.

Look forward to seeing them. I looked at your site but that one wasn't on there. ;)

BTW, how did you attach the handle scales?

-j
 
That one got traded for some other knives. The scales are black G-10 with black Micarta pins. Pretty stealthy combo.
 
And also the Darth Vader got a beautiful full flat ground made by hand !!!
A slow process !

Steve is an artist!

cheers

JM
 
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