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I've just completed a trio of knives, all commissions.
First up:
I was asked by a repeat customer to make a tough, everyday user with a bit of attitude. He also asked for a simple, unadorned sheath that made use of material from his father's old leather jacket. I used the leather for lining the sheath. This is what I came up with:
Wasp
Blade: 6 ¼” x 3/16” of hand forged Aldo's 1084fg. Brut de forge finished flats, spine and choil, with flat ground bevels hand sanded to 800 grit. The blade displays a very prominent quench line.
Handle: 5” of highly figured Red Maple with ebony and copper spacers, peened ¼” copper pin, and buffed Tung oil finish. The guard is polished and blued mild steel.
Sheath: Wickett and Craig 6/7 oz veg tanned leather with brown leather lining, polished natural edges, buffed Mink Oil finish and figured maple maker’s mark emblem.
Here's a few photos:
Next:
This goes to a man who builds high-end cabinetry for a living. He wanted to use some wood he had been storing for "decades". He gave me a 4' x 2' x 2" slab of some of the most variegated, unusual, and beautiful wood I've seen from which I cut these handle slabs.
Black-line Hunter
Blade: 5 ½”x 1/8” of hand forged 1084fg with rough-polished flats and flat ground bevels hand sanded to
800 grit then etched, blued and polished.
Handle: 4 ½” of figured black-line spalted Red Maple with ¼” mild steel pins, hidden lanyard loop, and
buffed Tung Oil finish. The black leather lanyard has a bead made of the same spalted maple.
Sheath: Wickett & Craig 6/7 oz veg tanned leather with a spalted maple maker’s mark emblem, polished
natural edges and a buffed Mink Oil finish.
Photos:
Finally:
This knife was ordered by a man from the Whycogomah Reserve here on Cape Breton.
Red
Blade: 7" of hand forged, Aldo's 1084fg with flat ground bevels hand sanded to 800 grit then etched, blued and polished.
Handle: 5" of Figured Redwood with Rosewood liners, three mild steel pins and a Tung oil and buffed paste wax finish.
Sheath: Wickett & Craig 6/7 oz. veg tanned leather with polished natural edges and a Redwood conch.
Photos:
I just now realized how crappy this photos is. I'll get a better one in a bit.
Thanks for looking. Please offer up critiques and comments.
Peter
First up:
I was asked by a repeat customer to make a tough, everyday user with a bit of attitude. He also asked for a simple, unadorned sheath that made use of material from his father's old leather jacket. I used the leather for lining the sheath. This is what I came up with:
Wasp
Blade: 6 ¼” x 3/16” of hand forged Aldo's 1084fg. Brut de forge finished flats, spine and choil, with flat ground bevels hand sanded to 800 grit. The blade displays a very prominent quench line.
Handle: 5” of highly figured Red Maple with ebony and copper spacers, peened ¼” copper pin, and buffed Tung oil finish. The guard is polished and blued mild steel.
Sheath: Wickett and Craig 6/7 oz veg tanned leather with brown leather lining, polished natural edges, buffed Mink Oil finish and figured maple maker’s mark emblem.
Here's a few photos:
Next:
This goes to a man who builds high-end cabinetry for a living. He wanted to use some wood he had been storing for "decades". He gave me a 4' x 2' x 2" slab of some of the most variegated, unusual, and beautiful wood I've seen from which I cut these handle slabs.
Black-line Hunter
Blade: 5 ½”x 1/8” of hand forged 1084fg with rough-polished flats and flat ground bevels hand sanded to
800 grit then etched, blued and polished.
Handle: 4 ½” of figured black-line spalted Red Maple with ¼” mild steel pins, hidden lanyard loop, and
buffed Tung Oil finish. The black leather lanyard has a bead made of the same spalted maple.
Sheath: Wickett & Craig 6/7 oz veg tanned leather with a spalted maple maker’s mark emblem, polished
natural edges and a buffed Mink Oil finish.
Photos:
Finally:
This knife was ordered by a man from the Whycogomah Reserve here on Cape Breton.
Red
Blade: 7" of hand forged, Aldo's 1084fg with flat ground bevels hand sanded to 800 grit then etched, blued and polished.
Handle: 5" of Figured Redwood with Rosewood liners, three mild steel pins and a Tung oil and buffed paste wax finish.
Sheath: Wickett & Craig 6/7 oz. veg tanned leather with polished natural edges and a Redwood conch.
Photos:
I just now realized how crappy this photos is. I'll get a better one in a bit.
Thanks for looking. Please offer up critiques and comments.
Peter
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