tried something new

[SDS]

I had been thinking about how to make this knife "pop" a little and came up with this tiger stripe idea.

The knife is 3/16" ATS-34, flat ground with black G10 scales. The whole thing is bead blasted and then I etched on the stripes.

Just something a bit different for me.

Thanks for looking,
SDS

edit to add: Okay, tomorrow I am going to go buy the materials to build a lightbox. My pictures suck.

 

[tknife]

I like it! Nice design and the pattern on the blade looks cool.

 

[SDS]

Well, I built a light box and took some pictures to try it out and side by side I can't tell a lot of difference between the before and after pics. The first picture above is before, the second is with the light box.

Just added a third pic after playing with a photo editor........still doesn't look right to me. My hat's off to you guys that can take good pics.

SDS

 

[mtnfolk mike]

that's a cool looking knife man... gret all around design...

 

[svslider]

looks like it would appeal to mall ninjas

 

[SDS]

Svslider, your probably right. The overal design is pretty utilitarian though. the camo stuff was just something new I was trying out. I'm not too into the tacticool stuff. I personally prefer stuff with fewer bells and whistles but if everyone liked the same thing we'd all be carrying the same knife.

SDS

 

[copperboy]

I like the camo on it, I bet it wouldn't effect the way this baby would gut, skin & quarter a deer 1 bit! 3/16" Flat Ground ATS-34 with G-10 to me is a recipe to get the work done!! And the camo stripe wouldn't be hard to look at either! Course I don't hang out in malls or with ninja's but I bet it would be the hit of our knife
'show & tell" at safety meetings or before start time or at dinner on the construcruon site! I mean after the meeting of course not instead of the topic, OK it would be the topic!! I bet 12 would sell in 1/2 hour there & no "Mall Ninja's:jerkit:" would be present!! Looks GREAT SDS & like you said every likes different options on their knife, truck, car, gun etc.

 

[SDS]

Copperboy, thanks for the kind words. I kind of made this one to be all utility. When I was done I had the idea for the striping. I hadn't planned to do it but when I thought of it, this was the knife I had available to try it out on. I don't think it turned out too bad.

Just finished up the sheath for it and it's on it's way out tomorrow.

SDS