W-2 Chopper

A C Richards

A C Richards

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Here's a 10" w-2 chopper I just finished up. The hamon can drive you nuts. Had to refinish it 5 times. That was after the 3 times to HT and get it to show. Fixtures are 303ss and handle is black canvas micarta. Real user here. Even did an unintentional concrete floor test, no damage.

http://www.woodchuckforge.com/files/images/Larry Okinaka Chopper 018.preview.jpg
http://www.woodchuckforge.com/files/images/Larry Okinaka Chopper 016.preview.jpg
http://www.woodchuckforge.com/files/images/Larry Okinaka Chopper 017.preview.jpg

Even with all the work it still needs a few touch-ups but will be in the mail on monday.

Thanks for looking
Chuck
 
Great looking knife Chuck. Looks like a much nicer dressed up version of the new Rambo knife (just saw the movie):D
 
Yeh I saw that after I had already designed and approved it with the customer. He had orig wanted a seax but planned on doing some heavy chopping with it so this was the result.

Chuck
 
303 is not nearly as bad as 304 or some of the others. it did remind me how much I hate working SS though. Thanks for the great comments.

Chuck
 
Thanks Don, I learned a lot on this one. It is interesting what happens when you re-HT. Even with a 20min soak it left some of the prev hamon.

Chuck
 
Looks very much like the its from the same school of thought as in Rambo 4 ... just my 2 cents, please don't be offended.
 
Yup it looks a lot like the Rambo knife. Not offended at all, I would never be offended by being compared to Gil Hibben. I had this knife forged before I saw the Rambo blade. It was designed to be a heavy chopper morphed from a long pointed seax. The longer point was not practical so this was the result.

Chuck
 
Hey all,

I'm the lucky b@$tard that got Chuck to make that knife. The story is that I had originally sent along a seax type blade with a really long, shallow point on it. After sorting out the details with Chuck, he made the suggestion to curve the blade rather than leave it ruler-straight, and bring the back of the blade down at a steeper angle to make for a beefier point. All this was sorted out just prior to my seeing the Rambo knife.

What I wanted, and got, was a heavy duty chopper. I think it weighs around a pound, I will have to measure on a more accurate scale in order to verify that. What I wasn't expecting was the bitchin' hamon that showed up. In fact, there is a lot of heat treating activity all over the blade. The hamon itself, some small spots here and there which are hardened spots (look like little pools of cloudiness), and a second, faint shadowy line that roughly follows the hamon. Lots of metallurgical coolness.

I have happily cut up newspapers. Both vertically and horizontally. Dull or semi sharp knives will cut cleanly vertically, but tear horizontally. This knife cuts newspaper in every direction. Not what I was expecting out of something that looks like it could go through fence posts.

A big thanks and all praise to Chuck and his blademaking skills. You can't go wrong getting one from him.
 
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