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A regular customer of mine recently sent me 11 blades for sharpening. This knife was one of those he sent. It is a very rustic, looking and feeling HUNK OF STEEL!!! Ground out with probably just an angle grinder. It has roughly shaped oak(maybe) handle scales w/ off-center pins, and a crudley ground blade and guard. There is a full 1/16" of flat steel at the edge and 1/8" at the tip. There is no HT that I can detect. The sheath is actually not bad. I offered to "restore" it for him, waitin' to hear back.
However the feel of this knife is awesome, lots of "power" in hand, and that inspired me to build one of these myself. I will be using Aldo's 5160 steel at .25" thick. Haven't decided what handle material to use; pic left to right - tulip wood, bloodwood, Coarse black G10, Black linen micarta, green canvas micarta, carmel canvas micarta, Elk antler, Quilted Sapele, Zebra Wood, Cocobolo(bottom). Also considering Ironwood, Ebony, and/or Snakewood(my favorite but so expensive). I will post WIP pics, this one might take a while, as a side project
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Opinions, and suggestions encouraged please.
However the feel of this knife is awesome, lots of "power" in hand, and that inspired me to build one of these myself. I will be using Aldo's 5160 steel at .25" thick. Haven't decided what handle material to use; pic left to right - tulip wood, bloodwood, Coarse black G10, Black linen micarta, green canvas micarta, carmel canvas micarta, Elk antler, Quilted Sapele, Zebra Wood, Cocobolo(bottom). Also considering Ironwood, Ebony, and/or Snakewood(my favorite but so expensive). I will post WIP pics, this one might take a while, as a side project
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Opinions, and suggestions encouraged please.
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