W2 folder with hamon and ironwood...

J. Doyle

J. Doyle

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I had this folder in the works for awhile. It was laying on my bench and I finished it up over the long weekend. I thought I'd post it up for comments and discussion.

Specs:
W2 blade steel, clay quenched and etched
7 3/8" overall, 3 1/4" blade, 4 1/8" closed, .120" thick at the ricasso
Full height grind with full distal taper and false edge
Rounded spine ahead of the thumb grip area
.065" thick titanium liners, jeweled and coin fileworked casing the backspacer
1084 steel backspacer, file-fullered and etched, coined on the inside
Bold contrast desert ironwood scales
Titanium pivot screws and scale screws
bronze washers, very smooth action
nicely centered blade and good solid lockup

All comments, critique and discussion most welcome.















 
That's a really nice looking folder too ! Your killing it . Nice stuff.
 
oh no! you added a one-hand opening assistant! creative though. but instead of a deep fuller, i would have thought of something like a giant nail nick: just a milled portion just below the top of the spine with some scallop design. from afar, it will just look like fancy engraving on the left side of the blade.
 
wow, awesome folder... stuff like this makes me wonder whether i should keep on buying normal production folders... already made the switch on the small fixed (cheaper though)...

as for the knife... i know this is just aesthetics but somehow the hamon seems a bit "off"... i can't really put my finger on it... maybe it is because most other lines (including the fuller/opener and the wood) have vertical lines... i think a hamon without waves/peaks might have worked better... dunno... it is just my opinion... for the rest... awesome!
 
Very very nice. I like the way it almost looks like a fixed blade when open. Very classy composition.
 
Thanks again guys. My email is in the bottom line of my signature if anyone is interested in commissioning one just like it. :)
 
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