Walnut/Elk/1095 camp knife

Tad Lynch

Tad Lynch

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Hello,

I am trying to post a pic of a knife I finished a while back. This is my first time posting a picture, so we'll see if it works. Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Tad Lynch
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Hi Tad,

I'm sure glad your first effort at posting a pic worked ok, otherwise we'd have missed seeing a cool looking knife. I a noob so watch out for me, because I tend to ask lots of questions.

I'm seeing several things for the first time in your knife. Your blade is sweet looking, nice hamon, but no ricasso. Is that something you've done a lot? How do you like it? What are its benefits and/or draw backs? The other main question I have is how did you terminate the elk antler at the butt end?

I never saw stainless textured like that. I was guessing nickle silver or even sterling. Stainless will hold up a lot better of course.

Thanks for posting and now that you know how to upload photos keep them coming!

All the best, Phil
 
Thanks for the kind words, guys.

Farmer Phil, the lack of a ricasso-in fact many aspects of the knife like the angled guard, angle of the handle in relation to the blade, and to some extent blade shape--are borrowed from Scagel. No ricasso is something that I do occasionally, but I usually do have a ricasso present. Benefits from a maker's standpoint include no worrying about plunge lines, clean look, a little saved time on making the blade. You do, however, have to gradually blend the blade bevel to a wider dimension as the blade reaches the guard. The end of the elk antler is bare--no pommel--but elk is very porous. I try to saturate the pith with cyanoacrylate. It is sanded flat and a small bevel put around the perimeter. The CA wicks in very well on elk, but using a vaccum system would be beneficial.

Tad
 
tdl said:
Thanks for the kind words, guys.

Farmer Phil, the lack of a ricasso-in fact many aspects of the knife like the angled guard, angle of the handle in relation to the blade, and to some extent blade shape--are borrowed from Scagel. No ricasso is something that I do occasionally, but I usually do have a ricasso present. Benefits from a maker's standpoint include no worrying about plunge lines, clean look, a little saved time on making the blade. You do, however, have to gradually blend the blade bevel to a wider dimension as the blade reaches the guard. The end of the elk antler is bare--no pommel--but elk is very porous. I try to saturate the pith with cyanoacrylate. It is sanded flat and a small bevel put around the perimeter. The CA wicks in very well on elk, but using a vaccum system would be beneficial.

Tad
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Tad,
what do you use to color or darken the elk? That deep brown is rich.
 
Bruce Bump said:
Tad,
what do you use to color or darken the elk? That deep brown is rich.
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Bruce,

That is 2 or 3 wipes of potassium permanganate. It was originally fairly brown on 1 side, but the other was white--so I selectively covered it to even out and darken the color.

Tad
 
That thing is BEAUTIFUL! To me it has a straightened persian look to it. absolutly gorgeous man the angled guard is way cool and something I hadnt thought of before
 
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