I have just finishhed this piece and wanted to show it to the "world".

Handle is Amboina and the steel is ATS-34 1/4". grooves and holes are mirropolished by hand, flats are handrubbed to 400 grit and hollows are handrubbed to 800 grit. When I fininish the sheath it will be sharpened on both edges.

http://ansoknives.com/raptor.jpg

let me know what you think!

It looks mean, Jens! How big is it?

Holy Cow Jens, that is one wild looking knife. I don't even want to think about sharpening it. Can you post a pic of the sheath when done as well?

ghostdog

Jens, looks great! Also looks like the same batch of Ambonia I got :) when you have the sheath ready you should show a new picture, also show the original consept drawing you did on Rhino3d! a start to finish (before after kind of thing)

Thanks for all the nice replies. I was one tough bugger to grind.....had to handfinish most since the finer grits on the beltgrinder was very hard for me to control. And yes...it has bitten me a few times...that point is Dangerous!

here is the working drawing:

http://www.ansoknives.com/parot3.jpg

and here is a pic of it in my hand (note: it is not finished in this pic):


http://www.ansoknives.com/parotte.jpg


it measures about 3" from tip to the small hole just behind the edges