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Old 02-26-2012, 11:13 AM
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First full tang

This is my first full tang knife (not counting the 11 small boy scout knives) made from my saw blade steel, quenched in brine with a satin finish, spalted maple handle, and home made mosaic pins.


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Old 02-26-2012, 11:52 AM
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It looks great! Have you done any serious testing on it to see if it really works? Saw blade steel can be unreliable. Cutting a lot of cardboard, shaving some 2x4's or tree limbs, cutting through some iron wire, slicing up some hemp or sisal rope are all good ways to evaluate the blade geometry, handle ergonomics, and edge holding ability of a knife made from uncertain steel ....


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Old 02-26-2012, 12:28 PM
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Looks good, especially for a first fixed blade. Grind looks excellent. Are you going to make a sheath for it?
Thanks for showing us, can't wait for more.
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Old 02-26-2012, 01:22 PM
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That is a well crafted knife. The black liner looks nice with the black lines from the spalting. If you have sections in the spalted wood that's a little punky you can do some minimal hardening by soaking it in a hardening oil like boiled linseed oil. If you really want to strengthen it I would send it out for professional stabilization to K&G or WSSI.

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Old 02-26-2012, 02:02 PM
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I put the last coat of oil on it about 2 hours before taking the picture, so other than cutting some cardboard I haven't done any testing yet. I'm rather curious if it will hold up to the abuse I am going to put it through this week, so i didnt make a leather sheath for it. However, I did just finish another of my interesting cardboard/ duct tape (military camo pattern) sheath with rare earth magnet retaining strap.
I have some really nice looking spalted maple, some of which I tried to stabilize. As fond as a am to doing everything myself If my attempt dosent work out i might have to send some out to get stabilized.
I am also glad i went with the black for the liner, it really compliments the maples spalting. I ended up getting the mixed color bags from usakinfemaker so the other full tang blade i am working on will prob get a red liner with canary wood handle.
And as always, thanks for the compliments
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Old 02-26-2012, 03:50 PM
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Send some of that wood to K&G and have it stabilized. Then, put it on a knife, sand it to 400, buff it (no oil or any other finishing) and compare the result to what you stabilized. I'd be very surprised if you ever again bothered to stabilize anything yourself after that ......


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